A 67-year-old man from Surrey, British Columbia, has been arrested in Washington state for allegedly participating in a long-running scheme to smuggle restricted U.S. technology to Pakistan. The man, identified as Mohammad Jawaid Aziz, is accused of acting as a middleman to bypass export laws and deliver sensitive equipment to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, missile, and drone programs. U.S. authorities say the conspiracy spanned over 15 years and involved routing goods through Canada to avoid detection. The charges include conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and direct violations of those laws. The case highlights ongoing concerns about international efforts to circumvent arms control regulations.
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B.C. man accused of smuggling U.S. technology for Pakistan’s nuclear, missile and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle programs
AN indictment was unsealed on March 27 charging a Pakistani-Canadian man from B.C., Mohammad Jawaid Aziz, also known as Jawaid Aziz Siddiqui and Jay Siddiqui, 67, with conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws and violating U.
