What is an example of a recipient violating the transfer provisions of their export authorization?
A U.S. company ships infantry vehicles to Chile who then transports some of the infantry vehicles for sale to Argentina.
A U.S. company provides maintenance for civilian airframes for a foreign government and expands their effort to perform maintenance on that government’s military airframes as well.
A U.S. company fails to follow security best practices while shipping infantry weaponry, resulting in some of the weapons getting lost in transit.
A company ships weaponry to South Korea for installation onto U.S. infantry vehicles but, instead, mounts the weaponry onto U.S. attack helicopters to meet operational requirements.
Answer
A U.S. company fails to follow security best practices while shipping infantry weaponry, resulting in some of the weapons getting lost in transit.
Explanation
This violates the transfer provisions in that the the export whould ensure that security measures are followed to the latter in order to avoid any loss or some fraudulent activities during the transit. In other words, security is left solely as the role of the exporter and in case of any occurrence that violates the provisions, the exporter is held accountable