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UK Lawmakers Advance ‘Magnitsky’ Sanctions Plan

By Paul Peachey

The House of Commons on Tuesday unanimously backed new powers for investigators to seize property and other domestic assets from blacklisted human rights abusers anywhere in the world, putting the United Kingdom on course to become the third country to adopt such a measure. The new authority was added as an amendment to the Criminal Finances Bill, which also criminalizes the facilitation of tax evasion and empowers civil officials to freeze the assets of suspected criminals without a conviction. The House of Lords is widely expected to approve the legislation with the so-called Magnitsky amendment broadly intact. Adoption by the...

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