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Siemens Pays US$1.6 Billion to Settle U.S. and German Anti-Corruption Charges

Posted on December 15, 2008
Siemens AG announced today that legal proceedings against it arising from allegations of bribing public officials were concluded on the same day in Munich, Germany and in Washington, DC and that the company will pay total fines and penalties of US$ 1...

Reporting Requirements Begin December 18 for Private Aircraft Arriving or Departing the United States

Posted on December 14, 2008
The new regulation requiring private aircraft to transmit traveler manifest and arrival and departure information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) using the Electronic Advance Passenger Information System (eAPIS) goes into effect later this week...

BIS Publishes "Fix-It" Rule Making Technical Corrections to EAR

Posted on December 14, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security published a final "fix-it" rule in Monday's Federal Register making a number of clerical and technical changes to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Among other things, the final rule: Updates addresses, telephone numbers, procedures and a...

Siemens Reportedly to Pay Record $800 Milllion FCPA Settlement

Posted on December 12, 2008
Bloomberg has reported that Siemens AG has agreed to pay $800 million to settle allegations that it violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. If finalized, this will be the largest FCPA penalty ever, dwarfing the $44.1 million penalty imposed on Baker Hughes in April 2007...

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CBP Announces Changes for Expedited Border-Crossing Program for Truckers

Posted on December 12, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that current members of the Free and Secure Trade frequent border crosser program (FAST), can now create an account online through the Global Online Enrollment System (GOES) on CBP's web site. The FAST program is available to drivers crossing the...

CBP Conducts Surprise Agriculture Inspections on All Passengers Arriving on Two Flights From Japan and Korea

Posted on December 12, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today that agriculture specialists inspected the luggage of all 366 passengers who arrived aboard two flights, a Korean Airlines flight and an All Nippon Airways flight, to Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday...

Fundamentals of Exporting Webinar to be Presented by U.S. Export Assistance Center of Missouri

Posted on December 10, 2008
The U.S. Export Assistance Center of Missouri is presenting a series of six webinars on the fundamentals of exporting in January through March 2009. The topics covered in each program are listed below. Doug Jacobson of Strasburger & Price, LLP (editor of this blog) and Scott Sullivan, who...

Bill Introduced in Congress to Impose Conditions on U.S.-UAE Nuclear Agreement

Posted on December 10, 2008
On December 9th, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, introduced the Limitation on Nuclear Cooperation with the United Arab Emirates Act of 2008 (H.R. 7316), a bill that would impose conditions on the proposed agreement between the...

Transparency International Releases 2008 Bribe Payers Index

Posted on December 09, 2008
In connection with International Anti-Corruption Day (see previous post), Transparency International (TI) today issued its 2008 Bribe Payers Index (BPI) and Survey. The BPI report, which focuses on the supply-side of bribery, ranked the 22 countries with the largest economies by the tendency of...

International Anti-Corruption Day: Your No Counts

Posted on December 09, 2008
December 9th is International Anti-Corruption Day. In order to promote the launch of their 2008-2009 anti-corruption campaign, the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has produced the following 60 second video that promotes the power to say no when confronted with bribery...

Export Controls Articles of Interest

Posted on December 08, 2008
Here are some recent articles of interest on various export control issues: Shipping Digest, December 8, 2008 "Exporters must read between the lines to avoid running afoul of export-control regulations"Boston Globe, December 7, 2008: "Oil firm sidesteps sanctions on Iran"Compliance Week, December...

BIS Publishes Notice of Minor Change to November 18, 2008 Final Rule

Posted on December 08, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in Monday's Federal Register a "fix-it" rule correcting the November 18, 2008 final rule that amended the end-use and end-user controls in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and revising the definition of the term "transfer...

CFIUS Publishes Guidance on Types of Transactions Having National Security Considerations

Posted on December 08, 2008
The Treasury Department, as chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and as required by the Foreign Investment and the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA), has for the first time issued guidance on the types of mergers, acquisitions and...

Employees of U.S. Affiliate of Chinese Electronics Distribution Company Charged With Violating Export Control Laws

Posted on December 08, 2008
The Boston Business Journal reported today that the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts has charged three employees of Chitron Electronics Inc., a Waltham, Massachusetts affiliate of China-based Chitron Electronics Co. Ltd., with conspiracy to violate U.S...

