The "DPL" is a list of all persons to whom the US
Department of Commerce has denied
export privileges. Each person has had a
written order, published in the
Federal Register, barring them from
exporting things. The list is maintained by the
Bureau of Export Administration, along with guidelines for avoiding doing
export business with these
individuals and
companies.
The list can be found in its entirety at http://www.bxa.doc.goc/DPL/Default.shtm, where it is downloadable in delimited ASCII or HTML. Businesses can also learn how to recognize a transaction that may have red flags, such as: