Pursuant to its periodic review of items that may no longer merit control under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls today issued an interim final rule on underwater drones or, in geek-speak, uncrewed underwater…
A un-named U.S. person has agreed to pay to OFAC $1,427,230 to settle allegations that, among other things, he violated U.S. sanctions by providing services to an unnamed Iranian company he owned. He founded the company while he was living…
Gustavo Petro, the former President of Colombia, was planning a little trip to Mexico. He booked a flight on Avianca, Colombia’s national airline. But before he could even get settled in his seat and start sipping champagne, Avianca cancelled his…
Container Manufacturing, Ltd., based in Dayton, Ohio, was charged by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) with exporting equipment valued at $264,721 and used in the manufacture of aluminum beverage cans to a company in Russia. According to the…
Recent reports suggest that BIS is considering eliminating a “loophole” under which China remotely accesses in foreign countries high-performance AI servers that could not themselves be exported to China. That would not be eliminating a loophole; rather it would be…