"... export prosecutions increased by 50 percent in fiscal year 2007. A review of some of these export prosecutions exemplifies the aggressiveness with which export violations are now being prosecuted and fined. One recent case involved a leading manufacturer of military night vision equipment, which was fined $100 million for illegally exporting restricted night vision data to China, Singapore and the United Kingdom. Another recent case involved a New York company that was fined $470,000 because the mine-safety equipment it exported to the United Arab Emirates ended up in Iran."

From Beware of Export Law Violations, by By Margaret M. Gatti and David M. Laigaie, The Legal Intelligencer,, December 27, 2007. The article usefully lists ten specific things that businesses need to keep in mind about export-controls law.