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LATEST: Germany moves to seize €720M from Russian financial institution after attempt to breach sanctions detected

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SEIZURE: In a statement, the federal office of the public prosecutor said it had filed a motion before a court in Frankfurt on July 7 this year requesting “independent confiscation proceedings” with regard to more than €720mn deposited by a Russian financial institution in a Frankfurt bank account. Image shows the city of Frankfurt. 

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By Alisha Houlihan for AMLi

German prosecutors have initiated legal proceedings to seize more than €720M held in the Frankfurt bank account of a sanctioned Russian financial institution

It marks the first time that Germany has taken steps to outright confiscate Russian assets, as opposed to merely freezing them.

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