Now stop Saudi Crown Prince buying up any more of Britain: Fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi says Mohammed bin Salman should not be allowed to own Newcastle Utd - as MPs calls to make ruler persona non grata

• Dominic Raab names 49 of the world's worst human rights abusers including 20 officials from Saudi Arabia
• Many of Saudis are aides to Prince Mohammed bin Salman - accused of ordering murder of Jamal Khashoggi 
• But royal hasn't been put on the UK hit list because he has diplomatic immunity so cash and assets not frozen 
• Prince Mohammed is chairman of  Arabia Public Investment Fund, currently trying to buy Newcastle United
• Mr Khashoggi's fiancee said: 'If Mike Ashley is like a bad dream for them the Crown Prince will be a nightmare'
• Russia has reacted with fury and warned that it could take 'retaliatory measures' after 25 officials were listedMPs today called for Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be banned from Britain and his UK-based assets frozen as Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee urged the Premier League to block his takeover of Newcastle after 20 of his associates were named on a UK sanctions list of the world's worst human rights abusers.
  Mr Khashoggi was a journalist who had been critical of Saudi Arabia's royal family and was lured to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 before being killed and dismembered.
  His killing has now led to the UK taking action against 20 Saudi nationals, who will have their assets in Britain frozen and will be banned from entering the country immediately.Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is accused of ordering the murder of Mr Khashoggi, is not be on the list because he has diplomatic immunity but the fact that many of his closest aides are included raises more uncomfortable questions for the Saudi royal family. 
  

  Labour MP Chris Bryant suggested the Prince should be declared persona non grata and told MailOnline: 'Given that the blood stained trail leads directly to his door it is surprising that the government has not yet declared him as well as his henchmen unwelcome in this land'. 

  Prince Mohammed is chairman of the Arabia Public Investment Fund, which is currently vying to buy an 80% stake in Newcastle United from Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley. The fund is also has a London headquarters and has stakes in Facebook, Disney, Tesla, several international banks and last month bought shares in BT to help fund Britain's new broadband network.

  Hatice Cengiz, Mr Khashoggi’s fiancee, told Good Morning Britain: 'To Newcastle fans if you are not happy with the current owner the Crown Prince will be much worse and for fans I want to say if Mike Ashley is like a bad dream for them the Crown Prince will be a nightmare.'

  The move to sanction 20 senior Saudis is likely to cause tensions between London and Riyadh and will also raise further questions over the role of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of Mr Khashoggi.  Six of the members of the alleged hit squad sent to Turkey are listed as having 'worked in the office of the crown prince', being 'an adviser to the crown prince', having 'worked with the crown prince's adviser' or being a 'security official for the crown  prince'.
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• Jamal Khashoggi was a journalist who had been critical of Saudi Arabia's royal family before being murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018. His fiancee Hatice Cengiz says that the country's crown prince should not be allowed to buy UK assets
  

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  The move is also likely to cause tensions between London and Riyadh and will likely raise further questions over the role of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the killing of Mr Khashoggi
  

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  Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, Prince Mohammed's most trusted adviser at the time, is said to have planned and directed the operation to kill Mr Khashoggi and is also on the sanctions list
  

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  Deputy head of the intelligence services Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri - who is alleged to have commissioned the 15-man team which killed Mr Khashoggi - is included in the listThere are 25 Russian nationals linked to the mistreatment of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky  – who died in police custody in 2009 after exposing allegations of widespread tax corruption.

  The list includes the commander in chief of Myanmar’s armed forces Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy Soe Win, who were responsible for military operations against the Rohingya between 2017 and 2019. 

  And it includes North Korea’s Ministry of State Security Bureau 7 and the Ministry of People’s Security Correctional Bureau, which run prison camps linked to numerous violations including murder, torture and enslavement.   

  Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, Prince Mohammed's most trusted adviser at the time, is said to have planned and directed the operation and is also on the sanctions list. 

  Ahmed al-Asiri, the former deputy head of military intelligence, was cleared of the murder in a Riyadh trial, but is included in the UK list. 

  Also included is forensic scientist Salah al-Tubaigy, who was waiting for Mr Khashoggi at the embassy.

  He is accused of dismembering the journalist before directing a clean-up.   

  Mohammed al-Otaibi , Saudi Arabia's consul general in Istanbul, was also cleared by a court in Riyadh due to 'lack of evidence' but is included in the list. 

