The Rotterdam District Court has convicted an individual for the financial transfer of €471 in breach of the EU’s sanctions against ISIS.
In light of other offences, the man was sentenced to 18 months in jail, with 6 months conditional and a probation period of 3 years.
The District Court of Rotterdam has imposed a two-month suspended sentence on an individual for the transfer of €200 to his brother.
The brother was fighting for ISIS in Syria and so the transfer was in breach of EU sanctions.
A trial has commenced in Hamburg of a 69-year old charged with making numerous exports to Russia in breach of EU sanctions.
The man is a Russian national and is alleged to have exported 15kg of Decaboran which is used to make rocket propellant and explosives.
He is also alleged to have exported special machinery used to manufacture rockets. The total value of the exports is said to be over €1.8 million.
The Rotterdam District Court has heard an appeal against fines imposed by the Dutch National Bank on a trust office.
The fines were of €593,750 and €10,000.
Some aspects of the appeal were upheld and the fines were reduced, but the court agreed with the KYC failings (including related to sanctions screening) and imposed revised fines of €534,375 and €9,000.
OFSI has released its Annual Report for 2018-2019.
In it OFSI reports that it received 99 reports of suspected sanctions breaches with a value of £262 million.
The District Court of East Brabant in the Netherlands has convicted an individual for breaches of the EU’s Iran sanctions. The offence consisted of the export of 5 items to an Iranian person in breach of the EU regulation.
The defendant was acquitted of other charges and was fined €5,000.
OFSI has today imposed a fine of £146,341 against Telia Carrier UK Limited for breaches of the EU’s Syrian sanctions.
The breaches arose out of Telia facilitating telephone calls for SyriaTel which is a designated person under the EU sanctions. The phone connections were treated as “economic resources” for the purposes of the sanctions.
The fine in this instance was reduced from £300,000 after Telia opted to seek a ministerial review of OFSI’s penalty.
Further to our earlier post, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office has issued a press release stating that charges have now been laid against Vladimir D. for allegedly exporting dual use goods for military use to the Russian military.
The products are said to have been hot isostatic presses, as well as decaboranes, a chemical use in rocket fuel and explosives.
The goods are valued at €1.8m.
We reported in an earlier post that the Lithuanian authorities had commenced an investigation into three companies suspected of breaching the EU’s Crimean sanctions.
The Prosecutor’s Office has today announced the conclusion of the investigation with no charges being brought.
Prosecutors in Germany have concluded their investigation into allegations that chemicals had been shipped to Syria in breach of EU sanctions.
Prosecutors in Duisburg have confirmed that they do not intend to prosecute Brenntag AG over the allegations.
