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The article talks about the $100-million fine and guilty plea of ITT Corp. for the classified materials it sent to China. According to the article, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) was pushing to streamline technology control regulations and review processes for several years. William Swanson, chairman of the association, said that AIA will review the case of ITT Corp. to look for any lessons its members may get, even though the company is not an AIA member.

This section presents an update on issues related to optometrists in Great Britain. The Directorate of Optometric Continuing Education and Training (DOCET) and the Association of Optometrists produced a legal scenario vignette on DVD. Optician John David Gill pleaded not guilty to charges of obtaining sexual gratification while giving a eye test to a 14-year-old girl. Di Haines, a North Wales practitioner, won the Grand National competition held by BOG/OT.

The article reports that Chiquita Brands International Inc. pled guilty to engaging in transactions with a terrorist organization. The company's sentence will include a $25 million criminal fine and five years probation, under the terms of a plea agreement. This agreement arises from payments that Chiquita made for years to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC, after its Spanish name. Chiquita made over 100 payments to the AUC amounting to over $1.7 million, which started from 1997 between Carlos Castano and a senior executive of Banadex.

Reports that Belinda Yaxley, a former trustee of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations in Great Britain, has pleaded guilty to deception charges.