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India: United States Imposes Sanctions on Indian Company The U.S. State Department has leveled sanctions against an Indian company and a Indian national who “have engaged in chemical/biological weapons proliferation activities,” according to an announcement in today’s Federal Register (see GSN, Jan. 21). As of Feb. 4, neither the Indian firm NEC Engineers Private nor the individual Hans Raj Shiv may export any goods to the United States, according to the notice signed by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation John Wolf. U.S. officials sanctioned Shiv last summer for violating the Iran-Iraq Arms Nonproliferation Act of 1992 (see GSN, July 25, 2002). In a dossier released last September, British Prime Minister Tony Blair cited NEC for dealing arms to Iraq (see GSN, Sept. 24). NEC was originally based in India but has now spread its operations to the Middle East and Eurasia, according to the State Department. Shiv is believed to be in the Middle East. The sanctions will apply for “at least one year and until further notice,” according to the State Department document (Federal Register, Feb. 19).
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