  Britain has identified 49 'notorious' individuals and organisations and accused them of human rights abuses with 25 of them Russian and others coming from Myanmar and North Korea.

  Russia has threatened to retaliate against the UK after Dominic Raab unveiled the government's new sanction regime against the 'very worst human rights abuses'. 

  The Foreign Secretary yesterday warned despots, dictators and their henchmen they will no longer be able to buy property in the UK or 'siphon dirty money through British banks' as he unveiled the Government's new sanctions programme. 

  Mr Raab told MPs the UK's first sanctions for human rights abuses will cover those involved in the deaths of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, as well as Mr Khashoggi, the systemic killings of the Rohingya population in Myanmar and the North Korean gulags.

  The sanctions will enable ministers to impose travel bans and to freeze the assets of both state officials and non-state actors. 

  Russia threatened to retaliate after Britain sanctioned officials including Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the powerful Investigative Committee which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin.  

  The Russian embassy in London said in statement: 'The Russian side reserves the right to take retaliatory measures in connection with Britain's hostile decision.'

  The mission said Moscow was particularly outraged by the sanctioning of top directors of Russia's Investigative Committee and General Prosecutor's Office as well as judges. 

  The Foreign Secretary said this afternoon the new sanctions regime will target people responsible for the 'very worst human rights abuses around the world'.

  The Saudi Arabians on the list include an adviser close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 

  Before Brexit the UK usually acted alongside the European Union or the United Nations when imposing sanctions on individuals accused of human rights abuses. 

  But the Government has decided to establish its own system following Britain's split from Brussels. 

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo backed the move as an example of British post-Brexit diplomacy.

  'This sanctions regime marks the beginning of a new era for UK sanctions policy and cooperation between our two democracies,' he said in a statement. 

  The new powers unveiled by Mr Raab will: 

  • Allow ministers to impose travel bans on perpetrators and to freeze any assets they may hold in the UK. 
  • Mr Raab said that will mean the end of dictators and their henchmen being able to 'Waltz into this country to buy up property on the Kings Road, or do their Christmas shopping in Knightsbridge'.
  • See the UK able to act unilaterally in targeting people guilty of human rights abuses, having previously usually acted alongside the EU or UN. 
  • Fulfil a pledge made by the Conservative Party in its 2019 general election manifesto to take targeted action against 'human rights violators'. 
  • See all designations reviewed at least once every three years to make sure they should still apply.

  Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Raab said the new measures will 'hold to account the perpetrators of the worst human rights abuses' as he described them as a 'forensic tool... to target perpetrators'.  

  'Today this Government and this House sends a very clear message on behalf of the British people that those with blood on their hands, the thugs of despots, the henchman of dictators, will not be free to Waltz into this country to buy up property on the King's Road, to do their Christmas shopping in Knightsbridge or frankly to siphon dirty money through British banks or other financial institutions,' he said. 

  He added: 'We have deliberately focused on the worst crimes so we have the clearest basis to make sure we can operate the new system as effectively as we possibly can.

  'That said we will continue to explore expanding this regime to include other human rights and I can tell the House that we are already considering how a corruption regime could be added to the armoury of legal weapons that we have.'

  Mr Raab paid tribute to Sergei Magnitsky and said his family were watching the Commons proceedings from the Foreign Office.

  The Russian lawyer uncovered large-scale tax fraud in his home country and died in prison after giving evidence against corrupt officials. He lends his name to the US Magnitsky Act which imposes sanctions on human rights abusers.

  Mr Raab told MPs: 'I hope that today in this House we show our solidarity with the family that Sergei Magnitsky left behind, his wife Natalya, his son Nikita and I can tell the House they will be watching from the Foreign Office in my office as we speak.'

  Setting out the first set of designations under the new regime, Mr Raab said: 'We are imposing sanctions on individuals involved in some of the most notorious human rights violations in recent years.

  'The first designations will cover those individuals involved in the torture and murder of Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer who disclosed the biggest known tax fraud in Russian history.

  'The designations will also include those responsible for the brutal murder of the writer and journalist Jamal Khashoggi. 

  'They will include those who perpetrated the systemic and brutal violence against the Rohingya population in Myanmar and they also include two organisations bearing responsibility for the enslavement, torture and murder that takes place in North Korea's wretched gulags in which it is estimated that hundreds of thousands of prisoners have perished over the last 50 years.' 

  Mr Khashoggi was a journalist who had been critical of Saudi Arabia's royal family before being killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

  A total of 20 Saudi nationals linked to the brutal killing and dismemberment of Mr Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate have been included on the list. 

