BIS Issues Export Denial Orders

The Bureau of Industry and Security denied for 10 years the export privileges of: (1) Paweena Pechner, who on July 17, 2014, was convicted of Arms Control Export Act (AECA) violations for her role in shipments of U.S. Munitions List (USML)-designated defense articles to Thailand (here); and of (2) Alexandre Astakhov, who on May 7, 2015, was convicted of similar AECA violations in connection with the attempted export to Russia of two L-3 CNVD-T thermal clip-on night vision devices (here), BIS said. Neither Pechner nor Astakhov had obtained a State Department license or written approval for their alleged actions, BIS said. The agency also revoked all licenses issued pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act or the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in which Pechner and Astakhov had an interest in at the time of their convictions. Both export privilege denial periods are effective from the respective conviction dates.