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Export Compliance Policy: Penalties

Penalties are the major enforcement tool for export law. Penalties for violating any portion of the regulations governing controlled exports include:

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITAR

Personal and corporate fines - up to $1,000,000.00 per violation (one mistake can comprise several violations).

Prosecution - up to ten years imprisonment per violation (one mistake can comprise several violations).

Loss of export privilege. (Debarment).

To combat terrorists and countries sponsoring terrorism.

Please note that most violations of export regulations involve unauthorized release of technical data (either classified or unclassified) to foreign persons in the United States or abroad.

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