Details Of The 10 Russian/Belarusian Sanctions Convictions From 2022 And 2023

• Published date: 26 November 2024
• Subject Matter: International Law, Export Controls & Trade & Investment Sanctions
• Law Firm: Duane Morris LLP
• Author: Mark Handley

With gratitude to a Paulis Iljenkovs of the Latvian FIU who pointed me to the website of Latvian anonymised case law, we can publish details of the criminal convictions to date under the EU's Russian and Belarusian sanctions regimes.

As per an earlier post (here) it had been reported that there had been seven convictions to over 2022 and 2023. When including cases where companies and individuals were both convicted the correct figure is 10 convictions in 7 cases.

The website including Latvia case law is here. The case numbers provided below can be entered into the "Atlasīt pēc arhīva numura:" window to retrieve the judgments themselves which are in Latvian.

A. Case K77-3109-23. Riga City Court. 30 October 2023.

This case concerned the export of a Bentley Mulsanne Speed luxury vehicle to Russia that was sold for €112,552.69 in breach of the EU's prohibitions on the export of luxury goods.

The company was convicted and fined €111,600 and had the full proceeds from the sale of the car confiscated as well.

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