Report Helsinki Committee: Tackling Russian elite’s corruption
/The report Tackling Russian elite’s corruption describes how information about chunks of money from the USD 230 million fraud scheme uncovered by Russian lawyer Magnitsky has not lead to effective legal steps in a range of western countries. It documents how a major Spanish trial for money laundering by Russians with well-connected mafia backgrounds did not lead to any convictions. It suggests that further development of non-conviction-based confiscation procedures in the EU could be a way forward in tackling the beneficiaries of transborder corruption.
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