The sanctioned oligarch and Rusal are facing a new lawsuit in the UK by other shareholders hit by sanctions. It’s the latest in a series of disputes among them running more than a decade.
As Ireland takes on the EU presidency, the Government’s financial crime assessment finds the country's critical sectors are not immune from bad actors and clandestine operations attempting to evade EU sanctions.
Rusal and its sanctioned shareholder Oleg Deripaska are no strangers to courtrooms in several countries, from Jersey to Qatar and Russia to Australia.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas was in Dublin this week as international pressure on Ireland and the EU to take action against the Russian-owned Limerick refinery ramps up.
Taoglas CEO Dermot O’Shea talks to The Currency about investigating how its parts were illicitly re-routed by bad actors to Russia, managing the fallout and moving on with its newest deal.
Tamboran’s acquisition of Falcon has been complicated by sanctioned shareholder Viktor Vekselberg but US authorities have issued a licence to “consummate” the deal.
Timaero is linked to sanctioned bank VEB and its case against Boeing goes back nearly seven years. The aircraft maker claims the lessor has repeatedly failed to comply with discovery.
The Louth-based company was pursuing a case against Siam Aero over $820,000 stolen by hackers who intercepted its email exchanges with the Thai dealer.
David O’Sullivan oversees how EU sanctions against Russia are devised. He speaks to The Currency about dealing with sanctions evasion and recent controversy with Aughinish Alumina.
The crypto foundation was this week tied to members of a controversial Cambodian group sanctioned by the US but the former taoiseach has denied any links to the charity’s Irish arm.
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