The Commission had already planned to revise its tools on freezing and confiscating the assets of organised crime groups, but the war in Ukraine and the sanctions against Russian oligarchs have added a particular dimension.
The Commission proposed, on 25 May, with a proposal for a Council decision and a directive, to criminalise the attempt to circumvent European sanctions and to make it possible, in this context, to confiscate assets already frozen by the authorities of the Member States....