波斯尼亚籍军火商图谋从朝鲜购入防空导弹 认罪后被判60个月联邦监禁
美国司法部宣布，波斯尼亚籍国际军火商萨沙·米切夫（Sasa Micev，43岁）因违反美国对朝鲜的制裁、企图居间从朝鲜购买便携式防空导弹，在认罪后被判处60个月联邦监禁。
根据法庭文件，米切夫与一名身在新墨西哥州的同谋等人合谋，违反美国财政部依据《对朝鲜制裁条例》实施的限制，在未取得财政部外国资产控制办公室（OFAC）所需许可或批准的情况下，居间采购朝鲜的SA-18「针」式（Igla）便携式地对空导弹。2020年间，米切夫多次与同谋商讨非法获取该型导弹，提供价格信息，并参与以伪造文件获取武器的工作，而他明知此类交易为美国及国际法所禁止。2020年年底，米切夫与同谋前往土耳其安卡拉，拟与朝方会面并完成交易，但因与朝方发生价格纠纷，交易最终告吹。
米切夫承认违反《国际紧急经济权力法》及《对朝鲜制裁条例》。新墨西哥区第一助理联邦检察官瑞安·埃利森（Ryan Ellison）表示：「如果明知故犯的制裁规避者不承担后果，美国的制裁就毫无意义。」国土安全调查局（HSI）埃尔帕索办事处代理特别探员主管瑞安·G·麦克雷（Ryan G. McRae）表示，蓄意规避美国出口管制与国际制裁、助长违禁军事武器交易，对美国国家安全与全球稳定构成严重威胁，HSI将持续追查受限军事技术的非法贩运并追究责任。
此案由国土安全调查局阿尔伯克基和菲尼克斯外地办事处调查。检方为新墨西哥区助理联邦检察官塔沃·霍尔（Tavo Hall）和霍兰德·卡斯特林（Holland Kastrin），司法部国家安全司反间谍与出口管制处审判律师玛丽亚·费多尔（Maria Fedor）提供协助。
（来源：美国司法部新闻稿）
Bosnian Arms Dealer Sentenced to 60 Months in Federal Prison for Plot to Buy Air-Defense Missiles From North Korea
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sasa Micev, 43, a citizen of Bosnia and an international arms dealer, was sentenced to 60 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. sanctions against North Korea by conspiring and attempting to broker the sale of man-portable air defense systems.
According to court documents, Micev worked with a co-conspirator based in New Mexico and others to violate and evade restrictions imposed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the North Korea Sanctions Regulations, brokering the purchase of SA-18 Igla portable surface-to-air missiles from North Korea without the required license or approvals from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). On multiple occasions in 2020, Micev discussed unlawfully acquiring the Igla missiles, provided pricing information, and participated in efforts to obtain the items through falsified documentation, knowing that such transactions were prohibited under U.S. and international laws. In late 2020, Micev and the co-conspirator traveled to Ankara, Turkey, to meet and complete the sale of the missiles, but the sale fell through after a price dispute with the North Koreans.
Micev pleaded guilty to violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the North Korean Sanctions Regulations. "U.S. sanctions mean little if those who knowingly evade them face no consequences," said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison for the District of New Mexico. Ryan G. McRae, Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso, said those who knowingly circumvent U.S. export controls and international sanctions to facilitate the illicit trafficking of military weapons pose a serious threat to U.S. national security and global stability, and that HSI aggressively pursues those who traffic in restricted military technology.
The case was investigated by HSI's Albuquerque and Phoenix field offices. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Tavo Hall and Holland Kastrin for the District of New Mexico are prosecuting the case, with the assistance of Trial Attorney Maria Fedor of the National Security Division's Counterintelligence and Export Control Section.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice press release)
图片来源：9K38「针」式（SA-18）便携式防空导弹资料图，Andre Gustavo Stumpf Filho 摄，CC BY 2.0（Wikimedia Commons）
