Dual-Use Diversion

Diversion analyst, national export-control agency / customs intelligence

Microelectronic components on the dual-use control list are leaving the EU legally, declared for buyers in Kazakhstan, Armenia and the UAE. But the receiving firms share a freight forwarder and a phone number with a sanctioned Russian end-user, and their order volumes jumped the week the embargo took effect. The question: which shipping lanes are re-export channels, and where can customs physically intercept them?