EU Makes Progress on Effort to Criminalize Sanctions Violators
The European Council finalized its position on a proposed law that could impose criminal penalties for violating the bloc's sanctions, the council announced. The council will next negotiate with the European Parliament "to reach a common position on the draft…
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law." If implemented, the law could define the conduct member states would criminalize, including "helping persons subject to Union restrictive measures to bypass an EU travel ban, trading sanctioned goods and running transactions with states or entities which are hit by EU restrictive measures." The law also includes varying penalties based on the offense and mandates that member states ramp up their enforcement efforts.