NCA secures a landmark victory with its first UK sanctions breach convictions, as former Russian official and his relative are found guilty of evading sanctions and ML

The convictions are a direct result of efforts to enforce the UK’s robust sanctions regime, which was introduced to exert economic pressure on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. In this case, Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, the former Governor of Sevastopol, a city illegally annexed by Russia, was found guilty of circumventing UK sanctions. His family members, particularly his brother, also played a role in facilitating the breach, further solidifying the NCA’s…