This year we witnessed a comprehensive set of multilateral sanctions issued on a major global economy, Russia. The US, UK and other countries have also hopped o
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A Maltese businessman chartered a vessel he owned and agreed to hand over the vessel without delving into what was going to be transported. Following further documentation requested by the bank that was handling the inward payment, it transpired that the goods on board the vessel were in violation of EU sanctions.
The bank informed the Sanctions Monitoring Board (SMB) and the police were brought in. The businessman was charged with breach of sanctions and had all his assets frozen. He is facing criminal action punishable with either imprisonment or a fine or both.