FLIR systems Archives - Corruption, Crime & Compliance

3 May, 2018

FLIR Systems ITAR Settlement Outlines Important Export Compliance Factors (Part II of II)

The FLIR Systems settlement is an extraordinary event given the sheer number of violations, the systemic breakdown that occurred, and the absence of any meaningful compliance controls. It is all the more surprising given the fact that FLIR’s operations are devoted in large proportion to the highly-regulated international defense industry market. Given the level of risk, you would expect FLIR to have in place systems...

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3 May, 2018

FLIR Systems Pays $15 Million Civil Penalty for AECA and ITAR Violations and Earns First DTCC Monitor (Part I of II)

In an extraordinary enforcement action, the US Department of State reached a comprehensive settlement with FLIR Systems, Inc. (FLIR) to resolve violations of the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). These acts are administered by the Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance in the Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (DTCC). Under the settlement, FLIR will pay a civil penalty...