Assad Cousin Loses Appeal of EU Asset Freeze
The European Court of Justice on Thursday upheld an asset freeze that has been imposed for seven years against a cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Ukraine Asset Freeze
The Council of the European Union on Monday extended asset freezes against 13 people believed to be responsible for misappropriating Ukrainian state funds, one of the events surrounding Russia’s 2014 military annexation of part of Ukraine.
Read moreDigital-Currency Exchange Sued Over 4-Year Asset Freeze
A Colorado man filed a federal class action against the currency exchange Vircurex on Wednesday, claiming it froze $50 million in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Read moreTurkey Seizes Assets of Presidential Ally Who Flipped
The Turkish government seized the assets of a gold trader and his family on Friday, in retaliation for his testimony implicating President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other high-ranking officials in a multibillion-dollar scheme to bust Iran sanctions.
Read moreExiled Ukrainian President Loses Bid to Thaw Assets
Wanted in his home country to face charges of high treason, the exiled former president of Ukraine lost his challenge Thursday to an asset freeze imposed by the EU government.
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Feds Freeze Guadalajara Drug Kingpin’s US Assets
In the second high-profile drug case out of San Diego in a week, the U.S. assets of a suspected Guadalajara, Mexico, drug-trafficking leader were frozen by the Department of Treasury Wednesday following his indictment by a Southern California grand jury.
Read moreEU Court Upholds Asset Freeze Over ‘Conflict Diamond’ Exports
The European General Court on Thursday upheld the asset freeze of two companies involved in the buying and selling of “conflict diamonds” from the Central African Republic.
Read moreEU Court OKs Asset Freeze of Separatists’ Fundraisers
The European Court of Justice on Tuesday rejected claims that separatists who fought the Sri Lankan government for over 20 years should be subject to international humanitarian law governing armed conflict, rather than blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
Read moreEU Court Upholds Sanctions Against Bin Laden Associate
Europe’s lower court on Tuesday upheld sanctions against a London man who was also a known associate of Osama bin Laden, finding his challenge untimely and the reasons for the sanctions sufficiently detailed to support the asset freeze.
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