The Police of Finland have today announced an investigation in alleged breaches of the EU sanctions ban on Russian flights in EU airspace.
The investigation relates to four passenger aircraft which entered Finnish airspace.
The investigation is being jointly conducted with the Finnish Defence Forces and the Border Guard.
It has been reported that the authorities in Jersey have conducted raids as part of an investigation relating to Roman Abramovich.
As part of the investigation it is also being reported that £7 billion in assets have been frozen.
The Dutch authorities have announced the criminal seizure of €137 million suspected of being related to breaches of the Dutch Sanctions Act by a legal entity owned or controlled by a person recently added to the EU’s list of designated persons.
The travel company Tui has confirmed that the German authorities are investigating the circumstances behind the alleged transfer of a 34% stake in the company from Alexi Mordashov, now a designated person under the EU’s Russian sanctions, to his wife.
The allegation is that the transfer would be a breach of the asset freeze imposed upon Mordashov.
The German Ministry of Economy has launched an investigation into whether engineering company Bosch has made unlawful exports to Russian in breach of EU sanctions.
It has been reported that the Romanian Tax Office (ANAF) has confirmed that it has a number of ongoing investigations into possible breaches of the EU’s Russian sanctions.
No further details were reported.
The French authorities have seized the cargo ship, Baltic Leader, claimed to be owned by sanctioned Russian bank Promsvyazbank.
The vessel was headed to Russian but seized in the channel.
Further to our earlier post, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office has issued a press release confirming the indictment of Alexander S. on further charges relating to the export of dual-use goods to Russia in breach of EU sanctions.
The value of the exports is estimated at over €1 million.
The press release documents warning issued to Alexander S by the German authorities and his efforts to circumvent the prohibitions through falsifying documents and arranging for export from an Asian country.
Following raids in Riga and Tallinn by the Latvian Security Police, in close cooperation with the Estonian Internal Security Service (ISS), it was reported today that two individuals have been fined by the Latvian courts for breaching the EU’s Russian sanctions.
The breaches involved making funds available, through contracts involving broadcasting, to a designated person. The individuals (Oleg Solodov and Margus Merima) were each fined €25,000, and a further €3 million was confiscated.
It is being reported today that the Hamburg Public Prosecutor’s Office is currently investigating five individuals in relation to the export from Germany to Crimea of gas turbines manufactured by Siemens.
The broader investigation into the export of these turbines has been ongoing since 2018. See our earlier post.
Four of the individuals being investigated are German nationals, three of whom worked for Siemens in Russia, and the fifth is a Swiss national.
