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NEW: When Russia invaded Ukraine, the UK imposed sanctions on Kremlin-linked kleptocrats — but one year on, there’s been no progress on seizing their frozen assets.
Why? Legal hurdles & an “army” of enablers. We went on a “kleptocracy tour” to learn more👇occrp.org/en/asset-track…
Why? Legal hurdles & an “army” of enablers. We went on a “kleptocracy tour” to learn more👇occrp.org/en/asset-track…
2. The UK has sanctioned more than 1,500 Russian individuals and entities, freezing nearly £20 million in Kremlin-linked assets.
But countless lavish London properties remain in kleptocrats’ hands - including this £50 million mansion owned by metals magnate Oleg Deripaska.
But countless lavish London properties remain in kleptocrats’ hands - including this £50 million mansion owned by metals magnate Oleg Deripaska.
3. To confiscate a kleptocrats’ assets, authorities need to prove their wealth originated from crime, and that the assets were purchased with the crime’s proceeds — a tricky task thanks to oligarchs’ use of complex offshore structures.
occrp.org/en/asset-track…
occrp.org/en/asset-track…
"Shortly" never comes.
Funnily enough, on the eve of lockdown three very long months ago, when @clamp_k organised a #kleptotour to highlight the failure to publish the Russia report, I was informed -- from supposedly a very reliable source -- that it would be published "shortly".
(To recap: the report is into Russian interference in UK democracy, and was completed in the autumn. Boris Johnson declined to publish it because national security, despite all agencies approving it, then miraculously changed his mind *the day after* winning election in December)
