US BIS Export Violations

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Companies and individuals penalized for breaking U.S. export control rules, such as illegal exports, reexports, or transfers of restricted items.

This dataset covers enforcement actions taken by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) against companies and individuals that violated U.S. export control laws.

These cases often involve shipping restricted technology without authorization, ignoring trade restrictions, or violating antiboycott rules. The dataset serves as a public record of BIS enforcement outcomes.

Data overview

Entities:
Total3,312
Searchable1,656
Targets1,656
Entity types:
Legal entities1,656
Publisher:Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) · United States

BIS is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, where it manages the intersection between business and the foreign policy and security interests of the U.S.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Regulatory Watchlists · Warrants and Criminal Entities
Information:www.bis.gov
Source data:www.bis.gov · HTML
Tags:list.export · juris.us · issuer.west
Coverage:added · frequency: weekly
Last processed:2026-03-03 17:35:21 · v. 20260303173521-ffn
Last change:

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Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities1.53 MB
names.txtTarget names text file27.46 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format951.59 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.55 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV359.97 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems IncLegal entity
Teledyne FLIR LLCLegal entity
FLIR Optoelectronic Technology (Shanghai) Co. LtdLegal entity
Vizocom ICTLegal entity
Jirair AvanessianLegal entity
Flider Electronics, LLCLegal entity
Mark HenryLegal entity
Shantia HassanshahiLegal entity
Valery KosmachovLegal entity
Shantia HassanshahiLegal entity
Flider Electronics, LLCLegal entity
Flider Electronics, LLCLegal entity
Sky Blue Bird GroupLegal entity
Sky Blue Bird GroupLegal entity
Sky Blue Bird GroupLegal entity
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