{"id":568,"date":"2024-04-29T09:53:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T13:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=568"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:26:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:26:20","slug":"the-enforcement-of-sanctions-circumvention-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/04\/29\/the-enforcement-of-sanctions-circumvention-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"The enforcement of sanctions circumvention in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sanctions circumvention. It is one of the key topics of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>It is a routine question for people to ask which countries provide a circumvention risk. It is also a common perception that enforcement of sanctions circumvention is lacking.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the material in this blog we have listed out below the more than 40 examples where of recent enforcement of sanctions circumvention on a third-country by third-country basis. Where a particular case involved circumvention via several countries they are listed separately.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of the examples come from the period from 2022 to the present.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Bahrain<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2019\/02\/18\/netherlands-two-companies-and-three-individuals-convicted-of-iran-exports\/\">February 2019<\/a>: Dutch convictions for Iran exports through Germany and Bahrain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Belarus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/03\/06\/germany-three-arrested-for-exporting-luxury-cars-in-breach-of-russian-sanctions\/\">March 2024<\/a>: German arrests for exports to Russia through Belarus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Central Asia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/09\/12\/latvian-enforcement-14-ongoing-criminal-prosecutions\/\">September 2023<\/a>: Latvian investigation into Russian exports through central Asia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">China<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/09\/12\/latvian-enforcement-14-ongoing-criminal-prosecutions\/\">September 2023<\/a>: Latvian investigation into Russian exports through China.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2020\/02\/26\/dutch-seizure-of-goods-destined-for-north-korea\/\">February 2020<\/a>: Dutch seizure of goods being exported to North Korea via China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Dubai<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/04\/04\/ireland-investigation-launched-into-alleged-breaches-of-eu-and-un-libyan-sanctions\/\">April 2024<\/a>: Irish investigation including the routing of payments through Dubai.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/01\/23\/netherlands-three-arrested-on-suspicion-of-circumventing-russian-sanctions\/\">January 2024<\/a>: Dutch arrests for exports to Russia involving Dubai.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/04\/04\/ireland-investigation-launched-into-alleged-breaches-of-eu-and-un-libyan-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Swiss investigation into oil company trading through Dubai subsidiary.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2022\/06\/28\/netherlands-18-month-sentence-for-exports-to-iran\/\">June 2022<\/a>: Dutch conviction for Iran exports via Dubai.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2017\/09\/04\/netherlands-fine-and-custodial-sentence-imposed-for-breach-of-iran-sanctions\/\">September 2017<\/a>: Dutch conviction for Iran exports via Dubai.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Georgia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/11\/07\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-car-exports\/\">November 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation for exports to Russia involving Georgia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Hong Kong<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/03\/06\/germany-two-charged-for-exporting-drone-components-in-breach-of-russian-sanctions\/\">March 2024<\/a>: German charges for exports to Russia through Hong-Kong.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/01\/23\/netherlands-three-arrested-on-suspicion-of-circumventing-russian-sanctions\/\">January 2024<\/a>: Dutch arrests for exports to Russia involving Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/10\/26\/germany-arrest-and-raids-re-export-of-drone-parts-to-russia\/\">October 2023<\/a>: German arrests for Russian exports through Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Kazakhstan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/04\/29\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-alleged-exports-to-belarus-via-kazakhstan\/\">April 2024<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation into exports to Belarus via Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/03\/27\/poland-sanctions-investigation-into-belarus-timber-imports\/\">March 2024<\/a>: Polish investigation into Belarus imports purporting to be from Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/03\/07\/finland-conviction-and-acquittals-for-exports-to-russia\/\">March 2024<\/a>: Finnish investigation into alleged exports to Russia via Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/02\/27\/latvia-sanctions-raids-and-inspections-into-russian-timber-imports\/\">February 2024<\/a>: Latvian investigation into Russian imports purporting to be from Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/11\/07\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-car-exports\/\">November 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation for exports to Russia involving Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/07\/18\/netherlands-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-breaching-russian-trade-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Dutch arrest for Russian exports through Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/05\/29\/lithuanian-authorities-commence-criminal-investigations-into-9-companies\/\">May 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation into imports Russian and Belarusian imports purporting to be from Kazakhstan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Kyrgyzstan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/04\/29\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-alleged-exports-to-belarus-via-kazakhstan\/\">April 2024<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation into exports to Belarus via Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/03\/06\/germany-two-charged-for-exporting-drone-components-in-breach-of-russian-sanctions\/\">March 2024<\/a>: German charges for exports to Russia through Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/02\/27\/latvia-sanctions-raids-and-inspections-into-russian-timber-imports\/\">February 2024<\/a>: Latvian investigation into Russian imports purporting to be from Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/11\/07\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-car-exports\/\">November 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation for exports to Russia involving Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/07\/18\/netherlands-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-breaching-russian-trade-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Dutch arrest for Russian exports through Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/05\/29\/lithuanian-authorities-commence-criminal-investigations-into-9-companies\/\">May 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation into imports Russian and Belarusian imports purporting to be from Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mongolia<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/07\/18\/netherlands-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-breaching-russian-trade-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Dutch arrest for Russian exports through Mongolia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Switzerland<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/08\/24\/arrest-in-germany-for-exporting-dual-use-goods-to-russia\/\">August 2023<\/a>: German arrests for arms exports to Russia via Switzerland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Tajikistan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/11\/07\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-car-exports\/\">November 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation for exports to Russia involving Tajikistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Turkey<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/07\/13\/czech-republic-investigation-into-czech-company-suspected-of-illegal-russian-exports\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Czechian investigations into Russian machinery exports through Turkey.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/07\/18\/netherlands-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-breaching-russian-trade-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Dutch arrest for Russian exports through Turkey.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/06\/11\/czech-republic-investigation-into-machinery-exports\/\">June 2023<\/a>: Czechian investigation into Russian machinery exports through Turkey.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/02\/09\/germany-three-companies-raided\/\">February 2023<\/a>: German raids on company for Russian exports through Turkey.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2022\/06\/28\/netherlands-18-month-sentence-for-exports-to-iran\/\">June 2022<\/a>: Dutch conviction for Iran exports via Turkey.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2022\/02\/04\/netherlands-6-month-custodial-sentence\/\">February 2022<\/a>: Dutch conviction for ISIS payments through Turkish intermediaries.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2017\/09\/04\/netherlands-fine-and-custodial-sentence-imposed-for-breach-of-iran-sanctions\/\">September 2017<\/a>: Dutch conviction for Iran exports via Turkey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Turkmenistan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/11\/07\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-car-exports\/\">November 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation for exports to Russia involving Turkmenistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/07\/18\/netherlands-man-arrested-on-suspicion-of-breaching-russian-trade-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Dutch arrest for Russian exports through the UAE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Uzbekistan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2023\/11\/07\/lithuania-investigation-commenced-into-car-exports\/\">November 2023<\/a>: Lithuanian investigation for exports to Russia involving Uzbekistan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/01\/23\/netherlands-three-arrested-on-suspicion-of-circumventing-russian-sanctions\/\">July 2023<\/a>: Dutch arrest for Russian exports through Uzbekistan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanctions circumvention. It is one of the key topics of the moment. It is a routine question for people to ask which countries provide a circumvention risk. It is also a common perception that enforcement of sanctions circumvention is lacking. Based on the material in this blog we have listed out below the more than &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/04\/29\/the-enforcement-of-sanctions-circumvention-in-europe\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The enforcement of sanctions circumvention in Europe&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[65,43,18,34],"ppma_author":[7],"class_list":["post-568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-belarus","tag-iran","tag-russia","tag-trade-sanctions"],"authors":[{"term_id":7,"user_id":656,"is_guest":0,"slug":"mhandley","display_name":"Mark Handley","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2023\/09\/handleymark-100x100.jpg","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}