OM investigates 45 companies that would evade sanctions against Russia | War in Ukraine

The Public Prosecution Service increasingly suspects companies of circumventing sanctions against Russia. A spokesperson for the Functional Public Prosecutor’s Office confirms reports by RTL News, which reports that 45 criminal investigations have already been opened. At the end of last year, there were still 27 investigations.

Since the sanctions will remain in force for longer, it is also to be expected that more companies will try to circumvent the sanctions, according to the spokeswoman.

Of the ongoing investigations, 29 concern violations of import and export sanctions. Certain goods may no longer be delivered to Russia. The rest of the suspicions are about violation of the financial sanctions.

One of the OM’s cases has already been brought to court. It revolved around Dimitri K., who is suspected of, among other things, supplying microchips to Russia on behalf of Russian companies.

“Technology was purchased on a large scale all over the world and sent via the Netherlands to Russia for technological and military reinforcement,” the prosecutor said in December in the court in Rotterdam. The further handling of the case will follow.