A former employee of L-3 Communications’ Space and Navigation Division was recently sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for exporting U.S. technology to China. Sixing Liu, 49, (aka “Steve Liu”) of Flanders, New Jersey, was convicted on nine counts, which range from lying to federal agents to six counts of International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) violations.
Recent news stories point to an ongoing investigation which claims that NASA may have been involved in illegal exports of sensitive technologies to China. But what, if anything, is being done to prevent future exports of sensitive technology?
A recent story in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune describes a raid conducted by law enforcement agents of a local warehouse owned by a multimillion-dollar package forwarding company named MyUS.com. The article provides few details on the raid, other than to say this is part of an active investigation related to “export enforcement.”
This is part of a series of blog articles titled The Automation Dilemma, which highlights some of the common “do’s and don’ts” when automating your company’s export compliance process. In this series, we look at one of the most common obstacles to obtaining import/export clearance: the commercial invoice.
This is the third installment in a series of articles called The Automation Dilemma, which highlights some of the common “do’s and don’ts” of automating your company’s export compliance process. Be sure to read Article #1 and Article #2, and keep checking back for future installments in this series.
The U.S. Census Bureau’s Foreign Trade Division has a new training video which is designed to help you find the correct Schedule B export codes for your products. This brief tutorial, called “Classifying Your Commodity” covers some of the basics that every trade compliance specialist should know.
This is the second installment in a series of articles called The Automation Dilemma, which highlights some of the common “do’s and don’ts” of automating your company’s export compliance process. Be sure to read Article #1 (Restricted Parties List Screening), and keep checking back for future installments in this series.
Is your company doing enough to train its employees about how to comply with ITAR and EAR? Some companies are, while others are finding out the hard way.
This is the first in a series of articles which looks at some of the common “do’s and don’ts” of automating your company’s export compliance process. Today's topic is: Restricted Parties List Screening. Keep checking back for future installments in this series.
Joseph Debose, 30, – a resident of North Carolina and former Staff Sergeant with a U.S. Special Forces National Guard Unit – faces up to 20 years imprisonment for the illegal export of firearms to China. The government has charged Debose with making multiple shipments of semiautomatic handguns, rifles and shotguns to customers in China. These activities constitute ITAR violations under the Arms Export Control Act.