Beyond that, they will determine whether the company violated German export laws.

But even if it did not, the Government is likely to take the occasion to consider whether its export laws are stringent enough.

He could ignore export laws by making covert shipments of arms.

The case also illustrates the weaknesses of Germany's export laws.

Government officials say at least nine German companies are under investigation on suspicion of violating export laws.

Parliament is not expected to vote on the new, tougher export laws until September.

Weeks later, the Government acknowledged that the charges were true and moved to strengthen export laws.

Other similarly favored nations could easily follow Saddam's example, given existing export laws.

Another way to defeat the network is to toughen export laws.

Every one of these companies may have been shipping components and materials to Iraq completely within their countries' export laws.