Nicholas Kaiga, a Belgian businessman who pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to evade export control regulations, was deported from the United States by U.S. immigration authorities on July 7, 2015. Kaiga attempted to…
Export Controls & Sanctions
The Wisconsin Project conducts research and advocacy to support robust controls on strategic goods and enforcement of autonomous and international sanctions. Export controls and sanctions are powerful means of inhibiting the spread of technologies used to make weapons of mass destruction. Listed below is a selection of the Wisconsin Project’s work in these areas, including analysis of export control enforcement cases, Iran sanctions violations, and commentary on U.S. export control policy.
U.N. Panel Reports “Drastic” Reduction in Reporting on Illicit Iranian Procurement
No new instances of illicit procurement by Iran have been confirmed over the past year, according to a June 2 report by the U.N. Panel of Experts. According to the…
More Cracks in Iran Sanctions
Last week saw the emergence of another illicit nuclear procurement effort by Iran. On May 13, Reuters reported that Czech authorities had stopped an attempt by Iran in January to…
UK Reports Active Nuclear Procurement Involving Sanctioned Companies
The British government informed the U.N. Panel of Experts in April of “an active Iranian nuclear procurement network” involving two blacklisted Iranian companies, according to a Reuters report published on…
Taiwanese Man Charged with in Conspiracy to Export Sensitive Microelectronics to Iran
Arthur Shyu, a senior manager of Hosoda Taiwan Co. Ltd., was indicted on April 16, 2015, along with eight other defendants, as part of a procurement network that allegedly supplied…
Illegal Iranian Procurement Network Exposed
The Justice Department has charged four companies and five individuals for participating in an international network that illegally procured $24 million in controlled goods for the Iranian military and for…
Turkish Company in Procurement Ring Settles Charge of Illicit Export of Valve Parts to Iran
On March 20, 2015, AAG Makina, a Turkish equipment manufacturer, settled one charge of aiding an unauthorized export to Iran with the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security…
Grappling with U.N. Sanctions
Last week, negotiators in the ongoing nuclear talks grappled with how quickly to lift United Nations sanctions on Iran if a deal is reached. Reuters reported on March 12 that…
German Authorities Sentence Four Men for Supplying Iran with Valves for Heavy Water Reactor
German authorities sentenced four men to punishments ranging from four years in prison to 18 months’ probation for illegally supplying Iran with over one thousand valves for its Arak heavy…
Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Ship Industrial Machine to Iran via Dubai
On May 20, 2014, Pennsylvania businessman Helmut Oertmann pleaded guilty to attempting to ship a horizontal lathe (also known as a bar peeling machine or “peeler”) to Iran via Dubai…