In its 1 March edition, the Hindustan Times reported that he is currently fighting revocation of his citizenship in an Antiguan civil court. Associated with Nirav Modi, whose extradition from the UK was approved by a British court last week, Antigua and Barbuda cancelled the citizenship of Mehul Choksi granted under the Caribbean nation’s Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP) in November 2017.  It is also said that after Choksi exhausts his appeal against revocation of citizenship, extradition proceedings will begin.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/antigua-revokes-citizenship-of-mehul-choksi-101614540096186.html

 

 

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On 26 February, France 24 reported that the French industrial group dealing in transport, energy and logistics has reached a settlement over a decade-old corruption case in Togo, but a separate plea deal with 3 top company executives was thrown out by a judge.  The company agreed to pay €12 million as part of the deal.  The judge recommended that the 3 executives, including billionaire and chairman Vincent Bolloré, should stand trial under criminal charges.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210226-bolloré-group-fined-€12-million-in-african-corruption-case

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On 27 February, an article from Insight Crime reported that an investigation has identified Mexico as a major contributor to a global seahorse trafficking network centred around China but this trade is also affecting other Latin American nations.  A report says that close to 100,000 seahorses were trafficked illegally between Mexico and China, most often bound for Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai.  They were usually packaged inside personal luggage on commercial flights, but were also sometimes sent by courier and even by ship, making it harder to determine if the contents are illegal.

https://insightcrime.org/news/latin-americas-bustling-trade-in-seahorses-to-china/

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On 24 February, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported that the Gibraltar Government has called on individuals to regularise their tax residence in Spain to prevent their vehicles being impounded at the frontier.  Several owners of Gibraltar cars and motorcycles had vehicles impounded in Spain and a Government spokesman explained that anyone who is officially resident in Spain cannot own a Gibraltar-registered vehicle, and anyone who is resident in Gibraltar cannot own a Spanish-registered vehicle.

https://www.chronicle.gi/govt-offers-advice-after-g-reg-cars-impounded-at-border-over-vat-rules/

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On 25 February, an article from the Brookings Institute says that new research demonstrates that the incidence of piracy in a particular location is associated with higher catch volumes from high-bycatch and habitat-destroying fishing, even when controlling for conditions in proximate coastal areas. We find, additionally, that illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing exerts an especially pronounced effect on piracy.  It says that the findings highlight the need for anti-piracy solutions beyond enforcement to include the policing of fishing practices that are illegal or are perceived by local fishers in vulnerable coastal areas to be harmful to small-scale fishing economies.

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/journal.pone_.0246835.pdf

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On 26 February, the UN added 3 names to its Somalia sanctions list.

https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sc14455.doc.htm

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Chatham House has released a report saying that since the 2011 revolution, the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has been a battleground. Interests entrenched from the Gaddafi era have sought to preserve their stake while new actors work to wrestle control of parts of the organization.  And these Libyan battles have been exported to courtrooms around the world – from London to the Cayman Islands – while the UN asset freeze on the LIA does not in reality cover all of its structure, meaning some elements remain up for grabs.

https://chathamhouse.shorthandstories.com/libya-investing-wealth-of-nation/

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On 26 February, Jurist reported that a South Korean human rights group has claimed that North Korea is using forced labour from its prison camps to mine coal and other minerals to boost exports and earn foreign currency.  It alleges that North Korea is using the money generated from the scheme to support its nuclear weapons programmes.

https://www.jurist.org/news/2021/02/rights-group-finds-north-korea-uses-prisoners-to-boost-exports-and-fund-weapons-program/

The report from the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korea Human Rights (NKHR) is at –

https://eng.nkhumanrights.or.kr/data/n_r_reports/20210224170215.pdf

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On 26 February, the US Treasury advised that OFAC has designated Saud al-Qahtani, his subordinate Maher Mutreb, Saudi Consul General Mohammed Alotaibi, and 14 other members of an operations team for having a role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi.   These individuals are designated pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, to target perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption.  Also designated is the Saudi RAPID INTERVENTION FORCE (aka FIRQAT EL-NEMR).

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm547

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20210226

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On 25 February, the US State Department issued a news release advising that the travel ban had been imposed due to his involvement in significant corruption.  It is said that in his official capacity as the Prosecutor General of Slovakia, he was involved in corrupt acts that undermined rule of law and the Slovak public’s faith in their government’s democratic institutions, officials, and public processes.  Both former Prosecutor General Trnka and his son, Jakub Trnka, are ineligible for entry into the US.

https://www.state.gov/designation-of-former-prosecutor-general-dobroslav-trnka-of-the-slovak-republic-for-involvement-in-significant-corruption/

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