Sanctions & Export Control Evasion with Conflict Armament Research's Damien Spleeters EMBARGOED! Episode 90

This week, host Tim O'Toole chats with Damien Spleeters (Conflict Armament Research) and return guest Collmann Griffin (Miller & Chevalier) about how bad actors use sophisticated evasion tactics to circumvent U.S. export controls and sanctions to obtain components America's adversaries need for missiles, drones, and other weapons systems. Roadmap: Background on Conflict Armament Research (CAR), particularly CAR's work in Ukraine Western components that end up in Russian, Iranian, North Korean, and other weapons systems and how this overlaps with the BIS Common High Priority List (CHPL) A walkthrough of how an item makes its way from a U.S.-owned fabricator to a foreign weapons system Screening/due diligence steps recommended for manufacturers and distributors of high-priority items ******* Thanks to our guests for joining us: Damien Spleeters: Collmann Griffin: Questions? Contact us at podcasts@milchev.com . EMBARGOED! is not intended and cannot be relied on as legal advice; the content only reflects the thoughts and opinions of its hosts. EMBARGOED! is intelligent talk about sanctions, export controls, and all things international trade for trade nerds and normal human beings alike. Each episode will feature deep thoughts and hot takes about the latest headline-grabbing developments in this area of the law, as well as some below-the-radar items to keep an eye on.

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Sanctions & Export Control Evasion with Conflict Armament Research's Damien Spleeters EMBARGOED! Episode 90 is an episode from EMBARGOED! by Miller & Chevalier.

This episode is 34:55 long.

This episode was published on Nov 26, 2025.

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