The indictment of Turkish state-owned Halkbank, unsealed late last year, is the first against a major bank for sanctions violations brought by the United States.
Analysis
The Wisconsin Project’s reports track WMD programs and the companies supplying them. In op-eds and articles, we argue for strict enforcement of strategic trade controls to inhibit proliferation.
U.S. Targets Procurement Network Supplying Machine Tools to Iran
Analysis of an export enforcement case involving export-controlled machine tools sent to Iran via the UAE.
Commerce Department Warns Suppliers on Exports to Pakistan
On 30 August 2019, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the US Commerce Department published due diligence guidance for exports to Pakistan.
More Eyes on More Data: Prospects for Restricting Iran’s Missile Program Using Open Sources
An expert panel hosted by the Wisconsin Project examines using open source tools to restrict Iran’s missile program.
Proliferation to and from China Over Four Decades
Evaluating the evolution of Chinese proliferation and illicit procurement over the past 40 years.
Crackdown on Iranian Network Underscores Pattern in Illicit Procurement
A federal indictment unsealed last month provides the latest illustration of the methods used by Iranian procurement agents to illicitly procure U.S.-origin goods for export to Iran.
India Nuclear Milestones: 1945-2018
Tracking India’s nuclear weapons program since 1945.
Illicit Procurement Network Used Firms in China, Portugal, and Turkey to Supply Iran
A recently unsealed indictment provides detail on Iran’s use of deceptive practices to procure export controlled items with military applications from the U.S. and elsewhere.
Iran Dodges FATF Countermeasures but Looming U.S. Sanctions May Achieve Similar Outcome
Iran was once again on the agenda at a plenary meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) last week in Paris. The body decided not to re-impose the severe…
Letting ZTE Off the Hook, Again? Implications for Iran Sanctions Enforcement
The plight of Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE may have eased this week, as U.S. and Chinese officials met in Washington for high-level trade talks.