Sanctions regimes

Kudakwashe Tagwirei

Kudakwashe Tagwirei is a Zimbabwean business person with vast interests in the energy sector. He is sanctioned by the UK for profiting from misappropriation of property when his company, Sakunda Holdings, redeemed Government of Zimbabwe Treasury Bills at up to ten times their official value. His actions accelerated the devaluation of Zimbabwe’s currency, increasing the …

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Ilko Zhelyazkov

Илко Желязков An alleged frontman to Delyan Slavchev Peevski, Zhelyazkov is alleged to have conducted a bribery scheme involving Bulgarian residency documents for foreign persons, as well as bribing government officials through various means in exchange for their information and loyalty. For example, as of 2019, Zhelyazkov was suspected of offering bribes to senior Bulgarian …

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Delyan Peevski

Делян Славчев Пеевски Peevski is alleged to have regularly engaged in corruption, using influence peddling and bribes to protect himself from public scrutiny and exert control over key institutions and sectors in Bulgarian society. In September 2019, Peevski was suspected of having actively worked to negatively influence the Bulgarian political process in the October 27, …

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Vassil Bojkov

Васил Божков Bojkov is reportedly Bulgaria’s richest man and is alleged to have bribed government officials on several occasions. Bojkov also allegedly planned to create a channel for Russian political leaders to influence Bulgarian government officials. He successfully evaded Bulgarian extradition on a number of charges levied in 2020, including leading an organized crime group, …

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Wan Kuok Koi

Chinese: 尹國駒; Pinyin: Yǐn Guójū Wan Kuok Koi, also commonly known as “Broken Tooth,” is a member of the Communist Party of China’s (CCP) Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and is suspected of being a leader of the 14K Triad, one of the largest Chinese organized criminal organizations in the world that engages in drug …

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Varney Sherman

Sherman is alleged to have offered bribes to multiple judges associated with his trial for a 2010 bribery scheme and is suspected of having an undisclosed conflict of interest with the judge who ultimately returned a not guilty verdict in July 2019. Sherman has allegedly routinely paid judges to decide cases in his favor, and …

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Gibran Bassil

جبران جرجي باسيل Bassil has held several high-level posts in the Lebanese government, including serving as the Minister of Telecommunications, the Minister of Energy and Water, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, and Bassil has been marked by significant allegations of corruption. In 2017, Bassil is alleged to have strengthened his political base …

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