The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office has announced that the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service has opened an investigation into alleged breaches of the EU’s Crimean sanctions by three different enterprises:
a) two Lithuanian companies: BT Invest, and Hanner Group OÜ; and
b) one Crimean company owned by a Lithuanian: Pluošto Linija LLC.
It is understood that the allegation relate to investments and business dealings by Lithuanian nationals in Crimean companies and property developments in breach of the EU’s sanctions against Crimea.