Commerce Revokes Export Privileges for Illegal Exports to Syria
The Department of Commerce revoked export privileges for Rasheed Al Jijakli, who was convicted in 2018 of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act after trying to illegally export tactical gear to the U.S. from Syria, Commerce said in a…
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Sept. 30 notice. The gear included U.S. “laser boresighters and day- and night-vision rifle scopes,” Commerce said. Jijakli was sentenced to 46 months in prison, two years of supervised release and a $5,000 fine, the notice said. Commerce revoked Jijakli’s export privileges for 10 years dating from his Dec. 20, 2018, conviction.