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Sanctions Evasion via Turkey & Kyrgyzstan: German Brothers Jailed
How do export control authorities dismantle third-country circumvention networks? In this episode of the Trade Compliance Brief, we analyze the recent high-profile prosecution of two German managing directors who bypassed EU sanctions to supply Russian entities.
We break down the anatomy of their scheme—which utilized shell companies in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan to ship 65 consignments of engineering equipment—and discuss the severe consequences of export control violations, including mid-trial guilty pleas and looming multi-year prison sentences.
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