Environment

Cross-Agency Enforcement Panel: Trade Compliance, National Security, & Experience From The Field

OEE, FBI, HIS, DCIS, & OFAC

Wednesday, 10/07 at 9:10 AM

Hill Ballroom

About this session

Moderator will lead a discussion with HSI, DCIS, FBI, and OEE agents/investigators about enforcement trends, priorities, and processes, as well as best practices/lessons learned for outreach/cooperation between university export controls/research security and the main federal authorities. Topics to potentially include: Current federal enforcement priorities, customs/shipping issues, self-disclosure processes, negotiating prohibited lists, red flags for risky transactions, and foreign travel guidance. Give perspective on what it is like to conduct investigations and how they are done, using (inactive/hypothetical) case examples. Drawing on different enforcement and agency perspectives and priorities.

Moderator

Bryan Pabin

Export Controls Director, Office of Research Integrity, University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) and retired OEE Special Agent, Chicago Field Office

Rachel Cathie
Special Agent, Department of Homeland Security Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Charlotte, NC

Jarrett B. Doss
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Raleigh Field Office

Alex Alvarado 
Special Agent and Program Manager - Defense Technology Protection, Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) in Washington, DC

Hosted by The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill