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Today’s bold sanctions send a welcome message that the UK is stepping up efforts to end impunity for corruption and the UK’s role in enabling and harbouring dirty money.”
Susan Hawley, the executive director of Spotlight on Corruption, a campaign group, said
I was not given the opportunity to defend myself against these allegations,
she said
These unscrupulous individuals selfishly deprive their fellow citizens of much-needed funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure - for their own enrichment
Foreign Secretary David Lammy said
Corruption harms societies, undermines security, and lines the pockets of criminals in the UK and across the globe
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper saidI committed to taking on kleptocrats and the dirty money that empowers them when I became foreign secretary, and these sanctions mark the first step in delivering this ambition,
he said