בארה"ב פועלים לעצור 4 סינים המבריחים רכיבים אלקטרוניים לתעשיית הנשק באיראן

The State Department this week put a $15 million bounty on four Chinese nationals asking for more information on their whereabouts. They're accused of illegally exporting U.S. know-how to Iran, which helps fund Iranian terrorists, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Force. A Chinese woman named Emily Liu is the ringleader of the Chinese smuggling group. She is facing several criminal counts in the U.S., including illegally smuggling sanctioned She's also charged with deceiving U.S. authorities with misleading export information. The State Department said Liu's scheme dates back to 2007, when she started selling U.S.-made electronic components to Iran through numerous Chinese front companies. These U.S. dual-use products can be used to advance production of various armaments, including ballistic missile systems and drones. They're also covered by sanctions, and thus should never be sold to Iran. For years, Liu's companies would first smuggle sanctioned items from the U.S., then ship them through mainland China and Hong Kong to Iran. Her clients included the Iranian regime and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, plus its various branches, which are designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the U.S. The IRGC provides financial, logistical and military support to numerous terrorist attacks around the globe. That covers Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Duhuthis in Yemen and various Shia militias in Iraq and Syria. Through an array of front companies, the IRGC and its followers earn millions of dollars. That money eventually cycled back to funding more terror groups and activities. Now Liu and her conspirators are on the FBI's most wanted list. The FBI issued arrest warrants on them last January, but the group is still at large. Based on the State Department's Rewards for Justice page on X, dozens of Chinese fugitives are of interest to the U.S. government.