Home Office written question – answered at on 16 December 2022.
Margaret Hodge
Labour, Barking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many account freezing orders have been granted against individuals associated with designated persons under sanctions relating to Russia since February 2022.
Thomas Tugendhat
Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The National Crime Agency’s Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) has been tasked with investigating criminal sanctions evasion and high-end money laundering, including by individuals in the UK who are linked to the Russian regime.
12 Account Freezing Orders (AFOs) have been secured thus far covering a number of accounts.
The CKC’s work forms one part of a wider cross-government effort to tackle illicit finance and works closely with others including the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI).
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