DOJ: $98.9 Million Fine for Fixing Price of Ocean Shipping Services Company is Fourth Firm Charged in Conspiracy Among Major International Ocean Shipping Lines Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS (WWL), a Norwegian corporation, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $98.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices of international ocean shipments … [Read more...]
Reminder for Exporters and Authorized Forwarding Agents that Ship to Cuba: Proper Filing of EEI in AES
Reminder for Exporters and Authorized Forwarding Agents that Ship to Cuba: Proper Filing of EEI in AES All items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) require authorization for export to Cuba either by an individual validated license or license exception. If your item is eligible for shipment under a license exception, it is incumbent upon the exporter to … [Read more...]
Clothing importer, manufacturer to pay $13 million fine for evading customs duties
Clothing importer, manufacturer to pay $13 million fine for evading customs duties A China-based clothing manufacturer agreed to pay more than $13 million for engaging in a double invoicing scheme to defraud the United States out of millions of dollars in customs duties. The civil settlement is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s … [Read more...]
ACE – 3 More Mandatory Use Dates
ACE - 3 More Mandatory Use Dates Per CSMS #16-000564 - An Updated ACE Development/Deployment Schedule. The ACE Development and Deployment schedule provides details concerning delivery of all trade processing capabilities in ACE by the end of 2016. A change log is included with the updated development/deployment schedule. Key changes include: • August 27, 2016 – … [Read more...]
Ohio Company Fined $250K for Export Violations
Ohio Company Fined $250K for Export Violations BIS (Bureau of Industry & Security) entered into a settlement with Worthington Products Inc. (WPI) and Paul Meeks of Ohio for alleged violation of Conspiracy to Export Items from the United States to the Government of Iran without the Required License. In addition to the fine of $250,000, WPI and Meeks must attend Export … [Read more...]