Day: August 18, 2022

On 18 August, HM Treasury advised that one allows UK designated persons to make certain permitted payments to UK insurers from a frozen bank account, and allows UK insurers to receive these payments – this applies to all UK autonomous sanctions regimes, not just those on Russia.  The other allows the continued business operations of Evraz’ North American subsidiaries, and has now been extended until 31 March 2023. 

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ofsi-general-licences

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1098990/Publication_nottice_amendment_INT2022-2009156.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1077828/20.05.2022_Russian_Travel_Publication_Notice.pdf

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On 17 August, NBC News reported that the judges in Pennsylvania shut down a county-run juvenile detention centre and accepted $2.8 million from the builder and co-owner of 2 for-profit jails; and one, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of children would be sent to the facilities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judges-sent-children-profit-jails-kickbacks-ordered-pay-200-million-da-rcna43538

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An article from RUSI on 18 August posed this question in a paper which explores the potential benefits and risks of expanding the use of the civil recovery mechanisms in Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in the UK, via outsourcing of the litigation phase of proceedings to private law firms in return for a share of the proceeds recovered.  It seeks to summarise the issues to ensure they are considered in a balanced way, rather than taking a firm position.

https://static.rusi.org/322_EI_Asset_Recovery.pdf

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