Sentence examples for illicit procurement from inspiring English sources

China is unlikely to view North Korea's continued illicit procurement for its nuclear program as strengthening Chinese national security interests.

The revelation in 2004 that Abdul Qadeer Khan, the man still feted in Pakistan as the father of its bomb, had turned his country's illicit procurement network into a private and hugely profitable supply chain, ready to sell all sorts of nuclear kit to others, was a huge blow to the global anti-proliferation effort.

The panel's annual report said that Tehran's illicit procurement appeared to have slowed during its negotiations with the six powers, though Iranians continued to attempt to bypass sanctions on a regular basis.

Today, there is evidence that Israel may still make occasional illicit procurements – US sting operations and legal cases show this".

The panel voiced concern about the North's ability to conduct trade-based money-laundering via front companies and agents posted overseas, with the resulting deliveries of cash used to "pay for illicit procurements and to transfer proceeds of sales of weapons" and items related to weapons of mass destruction.

Khan would go on to establish an illicit nuclear weapons technology procurement and consulting operation, the "Khan Network," that would play a major role in the transmission of nuclear weapons technology to Iran, Libya and to a lesser extent, North Korea.

Federal procurement regulations require only "adequate evidence".

It felt risky and illicit.

The suggested law would upgrade previous provisions by including illicit efforts to extend commercial advantage, beyond the historic focus on procurement and sales fraud.

In May 2011, as allegations of bribery behind South Africa's Gripen procurement continued, the company's partner Saab AB issued strong denials of any illicit payments being made; however in June 2011 Saab announced that BAE Systems had made unaccounted payments of roughly $3.5 million to a consultant, this revelation prompted South African Opposition parties to call for a renewed inquiry.

Iran's clandestine procurement network is spread around the world, and the testimony of important witnesses, some of whom have engaged in illicit trading, can rarely be taken at face value.