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UK crime agency in court bid to overturn sanctioned Russian oligarch spending ruling

By Phoebe Seers
  • 27 Sep 2022 16:57
  • 27 Sep 2022 16:57
Sanctions violations Russia sanctions
Lawyers for the UK’s National Crime Agency appeared in court today, in a bid to overturn a ruling that allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Petr Aven access to hundreds of thousands of pounds in frozen funds to pay his “basic” household expenses.

Adrian Waterman, for the enforcement authority, warned that the frozen funds risked

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Phoebe Seers

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Phoebe has covered Financial Crime and compliance issues for MLex since 2015, initially in the Hong Kong bureau and currently in London. While in Hong Kong she won two SOPA awards for her reporting on corruption in the energy sector in Indonesia. Prior to journalism she worked as a solicitor with a focus on white-collar crime litigation in London and Hong Kong. She has a BA in English and Philosophy from Newcastle University.

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