A once-thriving oasis city that was a key player in the African gold route, the crumbling walls of Sijilmasa now stand as a testimony to its glorious past.
forward legislation on economic crime. it will enable things like asset seizing. it will enable travel bans. we have some of that legislation already. we re getting parliament in place where we can have more that will give us greater scope, greater powers. are you concerned that all of the sanctions that have been leveled over the last decade have not had the desired effect in changing behavior, but they ve actually allowed many of these extraordinarily wealthy folks to essentially hide their money and it s made sanctions harpeder to do, especially russia dealing with china. how hard is it to come up with a sanctions package that you feel like will have a bite? we re trying very hard to be able to do that in legislation. i think it will have an effect. the people who fund putin, and putin gets a lot of money from these oligarchs. he doesn t necessarily get all of his branches funded by the