Plahotniuc sanctioned by the UK Government

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UK Government's Press Release of 9 December 2022

Sanctions targeting corrupt actors

Vladimir Plahotniuc, a businessman and a former politician, fugitive from Moldovan justice, involved in capturing and corrupting Moldova’s state institutions.

Definitions of types of sanctions

Asset freeze - An asset freeze prevents any UK citizen, or any business in the UK, from dealing with any funds or economic resources which are owned, held or controlled by the designated person. UK financial sanctions apply to all persons within the territory and territorial sea of the UK and to all UK persons, wherever they are in the world. It also prevents funds or economic resources being provided to or for the benefit of the designated person.

Travel ban - A travel ban means that the designated person must be refused leave to enter or to remain in the United Kingdom, providing the individual is an excluded person under section 8B of the Immigration Act 1971.


British Embassy Chisinau, Moldova on 9 December 2022

Moldovan citizens Vladimir Plahotniuc and Ilan Shor, fugitives from Moldovan justice, have today been sanctioned by the UK Government under the UK’s Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations.

Any assets owned by Plahotniuc or Shor in the UK, or in any of the UK’s Overseas Territories such as the British Virgin Islands or the Cayman Islands, will be frozen. UK citizens will be barred from all economic transactions with either of the sanctioned individuals who are henceforth denied entry to the UK.





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