Canada Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials

Oleksandr Yakymenko

Олександр Григорович Якименко Oleksandr Yakymenko, the former Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, is wanted on suspicion of committing various crimes in the country. He has been sanctioned by Canada and also the European Union but currently remains only on the Canadian list. [1] Information

Andriy Portnov

Андрій Володимирович Портнов Portnov is alleged to have cultivated extensive connections to Ukraine’s judicial and law enforcement apparatus through bribery. He has been accused of using his influence as the former Deputy Head of the presidential administration under former President Yunukovych to buy access and decisions in Ukraine’s courts and undermine reform efforts. It is …

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Vitalii Zakharchenko

Vitalii Zakharchenko

Zakharchenko was ousted from the office at the same time as Viktor Yanukovych, both facing charges of using violence against protesters in the February 2014 Euromaidan riots, which led to several deaths of protestors. He was last seen in Russia in April 2014 during a joint press conference with Viktor Yanukovych and former prosecutor-general Viktor …

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