The UK has imposed sanctions against eight people involved in corruption, including Dmitry Firtash, an Ukrainian oligarch and businessman, and his wife, Lada Firtash.
In addition, Denis Gorbunenko, a former banker who is close to Firtash has also been added to the list of sanctioned individuals.
In 2012, the U.S. Department of Justice accused Dmitry Firtash and five other people of conspiring to pay at least $18.5 million in bribes since 2006 to obtain mining licenses in the eastern coastal Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The mining project was expected to generate more than $500 million per year from the sale of titanium products.
Other individuals added to the UK’s list include Isabel DOS SANTOS (Angolan citizen, born in Azerbaijan), Sarju RAIKUNDALIA (Portuguese citizen), and Paula Cristina Fidalgo Carvalho das Neves OLIVEIRA (also Portuguese citizen), Aivars Lembergs, Latvia (a politician and businessman. On February 22, 2021, he was found guilty of bribery and money laundering, and sentenced to five years in prison), Liga Lemberga, daughter of Ivars Lemberg
