Ruxandra Murariu-Boatca | 24 April 2026
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With ship financier John Ormerod now facing sanctions and money laundering charges after being removed from the UK’s sanctions list, Ruxandra Murariu was asked for her assessment of the situation by Dow Jones Risk Journal.
Ruxandra stated that the charges are significant because they show that the authorities are now targeting domestic facilitators who are accused of helping others bypass sanctions, rather than only focusing on sanctioned Russian individuals or the major financial institutions.
She added that pairing money laundering charges with sanctions breaches gives prosecutors “a broader economic crime framework’’ and indicates a “more assertive enforcement approach’’.
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