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  Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

  UK Government

  October 15, 2026

    Today, Thursday 15 October, the UK Government has varied an individual under the Russia sanctions regime. Individuals Varied:

  Name:	Unique ID:
  Nadia CHERKASOVA	RUS1636

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  Hungary: GRECO publishes three compliance reports on corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, top executive functions and law enforcement agencies

  GRECO

  October 15, 2026

  GRECO has made public today three Compliance Reports on Hungary under the Fourth and Five Evaluation Rounds, setting out an assessment of the progress made by Hungary in implementing GRECO’s recommendations to prevent corruption and promote integrity in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies.

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  Italy: EPPO targets suspected criminal association in public contract corruption scheme

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  October 15, 2026

  At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a judge has ordered precautionary measures against seven individuals suspected of participating in a criminal association involved in corruption and the steering of public contracts in Syracuse, including an EU-funded project to expand accommodation for seasonal agricultural workers in Cassibile (Sicily). The measures, issued on 12 October by the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Syracuse, include pre-trial detention for a Carabinieri officer, house arrest for a local political figure and a construction entrepreneur, and a 12-month ban on carrying out business activities involving applications for EU or national funding for four other individuals. The judge has also summoned another suspect, a municipal public official, for questioning before deciding on the requested precautionary measure.