Trade Compliance Blog

The Tennessee professor convicted of export control violations will be sentenced on July 1st. In an unrelated incident, a Florida man was sentenced to 35 months in prison for illegally exporting aircraft parts for resale in Iran,  which violates the existing trade embargo. In these cases, the individuals willingly broke the law. However, in some [...]

Thinking you can handle export compliance? Or, that your trading partners are reliable? Here’s an example of the consequences of export control violations: Atmospheric Glow Technologies and former University of Tennessee professor J. Reece Roth. July 2006: Feds start inspecting. June 2008: Company files for bankruptcy August 2008: Company pleads guilty May 2009: Prosecuters recommend [...]