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<p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not release the details of investigations where
no conviction has taken place or the names of those individuals or companies that
HMRC have previously, or are currently, investigating.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the
prosecution for a trafficking and brokering offence arising under the provisions of
the Export Control Order 2008 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>One individual was arrested
in March 2011 for promoting the supply or delivery of handguns and hand-held surface
to air missiles to Azerbaijan, in contravention of the Export Control Order 2008.
In July 2012, they were found guilty on both counts and sentenced to three and a half
years in respect of missiles and two and a half years in respect of the handguns,
to run concurrently.</p><p> </p><p>The action HMRC takes in respect of breaches of
export controls will depend on the nature and seriousness of any offence, and that
action is not limited to investigation with a view to prosecution.</p>
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