The Confusing World Of Export Compliance Sometimes the regulations can be confusing and unclear about how to accomplish the tasks required to remain export compliant. One of these examples is Restricted Party Screening, where screening for denied or restricted entities is one of the most crucial risk management tasks within export compliance. All people, even…
Eight miles outside of Baltimore, along a railroad line dating back to late 1800s, lies a sleepy little town of just 10,000 people. You’ll find quiet, tree-lined streets. An old stone church. And just up the road, across from Panera Bread, in a nondescript, one-story brick industrial building, a few dozen employees work in a…
The U.S. Government has certainly had a busy summer, and the current administration was serious about its commitment to increased enforcement. Months ago, they stressed that enforcement was coming, and they have indeed followed through on that promise. See the below table for recent examples. Who? Penalty What Happened? Andritz, Inc. (Pennsylvania) $1.6 million Exported…
Over the past month, we’ve been inundated with calls and emails from people trying to export defense items to Ukraine. Mostly firearms, ammunition and body armor. The majority of these questions seem to come from former U.S. military personnel who are travelling to that area of the world to lend their expertise and help. It…
December 1989. Dresden, East Germany. The Berlin Wall has fallen, heralding the end of the Cold War. A surge of pro-democracy sentiment sweeps through Eastern Europe. One fateful night in December, a crowd of demonstrators tries to storm a nondescript building known to be the East German headquarters of the KGB. Rushing outside, a panicked,…