U.S. May Soon Have New Weapons in Sanctions Enforcement

New sanctions and export controls targeting Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine herald increased investigations and prosecutions through a targeted and aggressive interagency effort known as Task Force KleptoCapture.

Task Force KleptoCapture is part of a broad international coalition of national law enforcement agencies — the Russian Elites, Proxies and Oligarchs, or REPO, Task Force — promoting cooperation in the prosecution of sanctions evasion.

To bolster these efforts, U.S. regulators have also created a new U.S. Department of the Treasury whistleblower hotline dedicated to identifying sanctions evasion and corruption: the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program.

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