Joseph T. Lukas, a partner in Nexus Technologies Inc., has pled guilty in connection with a conspiracy to bribe Vietnamese government officials. Nexus was a privately owned export company that found US vendors for Vietnamese government contracts that involved underwater mapping equipment, bomb containment equipment, helicopter parts, chemical detectors, satellite communication parts and air tracking systems. Lukas was in charge of the negotiations of these contracts with US suppliers. The Vietnamese officials included the commercial branches of Vietnam’s Ministries of Transport, Industry and Public Safety. (more…)
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Businessman Pleads Guilty to Illegal Bribes
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 by Danielle McClellanDOD Announced New FedEx Shipping Policy
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 by Danielle McClellanDOD has released an update involving FedEx shipping activities for items shipped from Pacific locations to Europe, CENTCOM AOR and intra Pacific. On August 4, 2009 DOD released a statement advising that in addition to an earlier restriction to ship to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, FedEx can now no longer accept shipments containing ITAR controlled items for movement between the following regions: (more…)
ITAR Amendment for Exports to Vietnam
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007 by John BlackIn the April 3, 2007 Federal Register, the Department of State amended the ITAR to announce that it will consider applications for the sale, lease, export or transfer of non-lethal defense articles and services to Vietnam. The policy will be to consider on a case-by-case basis licenses or approvals for imports or export of non-lethal defenses items/services either originating from or destined for Vietnam. Licenses and approvals for lethal defense articles and services will be denied. Exports of lethal end-items and their components will also be denied unless the components are non-lethal, safety-of-use spare parts. Non-lethal crowd control defense items/services and night vision devices to be used for ground security will not be approved.
BOTTOM LINE:
DDTC may approve an application that meets the above guidelines. You may not use exemptions for Vietnam.
Comments regarding this amendment may be addressed to DDTCResponseTeam@state.gov
Source:
- Federal Register – April 3, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 63, pp. 15830-15831)
Vietnam Decries US Trade Sanctions
Wednesday, July 30th, 2003 by John BlackThe Vietnamese Government and people have nothing but harsh words for the new US tariffs of 37% to 53% on imports of Vietnamese catfish, a development that has catfish eaters across the United States on the hook for higher prices, but otherwise has no impact on any of our readers. Just thought you might be interested.
