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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

UK and Cyprus launch new crackdown on Russian dirty money to ‘starve Putin’s war machine’

The UK has agreed a new deal with Cyprus to crack down on serious organised crime and illicit Russian finance, in what the prime minister has said is an attempt to “starve Putin’s war machine and protect global stability.”

The two nations have agreed to set up a new National Sanctions Implementation Unit to stop dirty money being funnelled through Europe, in addition to agreeing closer cooperation to tackle serious organised crime.

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