Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 20

Convicted Pakistani Facing New Illegal Export Charges

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A Pakistani national convicted in 1987 of illegally exporting U.S. missile components to Iran has been charged in a new criminal complaint with conspiring to illegally export U.S. military aircraft components to the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Belgium in 2004 and 2005.

The complaint alleges that Arif Ali Durrani, 56, knowingly and intentionally conspired to export from the United States defense materials designated on the U.S. Munitions List without first having obtained a license or written authorization for such export from the Department of State. By law, anyone attempting to export U.S. defense articles must be registered with the State Department and must apply for and receive a license or other approval for export of the defense articles.

The complaint alleges that Durrani conspired with Richard Tobey, operator of Airpower Supply in Temecula, Calif., to illegally export a rear canopy panel for the T-38 military aircraft from the United States to the United Arab Emirates on or about July 1, 2004. According to the complaint, Tobey told ICE agents in June that Durrani operated his military parts supply business from Mexico and that Tobey purchased and exported military aircraft components from the United States on behalf of Durrani. In August 2005, Tobey pleaded guilty in the Southern District of California to a felony charge of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act.

The complaint also alleges that Durrani conspired to illegally export jet engine parts from the United States to Malaysia. These parts were designed for an engine specifically used on military aircraft.

In April 1987, Durrani was convicted on three counts of illegal arms exports. He served his sentence and voluntarily left the United States in 1998 after receiving a deportation order.

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