New Zealand imposes new sanctions on Russia
New Zealand has announced a new round of sanctions against 33 individuals and entities linked to the Russian government over their involvement in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs sanctioned 33 people and organizations for supporting Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. Sanctions specifically target cyber actors, as well as […]
New Zealand Expands Sanctions on Russia
New Zealand has intensified its economic measures against Russia to further restrict Moscow’s oil export revenues. The update includes the following actions: The government has added 100 vessels—often referred to as the “shadow fleet”—alongside 13 companies and 23 individuals to its official sanctions list. Aligning with recent European Union and G7 adjustments, New Zealand lowered […]
New Zealand targets North Korean military support for Russia with new sanctions
Wellington accuses DPRK of helping Moscow ‘sustain its illegal war of aggression,’ pledging to hold it accountable. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has announced new sanctions on crucial enablers of Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine. This latest round of sanctions targets actors involved in Russia’s military-industrial complex, supporters from North Korea, Iran, and Belarus, […]
The US has imposed sanctions on an Australian man for his alleged role in global narcotics trafficking
David Jonathan Thackray and a New Zealand national, Ho Kai Leung, were among 12 individuals and eight entities sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in an action taken against “global narcotics traffickers”. Thackray was charged with importing nearly one kilogram of cocaine into New Zealand in 2014 and was subsequently […]