UK Sanctions 8 People for Ties to Corruption
The U.K. added eight people to its global anti-corruption sanctions regime on Nov. 21, including Isabel Dos Santos, an Azerbaijani national, for misappropriating millions of dollars while acting as head of an Angolan state oil firm and director of an Angolan telecommunications company. Angolan national Paula Cristina Oliveira was sanctioned for her role in Dos Santos' scheme, as was Portuguese national Sarju Raikundalia.
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Ukrainian national Dmitry Firtash and his wife, Lada Pavlovna Firtash, were added for bribing public officials to obtain mining licenses in Ukraine. Denis Gorbunenko, another Ukrainian national, was also sanctioned for aiding the Firtashes in paying the bribes.
Latvian national Aivars Lembergs was sanctioned for engaging in "serious corruption" while acting as mayor of the Latvian city of Ventspils, and Lembergs' daughter, Liga Lemberga, also was listed for profiting from her father's corruption.