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Indictments and Arrests

10.28.15
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October 23, 2015: SL, ELN & FARC renewed under TAFA

On Friday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) renewed the Final Designations under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA) for another year for the following 3 South American terror groups:

  1. EJERCITO DE LIBERACION NACIONAL (ELN)
    a.k.a:     National Liberation Army Other Information: Both UK listing and EU listing. Listed
    on:     02/11/2001 Last Updated: 22/10/2015 Group ID: 7364.

  2. FUERZAS ARMADAS REVOLUCIONARIAS DE COLOMBIA
    a.k.a:     (1) FARC (2) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Other Information: Both UK
    listing and EU listing.     Listed on: 02/11/2001 Last Updated: 22/10/2015 Group ID: 7418.

  3. SENDERO LUMINOSO (SL)
    a.k.a:     Shining Path Other Information: Both UK listing and EU listing. Listed on:
    02/11/2001 Last Updated: 22/10/2015 Group ID: 7440.

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09.09.14
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This is not a toy: Vlacheslav Zhukov charged by BIS

Courtesy of Export Law Blog, a story of a Georgia man who tried to ship rifle scopes to Russia and got nabbed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for export control violations…

Seems he kind of knew what he was doing was illegal…

As the false statement count suggests, there is some evidence that Zhukov may have known that the exports required a license from the U.S. government. Zhukov allegedly filed a Customs Declaration with the U.S. Postal Service saying that the boxes contained a “cardboard box, a model battle tank, and men’s jeans.” Telling customs that you’re mailing a “cardboard box” to Russia probably is more or less an open invitation to having your shipment detained and inspected, which may well be how he was caught.

Of course, there may be other reasons that Zhukov fibbed about the contents of the box. Perhaps he was hoping to avoid Russian import license requirements or duties. At this point, we have no idea what his explanation will be for providing an incorrect description of the items being exported.

As Mr. Watchlist is fond of saying, we are in the business of catching the stupid and unsophisticated, the impatient and the greedy…

Links:

Be Careful What You Like on Facebook (from Export Law Blog)

Indictment Text

 

09.04.14
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This is not a toy: Vlacheslav Zhukov charged by BIS

Courtesy of Export Law Blog, a story of a Georgia man who tried to ship rifle scopes to Russia and got nabbed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for export control violations…

Seems he kind of knew what he was doing was illegal…

As the false statement count suggests, there is some evidence that Zhukov may have known that the exports required a license from the U.S. government. Zhukov allegedly filed a Customs Declaration with the U.S. Postal Service saying that the boxes contained a “cardboard box, a model battle tank, and men’s jeans.” Telling customs that you’re mailing a “cardboard box” to Russia probably is more or less an open invitation to having your shipment detained and inspected, which may well be how he was caught.

Of course, there may be other reasons that Zhukov fibbed about the contents of the box. Perhaps he was hoping to avoid Russian import license requirements or duties. At this point, we have no idea what his explanation will be for providing an incorrect description of the items being exported.

As Mr. Watchlist is fond of saying, we are in the business of catching the stupid and unsophisticated, the impatient and the greedy…

Links:

Be Careful What You Like on Facebook (from Export Law Blog)

Indictment Text