A Dominican-French citizen has pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to his role in a scheme to illegally export firearms and firearm parts from the United States to Dominica.
According to a Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) release, Dimitri Beix, 28, a resident of Dominica, entered a guilty plea on Wednesday in federal court in Hartford, Connecticut, to conspiracy to violate the U.S. Export Control Reform Act.
U.S. authorities allege that between January 2021 and September 2024, Beix led a network that illegally acquired firearms, firearm components and ammunition in the United States and arranged for them to be shipped to Dominica without the licences or authorizations required by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Court documents state that Beix worked with suppliers, buyers and shippers in Connecticut and other parts of the U.S. He allegedly provided suppliers with lists of firearm parts to purchase through eBay and other retailers. Investigators also say he used his own eBay accounts to buy more than 100 firearm parts, which were shipped to contacts in the United States before being forwarded to Dominica.
In February 2023, authorities in Dominica intercepted three parcels addressed to Beix. According to the release, the packages contained six handguns, Glock slides, trigger and sight assemblies, rifle and pistol magazines, AM15 rifle parts, a suppressor kit, ammunition and other firearm components.
The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.
Beix has remained in custody since his arrest in Sint Maarten on November 27, 2024, at the request of U.S. authorities. He was extradited to the United States in February 2026.
The investigation involved the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division. HSI Caribbean, the Dominica Customs and Excise Division, and the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force also assisted.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Konstantin Lantsman and Sean P. Mahard, along with Trial Attorney Yifei Zheng of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. The U.S. Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs and authorities in Sint Maarten also assisted with Beix’s arrest and extradition.
The HSTF release said that the prosecution forms part of the Homeland Security Task Force initiative, a multi-agency effort established under Executive Order 14159 that targets transnational criminal organizations, firearms trafficking, human smuggling and other cross-border crimes.
Beix has faced previous charges in Dominica, when, on March 16, 2021, he pleaded not guilty to four counts brought against him by the Police and Customs authorities in the country, after being charged with possession of 100 live rounds of ammunition at Canefield Airport.
Bail was denied at the time.
