On January 29,2020, Airbus SE of the Netherlands became another cog in the wheel of export enforcement. Airbus agreed to a settlement with DDTC of $10 million covering 75 violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Part 130 of the ITAR for the time period 2011 through 2019. Outline of Violations The violations…
On June 20, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that Walmart and its wholly owned Brazilian subsidiary plead guilty and agreed to pay a combined criminal penalty of $137 million to resolve allegations of violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”). The fines include $728,898 in criminal penalties, $3,694,490 in criminal forfeiture, plus a…