The EU has taken the first step toward making sanctions violations a bloc-wide crime on the same level as terrorism, human trafficking, and organized crime. On Monday, the European Council unanimously voted to add “violation of restrictive measures” to its list of “EU crimes” that carry universal penalties across all member states....
The European Council's decision to elevate sanctions violations to an “EU crime” level is seen as a necessary precursor to the bloc's efforts to confiscate hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian state and private assets currently protected under international law in the name of reconstructing Ukraine, according to Politico.
While it is not legally possible to unilaterally confiscate another country’s assets under existing regulations, the European Commission recently launched an initiative to identify “ways to strengthen the tracing, identification, freezing and management of assets as preliminary steps for potential confiscation,” a document seen by Politico earlier this month revealed. RT
The above is reported in RT. The EU simply amended their definition of terrorism to include violating their sanctions. This is their so called rule of law, their rule, their law. They decided whatever that is to their fancy and interest to be called their laws. This is no different from the American's outrageous rule of law or rules based order. Although it was meant for member states, but Russia is not a member state of EU but their assets and assets of their citizens are also confiscated.
No more news of whether the Singaporean, Kwek Kee Seng, that was hunted by the Americans with a bounty for trading with North Korea in violation of American sanctions has been arrested and sent to the US. Hope not. In this new interpretation or amendment to make violation of EU sanctions an act of terrorism, what shit, does it mean that if a Singaporean violates their sanctions, he can also be arrested for being a terrorist? Possibly he would be arrested if he is in the EU countries. But would he be arrested if he is in Singapore? Would our govt arrest him and send him to the EU?
The American and European gangsters are treating the rest of the world as their colonies, suka, suka changed their laws to arrest citizens of other countries or confiscate their assets and properties.
What do you think? Still want to believe in their outrageous rule of law and obediently accepting them as the rules based order for the international community?
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Mickey007
EU threatening nations that do not join the US-EU alliance. Things are getting bad for the EU and if they continue this path they will go down the gutter with the US
Sam Smith
Why not! Everyone who is not with US is a terrorist!!!
giocon
Th EU is inching closer and closer to fascism
SteveB
These morons are changing the language to suit their deranged view of the world and eventually they will run out of words .
PhiloKvetch
Seems more like the EU is the real terrorist organization... especially since it backs a terrorist state
Carlos Taboada
the EU bloc’s list of crimes ????? I'll give one : EU struggling to seize Russian assets – Politico
Unable to legally confiscate the property, Brussels is looking for loopholes to facilitate such seizures, the outlet reports . Oh !!!!! talking about crimes ? It will be KARMA !!!!!
the EU bloc’s list of crimes ????? I'll give one : EU struggling to seize Russian assets – Politico
Unable to legally confiscate the property, Brussels is looking for loopholes to facilitate such seizures, the outlet reports . Oh !!!!! talking about crimes ? It will be KARMA !!!!!
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This will signal to countries to quickly dump all assets in USA and Europe, and put their reserves in currencies other than US$ and Euros, into countries where the terrorists cannot reach with their dirty hands.
China and BRICS's countries should be a good possibility for keeping their reserves. So far, China has not been known to have seized assets of other countries, but has been giving out help to poor countries for development, unlike the USA doing the reverse and seizing the assets of countries and forcing hunger and famine in poorer countries. They did that to Venezuela, Iran, Afghanistan and lately Russia. Now they are extending it to their own kind. An eye opening move for the rest of the world. The terrorist are amending laws to seize assets across the world. This had been a warning already trotted out by those who know.
What they know they cannot achieve by normal means, they just amend the laws to make it mandatory. Just look at the bill to ban the rail strike in the USA being trotted out by Biden. Had China done the same with the COVID protest, they will definitely brand it as draconian. Isn't using the law to prevent strikers excercising their rights to strike not draconian? USA truckers must not give in.
That was also the same tactic that Justin Trudeau used, under coercion by the USA, against striking truckers in Canada. Trudeau used 'emergency law' to trample upon the truck strikers, citing violence, when no violent protest by the strikers had been seen. No wonder they are now branding Trudeau a 'fascist' and a de factor dictator. The same facist ideology now being adopted by the ruling elites in the EU.
Interestingly, OPEC+ is already warning that more oil production cuts will come into being after learning about the US$60 cap on seabourne oil from Russia. In any case, Russia already said that no oil sales will be made to those who support the cap. Who else will support the cap besides the doggies? And the doggies in the EU will fight among themselves over the consequence of oil productin cuts by OPEC+ and sink the EU.
China and India or even Saudi Arabia will definitely not support the cap, as they really are enjoying 'laughing all the way to the bank' after selling Russian oil to the EU and ripping them off. It is a win win situation for them and Russia, and no crime committed as they are just following the USA.
Honestly, does the USA and the West think that Russia would have waited until now to accumlate it's resources to fund the war, after tolerating eight long years to do it? Putin is a chess player and thinks many steps ahead, unlike the EU leaders that have no plan at all and just acting beyond what they see in front of their noses. Just look at their behavior, all at sixes and sevens, caused just by Russia using reverse sanctioning them in energy. The cap will fail, in the face of more oil cuts in the pipeline by OPEC+.
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