The administration of US President Joe Biden has decided to expand the staff of federal prosecutors investigating violations of sanctions and export controls against Russia.
This is stated in the material of The Wall Street Journal.
The Justice Department has hired 25 more prosecutors in its counterintelligence and export control division, according to Assistant US Attorney Matt Olsen. Some of them were transferred from other departments.
They will work with companies to investigate Russia's evasion of sanctions and export controls, as well as bring criminal charges against companies if they commit violations.
As part of the relevant efforts, the cooperation of the Departments of Justice, Commerce and Finance of the United States, which are responsible for the implementation of the sanctions policy, is also being strengthened.
Since last year, after the start of full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, the United States and its Western allies have imposed a number of international trade and financial restrictions on Russia.
In response, Moscow brought in state-owned and private companies from countries such as Iran, China and Turkey to circumvent sanctions. In the West, it is believed that it continues to import computer chips and radar equipment important for its defense industry.
To counter such moves by the Russian Federation, the Biden administration on Thursday published the third set of recommendations for the private sector, designed to warn companies about the legal risks of violating sanctions and export controls.
It will be recalled that after the adoption of the tenth package of EU sanctions in response to Russian aggression, Brussels is shifting its emphasis from the adoption of new sanctions against Russia to ensuring compliance with and strengthening the existing ones.
