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U.S. Department of Justice
National Security Division
October 2, 2016
GUIDANCE REGARDING VOLUNTARY SELF-DISCLOSURES, COOPERATION, AND REMEDIATION IN EXPORT CONTROL AND SANCTIONS INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS [1]
[1] This Guidance does not create any privileges, benefits, or rights, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any individual, organization, party, or witness in any administrative, civil, or criminal matter.
Introduction
Foreign governments and other non-state adversaries of the United States are engaged in an aggressive campaign to acquire superior technologies and commodities that are developed, manufactured, and controlled in, and by, the United States. Such acquisitions – when conducted in contravention of U.S. law and policy – undermine the comparative and competitive advantages of U.S. industries and warfighters and, consequently, the national and economic security of the United States.
Thwarting these unlawful efforts is a top priority for the National Security...
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1) For consolidated commentary on the 2016 and 2023 DOJ-issued documents concerning voluntary disclosures of sanctions violations, see comments to NSD Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (Mar. 2023 - Second Reissuance).