US Planning Magnitsky Sanctions Against Environmental Criminals, Report Says
The U.S. plans to use Magnitsky-style human rights sanctions to penalize “environmental criminals” responsible for the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, Reuters reported Nov. 23. Although U.S. officials have discussed with Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva…
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his plans to tackle climate change, there are still “question marks about how he views the plan,” the report said. The U.S. could use sanctions to limit people from using the international financial system to further deforestation, the report said, and could designate “major deforesters" and “perpetrators of other environmental crimes such as illegal gold mining.” The White House didn’t comment.