FIVE Pakistani men are charged with tricking 29 American companies into illegally exporting equipment and components to the blacklisted Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission and Advanced Engineering Research Organisation, reports American Shipper.
According to the US Justice Department, five Pakistani nationals used overseas front companies to illegally obtain American-made technologies for Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.
The US Justice Department announced that five Pakistani nationals have been indicted for their alleged role in a five-year clandestine operation to illegally procure and smuggle US-made technologies for use in Pakistan's nuclear weapons development program.
Between September 2014 and October 2019, the men used a system of front companies located in Pakistan, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Canada operating mostly under the names Business World and Industria.
According to the US Justice Department, during that five-year period Muhammad Karman Wali of Pakistan, Muhammad Ahsan Wali and Haji Wali Muhammad Sheikh of Canada, Ashrah Khan Muhammad of Hong Kong and Ahmed Waheed of the United Kingdom procured components from 29 US companies for 38 illicit shipments to Pakistan.
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According to the US Justice Department, five Pakistani nationals used overseas front companies to illegally obtain American-made technologies for Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme.
The US Justice Department announced that five Pakistani nationals have been indicted for their alleged role in a five-year clandestine operation to illegally procure and smuggle US-made technologies for use in Pakistan's nuclear weapons development program.
Between September 2014 and October 2019, the men used a system of front companies located in Pakistan, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Canada operating mostly under the names Business World and Industria.
According to the US Justice Department, during that five-year period Muhammad Karman Wali of Pakistan, Muhammad Ahsan Wali and Haji Wali Muhammad Sheikh of Canada, Ashrah Khan Muhammad of Hong Kong and Ahmed Waheed of the United Kingdom procured components from 29 US companies for 38 illicit shipments to Pakistan.
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