UK Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions

Kamlesh Pattni

Kamlesh Pattni is at the head of a global network of companies, allegedly designed to facilitate illicit activities. After Kenya’s 1990s Goldenberg scandal, where he was accused of exploiting government export programs and bribing officials, he fled the country to Zimbabwe. He then allegedly built a similar scheme, with support from then-President Robert Mugabe. [1] …

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Sarju Raikundalia

Raikundalia was Sonangol’s Chief Financial Officer during Isabel dos Santos‘ direction of the Angolan state oil company. He was designated by the UK in 2024 for allegedly having participated in the embezzlement of millions of USD out of Angola, through Sonangol, and for the benefit of Isabel dos Santos and her allies. [1] Information

Mukesh Manuskhlal Vaya

Mukesh Vaya is Kamlesh Pattni‘s brother-in-law and is accused of being involved in his extensive web of companies. [1] Pattni and his team are accused of having exported gold and diamonds from Southern Africa, inflated the cash they brought back to claim extra government rewards, and paid bribes to protect their activities. He supposedly hid …

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Paula Oliveira

Paula Oliveira is a long-time partner of Isabel dos Santos, daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos and famous businesswoman. Since 2017, Isabel dos Santos has been charged in several jurisdictions with embezzlement, fraud, money laundering, and causing state losses of around $219 million while she was head of Sonangol, the Angolan state-owned …

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Liga Lemberga

Liga Lemberga is the daughter of Aivars Lembergs, former mayor of Ventspils, Latvia, and known to be one of Latvia’s wealthiest persons. She is sanctioned for allegedly owning investment trusts and other structures acquired through the proceeds of his corruption. [1] Her name and acquisitions were disclosed in the Panama Papers, in 2018. [2] Information

Dmitry Firtash

Дмитро́ Васи́льович Фі́рташ Dmitry Firtash, a prominent Ukrainian oligarch, has been embroiled in multiple legal controversies over the years. In 2013, he was indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury on charges of bribery, racketeering, and money laundering, stemming from an alleged scheme to pay $18.5 million in bribes to Indian officials for titanium mining …

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