A former Unaoil employee, Lindsey Mitchell, has come forward to blow the whistle and reveal to authorities claims about a bribe he paid in Libya to win favour for Unaoil’s Western multinational clients. Mitchell told Fairfax Media, The Huffington Post and the BBC’s Panorama program that he bribed senior officials in the Gaddafi regime on behalf […]

The EU has recently made certain amendments to its sanctions in relation to Libya and Syria which are, in summary, that: the criteria for designating individuals and entities as subject to the Libya-related asset freeze have been amended; certain amendments have been made to the existing Libya asset freeze list; certain other non-substantive amendments have […]

EU Sanctions Update: EU Extends Sanctions against Syria And Amends Sanctions Against Libya And Somalia; Further Developments Relating To Ukraine/Russia This ebulletin summarises recent developments in various international sanctions regimes  At EU level these are relatively limited: The EU has announced additional sanctions in respect of the situation in Syria, extending the designated persons list […]