BIS Announces Denial of Export Privileges for Three ITAR Violators

The Bureau of Industry and Security is denying export privileges for three individuals for separate instances of Arms Export Control Act violations, the agency said. BIS removed export privileges for Dennis Haag until Sept. 24, 2019, nearly two years after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan convicted him of exporting rifle barrels and other parts designated on the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to South Africa without a required State Department license, BIS said (here). BIS removed export privileges for Jose Cocchiola (here) until Aug. 19, 2019, after he was convicted Aug. 19, 2014, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida for attempting to export USML-designated 9 millimeter pistols to Venezuela with no State license or approval. BIS also ended export privileges for Ismael Reta (here) until June 15, 2025, after U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas found him guilty of conspiring to export, attempting to export, and causing to be exported to Mexico firearms and ammunition without having a State license or authorization for the exports. Haag, Cocchiola and Reta may appeal by July 30 with the undersecretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.