Swimming with sharks. What an image. Global trade compliance sometimes feels just like that. Think "shark" and then imagine someone waiting in your lobby with the title Special Agent, Department of Homeland Security or Special Investigator, Ministry of Industry Enforcement. Our commercial practices often cast us into unfamiliar and sometimes murky waters, and we become edgy at the thought of being scrutinized in 20/20 hindsight by someone with authority who probably doesn't have first-hand knowledge of our industry Add to that a daunting impact - a $345,000 average fine was imposed by the Bureau of Industry Security alone in cases closed during 2011 and the first half 2012. Even worse, 50 companies lost export privileges during that same period.
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