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People with knowledge of the case also say the Commerce Department assigned new analysts to scrutinize the filings who had little understanding of Italian accounting practices, leading the agency to view the companies as noncooperative.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

After the changes, the review board still relied on an often noncooperative Police Department for records, and its investigations frequently petered out amid competing accounts.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2023

In 2020, the European Union added Panama to its own list of countries deemed "noncooperative" for tax purposes.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2023

Mr. Bell was noncooperative and did not identify himself to law enforcement.

From Washington Times • May 13, 2023

In 1990 the International Monetary Fund took   the unusual step of declaring Sudan noncooperative because of its nonpayment   of arrearages to the Fund.

From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency