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13 May 2025
European Businessman Accused Of Tech Smuggling To Russia
Torres Trade Law, PLLC
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Torres Law, PLLC is an international trade and national security law firm that assists clients with the import and export of goods, technology, services, and foreign investment matters. We have extensive experience with the various regimes and agencies governing trade such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Department of Defense Security Service (DSS), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and others.
In a story seemingly fit for a Hollywood spy thriller, the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York unsealed indictments in a Disruptive Technology Strike Force case. The charges against Dr. Nikolaos "Nikos" Bogonikolos included smuggling, wire fraud, and conspiracy and were announced after his arrest in Paris by French authorities.
