Brandon Levonius

        Special Agent (SA) Brandon Levonius started his career with the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Export Enforcement (OEE) in August 2016. SA Levonius applies law enforcement and export control expertise to prevent and deter exports of the most sensitive items to illicit end users and end uses, to embargoed destinations, and to ensure that parties involved in U.S. commercial transactions do not engage in prohibited boycott activities. His primary responsibilities are to protect U.S. national security, homeland security, foreign policy, and economic interests by utilizing law enforcement techniques focused on: sensitive exports to hostile entities or those that engage in onward proliferation; prohibited foreign boycotts; and related public safety laws.

         He accomplishes this through preventative and investigative enforcement activities, and then pursuing appropriate criminal and administrative sanctions against export violators. Furthermore, he assists legitimate export traders to comply with export control and antiboycott requirements, preventing violations before they occur, and bringing willful export control violators to justice. In addition to his duties at OEE, SA Levonius is currently a United States Air Force (USAF) reservist in the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), 2nd Field Investigation Region (FIR), Operating Location-Alpha (OL-A), Air Force Central Command (AFCENT), where he provides strategic counterintelligence plans and operations for U.S. Forces in the Middle Eastern theatre. Prior to joining OEE, SA Levonius was a Deputy Sheriff with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department in Albuquerque, NM, where he served as a Field Training Officer (FTO) and a member of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Crisis Negotiations Team (CNT).

        SA Levonius began his law enforcement career in 2006 when he enlisted in the USAF as a Security Forces member until separating from Active Duty in 2012. SA Levonius holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in Tempe, AZ, and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Law Enforcement from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, TX.