UK Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions

Ilan Shor

IIan Şor Ilan Shor is the Chairman of the Şor Party in Moldova, a populist opposition party, and is suspected of being one of the main beneficiaries of the 2014 Moldovan Bank Fraud Scandal. Shor was accused of bribery to secure his position as chair of the Banca de Economii in 2014 and fled Moldova …

Ilan Shor Read More »

Vladimir Plahotniuc

Former Moldovan government official, who supposedly engaged in state capture by exerting control over and manipulating key sectors of Moldova’s government, including the law enforcement, electoral, and judicial sectors. Plahotniuc is suspected to be one of the main beneficiaries of the Billion Dollar Bank Theft of 2014. [1] [2] Plahotniuc and his close family have …

Vladimir Plahotniuc Read More »

Zvonko Veselinovic

Zvonko Veselinović ; звонко веселинович Zvonko Veselinovic is the leader of the Zvonko Veselinovic Organized Crime Group (OCG). The Veselinovic OCG is suspected to be engaged in a largescale bribery scheme with Kosovar and Serbian security officials who facilitate the group’s illicit trafficking of goods, money, narcotics, and weapons between Kosovo and Serbia. It is …

Zvonko Veselinovic Read More »

Milan Radojcic

Milan Radoičić; Милан Радоичић; Milan Radoiçiq Radojcic is an alleged member of the Zvonko Veselinovic Organized Crime Group (OCG). This group is believed to be engaged in bribery schemes with Kosovar and Serbian security officials who facilitate the group’s illicit trafficking of goods, money, narcotics, and weapons between Kosovo and Serbia. The OCG group has …

Milan Radojcic Read More »

Alvaro Pulido Vargas

Alvaro Enrique Pulido Vargas and Alex Nain Saab Morán are both accused of exploiting two of Venezuela’s public programmes which were set up to supply poor Venezuelans with affordable foodstuffs and housing. They are alleged to have benefitted from improperly awarded contracts, where promised goods were delivered at highly inflated prices. Pulido Vargas is wanted …

Alvaro Pulido Vargas Read More »

Alex Saab

Alex Nain Saab Morán and Alvaro Enrique Pulido Vargas are both accused of exploiting two of Venezuela’s public programmes which were set up to supply poor Venezuelans with affordable foodstuffs and housing. They are alleged to have benefitted from improperly awarded contracts, where promised goods were delivered at highly inflated prices. Alex Saab was extradited …

Alex Saab Read More »

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 …

Kudakwashe Tagwirei Read More »

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 …

Ilko Zhelyazkov Read More »

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, …

Delyan Peevski Read More »