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  Update to UK Sanctions List: Russia Regime

  UK Government

  June 16, 2026

  Today, Tuesday 16 June 2026, the UK Government has designated the following 11 individuals and 32 entities, and specified the following 27 ships, under the Russia Sanctions Regime. Designated Individuals:

  Name:	Unique ID:
  Alexander Petrovich VORONKOV	RUS3639
  Ruslan Petrovich KOSHKIN	RUS3649
  Aleksandr Filippovich VOTCHENKO	RUS3650
  Nikolay Nikolayevich SAZHIN	RUS3651
  Sergey Nikolayevich MAZURIK	RUS3652
  Aleksandr Vasilyevich MATROSOV	RUS3653
  Roman Viktorovich GAIVORONSKIY	RUS3654
  Dmitriy Yegorovich ZUBKOV	RUS3655
  Stanislav Sergeyevich POPOV	RUS3656
  Konstantin Aleksandrovich STRAFILOV	RUS3657
  Maksim Yuryevich MAMONTOV	RUS3658

   

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  Czechia: EPPO conducts searches in probe into employment training subsidy fraud

  European Public Prosecutor's Office

  June 16, 2026

  (Luxembourg, 16 June 2026) – On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrava (Czechia), national law enforcement authorities carried out searches on 10 and 11 June 2026, as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving funds intended for employee training, financed by the EU under the National Recovery Plan. A total of 32 residential and non-residential searches were conducted by the Police of the Czech Republic (Policie České republiky), namely the Regional Directorate of the Police of the Moravian-Silesian Region, Economic Crime Department (Krajské ředitelství policie Moravskoslezského kraje, Odbor hospodářské kriminality).

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  Two men charged over roles in elaborate 200kg paint-infused meth import

  Australia Federal Police

  June 16, 2026

  Two Mexican nationals are expected to appear before the NSW Bail Division Court today (16 June, 2026) charged for their alleged roles in the importation of $185 million worth of methamphetamine into Sydney. An investigation began earlier this month (June, 2026) after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers intercepted a targeted consignment from Mexico. ABF detector dogs inspected the container and provided a positive indication to narcotics, and the matter was then referred to the AFP. AFP forensic investigators commenced a deconstruction of the container and identified a layer of methamphetamine infused within the internal paintwork of the container.