UK imposes sanctions on ‘enablers’ accused of helping oligarchs hide assets
by Harry Davies from World news | The Guardian on (#6AQ8F)
Two Cyprus-based individuals alleged to have aided Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov among those targeted
The UK government has imposed sanctions on the financial fixers" who have allegedly helped the Russian oligarchs Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov hide their assets.
The sanctions, announced by the Foreign Office on Wednesday, are targeted at what officials describe as oligarch enablers", whom they accuse of knowingly assisting the billionaire businessmen to shield their wealth.
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