State Dept. Imposes Export Penalties for Illegal Transfers to Iran, North Korea, Syria

The State Department this week announced penalties on two people and three entities and their subsidiaries for illegal transfers under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act. The agency in a notice said the parties transferred items subject to multilateral control lists that contribute to weapons proliferation or missile production. The State Department barred them from making certain purchases of items controlled on the U.S. Munitions List and by the Arms Export Control Act and will suspend any current export licenses. The agency also will bar them from receiving new export licenses for any goods subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The restrictions will remain in place for two years from the Feb. 27 effective date.

The people and entities are PMC Wagner; Russian national Pavel Shevelin; LLC Eltekhnord; North Korean national Rim Yo’ng-hyo’k, aka Rim Yong Hyok; and Russian Aerospace Forces, aka VKS.