Illicit Trade
ISIS Reports
New Information on Shenyang Machine Tool Company’s Illicit Sales to North Korea and Russia
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso
Russian Decoy Drones that Depend on Western Parts Pose a Great Challenge to Ukrainian Defenses
Igor Anokhin and Spencer Faragasso
Action from Semiconductor Companies is Long Overdue
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso
Chinese Export of Restricted High Priority Battlefield Items to Russia
Spencer Faragasso
Unsealed Indictment Shows Iranian Agents Acquired Controlled Camera with Nuclear Weapons Application
Sarah Burkhard, Chloe DeVere, and Kendall Roach1
Case Study on smuggling sensitive U.S.-origin items
Victoria Cheng
Russian Company Drake LLC’s Procurements for JSC Alabuga’s Military Drone Projects
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso
Russian Company Elmak Procures “High Priority” Items for Russia’s War Efforts via China
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso
Iran/Russia Military Technology Axis: Russia Showcases to Iran New and Advanced Military Technology
David Albright and Spencer Faragasso
Alabuga’s Greatly Expanded Production Rate of Shahed 136 Drones
David Albright, Dr. Igor Anokhin,[1] Sarah Burkhard, Victoria Cheng, and Spencer Faragasso
Alabuga’s Shahed 136 (Geran 2) Warheads: A Dangerous Escalation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
Satellite Imagery Update on Alabuga Shahed-136 Drone Factory
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Victoria Cheng [1]
Russian Lancet-3 Kamikaze Drone Filled with Foreign Parts:
Spencer Faragasso
Electronics in the Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
Visible Progress at Russia’s Shahed Drone Production Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and the Good ISIS team
A Strategic Challenge: A Peddling Peril Index Analysis of Countries’ Restricted Russia Trade
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
Russian Military UAV Used in Ukraine Depends on Foreign Parts
Spencer Faragasso
Responsible Statecraft Correlates with UN Vote on Russian Invasion of Ukraine
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Spencer Faragasso
Iranian Illicit Procurement Scheme to Acquire Controlled Spectrometry Systems Busted
Spencer Faragasso and Sarah Burkhard
Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2019
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Andrea Stricker
Case Study: Fake Defense Contractor Indicted for Exporting Military Related Drawings to Turkey
Hanah Joudi and Andrea Stricker
Correlating a Country’s Economic Output with its Level of Export Controls
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker
Chongsu Nuclear-Grade Graphite Production Plant?
David Albright
Case Study: Two Plead Guilty in Pakistan Illicit Procurement Case
Bridget Leahy and Andrea Stricker
Iran Nuclear Deal Procurement Channel Update: Is it being bypassed?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Sudan/Russian Nuclear Power Cooperation Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker
52 Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea throughout most of 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
Most Nuclear Ban Treaty Proponents are Lagging in Implementing Sound Export Control Legislation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
Transfer of Firearms on U.S. Control Lists Raises Proliferation, Terrorism Concerns
Andrea Stricker and David Albright
Strengthening the Counter-Illicit Nuclear Trade Regime in the Face of New Threats:
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Sarah Burkhard, and Erica Wenig
Nuclear Infrastructure and Proliferation Risks of the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Egypt
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker
Status of the Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Is Iran Mass Producing Advanced Gas Centrifuge Components?
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
U.S. Export Control Reform: Impacts and Implications
Andrea Stricker with David Albright
Shenyang Machine Tools Company
David Albright
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Ambitions and Proliferation Risks
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker
Heavy Water Loophole in the Iran Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Previously Sanctioned Iranian Entities Doing Business in China
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Attempted Carbon Fiber Procurement
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
U.S. Purchase of Iran’s Heavy Water: Encouraging a Dangerous Nuclear Supplier
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Case Study: Nuclear Traffickers Conspired to Procure High Speed Cameras
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel: Overcoming Post-Implementation Day Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
JCPOA Procurement Channel: Architecture and Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Additional Taiwan-Based Element of Iranian Military Goods Procurement Network Exposed
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Daniel Schnur, and Sarah Burkhard
Preliminary Assessment of the JCPOA Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Case Study: Skilled Procurement Ring Charged in Illegally Obtaining Goods for Iran
By Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker
Updates to ISIS Illicit Trade Case Studies
Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker
Case Study: Iranian Illicit Financing for Quds Force’s Overseas Purchases
David Albright and Jack Dishner
Stopping Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Procurement
Ian J. Stewart and Andrea Stricker
Provisions to Limit Future Iranian Illicit Procurements for Its Nuclear Programs
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
ISIS Note: Further Questions on Sanctioned North Korean Entity
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Iran Admits Illegally Acquiring Goods for its Nuclear Programs
David Albright, Daniel Schnur, and Andrea Stricker
