12/21/2017
Italian national pleads guilty to illegally exporting and attempting to export military technology
NEW YORK — An Italian national pled guilty Thursday to illegally exporting controlled military technology from the United States to Italy following a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York and the Department of Defense, Defense Criminal Investigative Service, Northeast Field Office (DCIS).
Giovanni Zannoni, 35, of Gavorrano, Italy, has pleaded guilty to illegally exporting and attempting to export night vision equipment and assault rifle components. As part of his plea, Zannoni agreed to forfeit $436,673.73, in addition to the dozens of gun parts and night vision and thermal imaging devices recovered by the government in connection with this prosecution.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/italian-national-pleads-guilty-illegally-exporting-and-attempting-export-military#wcm-survey-target-id
