{"id":815,"date":"2024-12-10T06:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=815"},"modified":"2024-12-10T06:49:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T10:49:04","slug":"netherlands-third-defendant-found-guilty-in-sanctioned-aircraft-parts-export-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2024\/12\/10\/netherlands-third-defendant-found-guilty-in-sanctioned-aircraft-parts-export-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands – third defendant found guilty in sanctioned aircraft parts export prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Further to our earlier posts from 8 October<\/a> and 7 October<\/a> relating to the conviction of a company and individual for exporting aircraft parts to Russia in breach of EU sanctions, the Rotterdam District Court ruled on 22 November that the third co-defendant is also guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judgment is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The individual was an employee of the Ministry of Defence and was first arrested in September 2023 (see our earlier post<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conviction was based on the export of parts via Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey the UAE and Serbia. The Defendant was also convicted of falsifying documents and of a minor fire arms charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court accepted findings of PTSD by court psychologists and the probation service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At sentencing the court stated: “In view of the seriousness of the proven facts, from the point of view of general prevention, a prison sentence of considerable duration is in principle appropriate<\/em>“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the circumstances of the defendant, however, the custodial sentence was limited to the period of pre-trial detention with a further period of 195 days suspended for two years. In addition 240 hours of community service was imposed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The individual was also disqualified from acting as a company director for three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Further to our earlier posts from 8 October and 7 October relating to the conviction of a company and individual for exporting aircraft parts to Russia in breach of EU sanctions, the Rotterdam District Court ruled on 22 November that the third co-defendant is also guilty. The judgment is here. The individual was an employee … <\/p>\n

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