Advisory: United States Enforces Existing Sanctions against Key Iranian Company
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Case Study- Serial Proliferator Karl Li: China’s Continued Refusal to Act
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Donald Stewart
Case Study: Chinese Citizen’s Involvement in the Supply of MKS Pressure Transducers to Iran
Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Stricker, and David Albright
Case Study- Suspicious Advertisements for High Quality Maraging Steel
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Donald Stewart, and Andrea Stricker
Case Study- Canada Prosecutes Company for Possible Nuclear Related Export to Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Case Study - Chinese National Sought High-Strength Carbon Fiber for China
Donald Stewart and Andrea Stricker
Case Study - U.S. Busts Iranian Smuggling Scheme Involving a Nuclear-Related Good
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Future World of Illicit Nuclear Trade: Mitigating the Threat
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Houston Wood
Ring Magnets for IR-1 Centrifuges
David Albright
Case Study - Chinese Salesman Arrested in Pressure Transducer Case
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
United States Prosecutes U.S.-Based Smuggler Working for Iran
Andrea Stricker
Closing the Tinners’ Swiss Criminal Case*
David Albright and Michael Rietz**
Major U.S. Sting Operation Arrests Iranian in Nuclear Smuggling Network
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Iranian Smuggling for Military Nuclear Programs: From Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group to the PHRC
David Albright and Paul Brannan
Telexes: Front Company Kala Naft
David Albright and Paul Brannan
Telexes: Amir Kabir University and Dr. Shahmoradi
David Albright
The Telexes: Whole Body Counters and the Physics Research Center
David Albright and Paul Brannan
Opening the Door to a Solution with Iran
David Albright and Olli Heinonen*
Department 70 and the Physics Research Center: Extensive Interest in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz, and Andrew Ortendahl
The Physics Research Center and Iran’s Parallel Military Nuclear Program
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
Case Study - Man Charged with Exporting U.S. Goods to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
Yadegari Appeal Denied by Canadian Court
Andrea Stricker
The Tinner Case: Time for a Frank, Open Evaluation
David Albright and Paul Brannan
CIA Recruitment of the Three Tinners: A Preliminary Assessment
David Albright and Paul Brannan
Case Study - Yadegari Sentenced to 20 Months Plus Time Served
Andrea Stricker
Case Study - U.S. Company Faces Penalties for Alleged Nuclear Export Attempts to India, Israel
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
Malaysia Finally Adopts National Export Controls
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
Detecting and Disrupting Illicit Nuclear Trade after A.Q. Khan
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
The Price of Getting Documents from A.Q. Khan: Carrying his Water
David Albright and Paul Brannan
Busting the Members at the Core of Iran’s Smuggling Networks
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Case Study - Inventive U.S. Sting Operation Catches Iran-Based Military Equipment Smuggler
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Case Study - Former Iranian Ambassador Arrested in UK for Alleged Iran-Directed Smuggling Scheme
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Case Study - Middleman Majid Kakavand Arrested for Malaysia-Based Iranian Illicit Procurement
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Case Study - Arrest Made in Germany of Core Iranian Procurement Agent
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Busting the Members at the Core of Iran’s Smuggling Networks
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Self-Serving Leaks from the A.Q. Khan Circle
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
Case Study - Update: Smuggler Previously Convicted of Aircraft Export Control Violations;
Andrea Scheel Stricker
Case Study - Decision Reached on Vanaki Case: Landgericht Finds Defendant Guilty,
David Albright and Christina Walrond
Case Study - The Trials of the German-Iranian Trader Mohsen Vanaki:
David Albright and Christina Walrond
Case Study - Smugglers Assist North Korea-Directed Illicit Trade to Myanmar
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - A Smuggler’s Procurement of Nuclear Dual-Use Pressure Transducers for Iran
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - Iran’s Procurement of U.S. Military Aircraft Parts: Two case studies in illicit trade
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - Profitable and Low-Penalty:
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - Pakistan’s Illicit Procurement of Missile and Drone Equipment
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - An Inside Look: India’s Procurement of Tributyl Phosphate (TBP)
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - A Company’s Discretion Detects Large Iranian Valve Orders
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - How Cooperation between a Company and Government Authorities
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - Detecting the Barrage Approach to Illicit Procurement
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
Case Study - Iranian Entities’ Illicit Military Procurement Networks
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel
Swiss Smugglers Had Advanced Nuclear Weapons Designs
David Albright
Multilateral Nuclear Export Controls After the A.Q. Khan Network
Jacob Blackford
Asher Karni Case Shows Weakness in Nuclear Export Controls
Jacob Blackford
Libya’s Gas Centrifuge Procurement: Much Remains Undiscovered
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein
Documents Indicate A.Q. Khan Offered Nuclear Weapon Designs to Iraq in 1990: Did He Approach Other
David Albright and Corey Hinderstein
Building a Corporate Nonproliferation Ethic
David Albright and Peter Gray