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UK Should Have Authority to Sanction Corruption, UK MPs Say

Members of the United Kingdom’s Parliament asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to include corruption as a basis for sanctioning people and entities once the U.K. leaves the European Union, according to a March 23 post on the EU Sanctions blog.…

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In a letter to Raab, the lawmakers said the U.K.’s sanctions authority should extend beyond human rights abusers, citing U.S. and Canadian authorities that allow the countries to target corruption. “Failing to harmonise our sanctions measures with those of our allies may have far reaching unintended consequences,” the letter said.