31. In response, Villamizar temporarily suspended export licenses, to ensure the export companies were legitimate. 32. Industry analysts say that Raytheon recently received an export license to sell a squadron of training jets, known as JPATS, to Chile. 33. Investigators are trying to determine whether the Mountain View, Calif.-based company knowingly violated U.S. export laws by failing to seek an export license. 34. It could also exclude them from exporting any goods to the United States and it could deny them export licenses for any U.S.-made goods. 35. It has thus made permanent a moratorium on export licenses initiated by the previous, Social Credit, government. 36. It prohibits countries from issuing export licenses before the importing country has approved the sale. 37. It was only two years ago that Ladriere received an export license. 38. Lee knew the Louvre also wanted the picture, so the prospects of receiving an export license seemed unlikely. 39. Most, according to the export licenses they bear, were acquired through an import-export scam that operated here in Pakistan. 40. Officials and businessmen openly say the ministries controlling exports of critical resources routinely demand hefty bribes for granting export licenses. |