In the USA, a Russian man was arrested and will be tried for smuggling components for Russian drones

The court in Florida decided to transport to Washington 44-year-old citizen of Russia Denys Postovoy, arrested in the city of Sarasota, Florida for on suspicion of smuggling American parts for the production of Russian drones used in the war against Ukraine.

With reference to the detainee's lawyer, Todd Alan Foster, the Russian news agency TASS informs that the judge decided to keep Postovoy in custody and transport him to the US capital, where charges will be brought.

The date of the next court session in Washington has not yet been set.

The Russian is suspected of violating export restrictions, money laundering, fraud, and illegally supplying Russia with dual-use microelectronics and military microelectronics from American and foreign distributors, the US Department of Justice quotes Newsweek.

According to the Drone Life resource, Postovoy's case falls under a wider range of efforts of the interdepartmental group of law enforcement agencies Disruptive Technology Strike Force (Strike group against disruptive technologies). They oppose criminals trying to buy critical technologies from the USA for authoritarian regimes and hostile states.

As it became known, since at least February 2022, Postovy has been purchasing and illegally exporting military microelectronic components from the USA to Russia. Companies in Russia, Hong Kong and other countries were involved in the procurement scheme, and false information was indicated in the export documents, hiding the final recipient.

Intermediate destinations were Hong Kong, Switzerland, Estonia and other countries.

Newsweek adds that two citizens in Boston – an American and a Russian – accused of selling laser equipment to Russian nuclear power. They are both charged with illegal smuggling and conspiring to evade export controls for the benefit of Russia's nuclear program. Hong Kong helps funnel illegal weapons components, cash and resources to Russia, Iran and North Korea, says a Justice Department special unit created just a year ago has already indicted 34 defendants in 24 cases, many involving Hong Kong and/or China .

In his tweet he adds that there are many more violators to be prosecuted, but the early successes of this effort show the importance of Congress providing the Department of Justice and other government agencies with enough resources to stopping the flow of illegal weapons components to Russia and Iran.