CBP Officers and Agents to be Featured in New Reality TV Show Starting in January

Posted on December 07, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and officers (CBP) will be featured in a new television series premiering on January 6, 2009 at 8 p.m. EST. The 13 episode series, called ?Homeland Security USA?, takes cameras into situations never before seen on television, with each episode covering...

New Film About Che Guevera Shown at the Havana Film Festival

Posted on December 07, 2008
The new film Che, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Benicio Del Toro, was presented yesterday and today at the Havana Film Festival (officially the Festival Internaional del Neuvo Cine Latinoamerican) that is running from December 2-12, 2008...

Census Issues AES Notification Regarding Shipments to International Waters

Posted on December 07, 2008
The Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division last week issued a notice (pdf) clarifying the Foreign Trade Regulations' requirement for the filing of Electronic Export Information (EEI) through the Automated Export System (AES) for shipments to international waters...

Congressman Accused of Violating FCPA Loses Reelection Bid

Posted on December 07, 2008
Representative William J. Jefferson (D-LA), the first U.S. public official be indicted for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act lost his bid for reelection to Congress on Saturday to Republican Anh "Joseph" Cao, a New Orleans attorney. Cao will be the first Vietnamese-American elected to...

Trade Associations Send Cuba Sanctions Letter to President-Elect Obama

Posted on December 04, 2008
Twelve leading business groups today sent a letter (PDF) to President-elect Barack Obama, urging his administration to reexamine current U.S. Cuba policy and consider new approaches that would benefit U.S. national security and economic interests and the Cuban people...

December NCITD Meeting to Feature Speakers From BIS, DDTC and Japanese Embassy

Posted on December 04, 2008
The next meeting of the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD) will take place on Thursday, December 11, 2008 in Washington, DC and will feature the following speakers: Matthew Borman, Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, U...

DDTC Issues Licensing Guidance on Sirius/XM Merger and RUAG Acquisitions

Posted on November 30, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) recently issued notifications describing how two recent mergers and acquisitions involving companies subject to DDTC jurisdiction will impact license applications and agreements: 1. Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Merger -- Effective immediately, Sirius...

Individual Designated by OFAC as Mugabe "Cronie" to Challenge Designation

Posted on November 30, 2008
Last week, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that it was adding to the List of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN List) four "Mugabe regime cronies and a number of entities owned or controlled by two of them...

Arizona Company's ITAR Registration Press Release Contains Interesting Statements

Posted on November 30, 2008
Below is a one of the more interesting and unusual ITAR registration-related press releases I have seen. Be sure to see the next to last sentence regarding the "dirty secret": HighRely Achieves ITAR Compliance & Registration: one of just several U...

DDTC Issues New Registration Forms

Posted on November 30, 2008
The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has issued a new and improved Statement of Registration Form (Form DS-2032) for use by manufacturers, exporters and brokers of defense articles, defense services and technical data required to be registered under the ITAR...

OFAC Updates List of Entities Owned or Controlled by the Government of Iran

Posted on November 26, 2008
The Treasury Department announced today that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added the National Iranian Oil Company (a.k.a. NIOC), Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd. (a.k.a. NICO), and Naftiran Intertrade Co. Sarl as entities owned or controlled by the Government of Iran to the...

ETRAC and RPTAC to Meet in December

Posted on November 26, 2008
As noted below, two of the Bureau of Industry and Security's Technical Advisory Committees will be meeting in the coming weeks. The meeting agenda and information on how to attend these meetings can be found in the links below: The Emerging Technology and Research Advisory Committee (ETRAC) will...

CBP Issues Final 10+2 Rule; Provides for 12-Month Phase-In

Posted on November 25, 2008
The long-awaited interim final 10+2 rule, officially known as Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements, will be published in tomorrow's Federal Register (PDF). While the interim final rule makes a number of changes to the rule proposed by U...

OFAC Issues November Civil Penalty Report

Posted on November 25, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued its November civil penalty report. The following is a summary of the settlements: Entities: Iridex Corporation has remitted $7,500 to settle allegations of violations of the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations occurring...

Treasury Department Publishes Final CFIUS Regulation Covering Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers by Foreign Persons

Posted on November 24, 2008
The Treasury Department's Office of Investment Secuity published in Friday's Federal Register the long-awaited final regulation implementing the changes to the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) reporting and review process relating to mergers, acquisitions...

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Issues Report to Congress

Posted on November 24, 2008
Last week the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), the bipartisan Commission, established by Congress to analyze the economic and national security relationship between the U.S. and China, released its Sixth Annual Report to Congress...

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