A police officer patrols the deserted Red Square during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Valery Sharifulin
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a new task force that will enforce sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies on Russia for its gratuitous war in Ukraine.
The task force is another approach the Biden administration has taken in its stepping stone with transatlantic allies to keep Russian President Vladimir Putin and his complicity with the Russian elite.
An interdisciplinary team of law enforcement officers from the FBI, Police Department, IRS, Postal Inspector, Homeland Security Investigations as well as agents from the Secret Service will investigate and prosecute violations. violated sanctions in connection with Russia’s continued offensive in Ukraine.
Teased by President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, the Justice Department’s new task force, known as the KleptoCapture Task Force, will deprive individuals of the assets and other tools. Russian oligarchs are used to evade sanctions.
“The US Department of Justice is assembling a task force dedicated to tackling the crimes of Russian oligarchs,” Biden said. “We came for your unwarranted interests,” Biden added.
“The Department of Justice will use all of its powers to seize the assets of individuals and entities that violate these sanctions,” Attorney General Merrick Garland wrote in a statement announcing the petition. new taste.
“We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to investigate, arrest and prosecute those whose offenses enable the Russian government to continue this senseless war,” Garland added. .
The State Department said Foreign Minister Antony Blinken discussed the new task force with his Ukrainian counterpart on Wednesday.
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