The UK has introduced the world’s first sanctions regime targeting people smugglers, enabling asset freezes and travel bans against 25 individuals and organisations involved in illegal migration networks.
The UK government has sanctioned two senior Russian officials and a state-linked research institute over their alleged involvement in the development and use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine. Announced by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on Monday morning, the new sanctions include asset freezes and travel bans. The individuals named have been…