Topic: Russia-Ukraine conflict

A Treasury Department official has warned lenders in the United Arab Emirates about the extraterritorial reach of US sanctions enforcement.

23 June 2022

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said he’d be sending three DOJ attorneys overseas to fight Russian illicit finance and sanctions evasion.

22 June 2022

20 June 2022

Differences between Russia sanctions regimes in the EU, the UK and the US mean lawyers are sometimes struggling to answer their clients’ simplest questions.

17 June 2022

Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention has shifted its focus to confiscating the assets of pro-Kremlin businesses and oligarchs following the Russian invasion, an official has revealed.

15 June 2022

In the latest Counsel Watch, a round-up of the lawyers acting for Glencore in the US, the UK, Brazil, Switzerland and the Netherlands in corruption investigations that have so far led to criminal resolutions in three continents.

13 June 2022

Some $100 million in frozen funds allegedly stolen from Ukraine and subject to a forfeiture attempt in Switzerland will only be returned if Ukraine spends them on projects that “improve the living conditions of the population”, Swiss officials said.

10 June 2022

The UK’s sanctions enforcement agency has updated its guidance for punishing breaches on the eve of a rule change that gives it new powers to fine companies for inadvertent violations.

08 June 2022

US authorities are targeting a Boeing plane and a Gulfstream jet believed to be in Dubai and Moscow, respectively, and worth a combined estimated $410 million.

07 June 2022

27 May 2022