The success of the sanctions put in place by the European Union in the event of embezzlement, with the aim of combating government corruption, remains very limited, according to a report by CiFAR (‘The Civil Forum for Asset Recovery') presented on Wednesday 6 March at a conference organised by Transparency International.
While the EU has imposed sanctions for embezzlement on members of the former Tunisian, Egyptian and Ukrainian regimes (see EUROPE 10310, 10341 and EUROPE 11032),...