  Deputy head of the intelligence services Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri - who is alleged to have commissioned the 15-man team which killed Mr Khashoggi - and Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, an adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who is said to have planned and directed the operation, are both on the list.

  Twenty five Russian nationals linked to the mistreatment of Mr Magnitsky - who died in police custody in 2009 after exposing allegations of widespread corruption - are also included. 

  The Russians also include Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin - who was a deputy minister in the Interior Ministry involved in investigating Mr Magnitsky - and Oleg Silchenko, one of the ministry's investigators. 

  

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  Dominic Raab, pictured in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon, has unveiled the UK's new 'autonomous' sanctions regime to target people responsible for human rights abuses

  Who are the people being targeted by the UK's new sanctions regime? 

  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced sanctions against 49 organisations and individuals yesterday who are accused of human rights abuses.

  They are from four different nations, including 25 from Russia and 20 from Saudi Arabia. 

  The rest are from North Korea and Myanmar. 

  So who's on the list?  

  

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  Russia

  

  Britain sanctioned 25 Russian officials, including Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the powerful Investigative Committee which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin

  The sanctions will cover those involved in the deaths of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

  The Russian lawyer uncovered large-scale tax fraud in his home country and died in prison after giving evidence against corrupt officials. He lends his name to the US Magnitsky Act which imposes sanctions on human rights abusers. 

  Moscow's top prosecutor, Alexander Bastrykin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin is the most high-profie figure on the list.

  

  Oleg Silchenko, one of the Russian Interior Ministry's investigators, is also included on the list

  Other sanctioned Russians include Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin - who was a deputy minister in the Interior Ministry involved in investigating Mr Magnitsky - and Oleg Silchenko, one of the ministry's investigators.    

  Also sanctioned yesterday was Dmitry Kratov, who was the chief medical officer at Butyrka prison, where Magnitsky was held for some of his time in custody.

  The list also includes the two top officials from the investigative committee of the ministry's financial crimes department, Gennady Karlov and Natalya Vonogradova.   

  The Foreign Office has also moved against medics who are thought to have attempted to cover up Mr Magnitsky's death.  

  Alexandra Gauss, is named, together with Fikret Tagiyev and other senior prison service figures. 

  They are accused of rejecting Magnitsky's desperate pleas for medical help.

  In 2013, a Moscow court found Magnitsky guilty of tax evasion in Russia's first posthumous trial. The sentence was read out in front of an empty cage. 

  Boris Kibis,who was involved in pursuing the posthumous case, is on the list, as is Viktor Grin, Russia's deputy general prosecutor. 

  Grin absolved the officials involved of wrongdoing. 

  Several judges who sent Magnitsky to prison were also named, including Aleksey Krivoruchko and Svetlana Ukhnalyova. 

  They will now be subject to UK travel bans and asset freezes. 

  Saudi Arabia

  

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  Deputy head of the intelligence services Ahmed Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri - who is alleged to have commissioned the 15-man team which killed Mr Khashoggi - is included in the list

  Six members of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's inner circle, including his former chief adviser, are among 20 Saudi nationals included on the sanctions list, for their role in the murder and dismemberment of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

  Mr Khashoggi was a journalist who had been critical of Saudi Arabia's royal family before being killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.

  The UK's actions are likely to spark tension between London and Riyadh after Mr Raab said 20 Saudi Arabian nations would have their UK assets seized and would be banned from entering the UK.  

  Six of the members of the alleged hit squad sent to Turkey are listed as having 'worked in the office of the crown prince', being 'an adviser to the crown prince', having 'worked with the crown prince's adviser' or being a 'security official for the crown prince'. 

  Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani, Prince Mohammed's most trusted adviser at the time, is said to have planned and directed the operation and is on the sanctions list.   

  Ahmed al-Asiri, the former deputy head of military intelligence, was cleared of the murder but is included in the UK list. 

  Forensic scientist Salah al-Tubaigy, was waiting for Khashoggi at the embassy.

  He is accused of dismembering Khashoggi then directing a clean-up and is included in the list.   

  Mohammed al-Otaibi , Saudi Arabia's consul general in Istanbul, was also cleared by a court in Riyadh due to 'lack of evidence' but is included in the list. 

  Myanmar

  Sanctions have been imposed against Min Aung Hlaing , the top military commander responsible for the 2017 genocide against the country's Rohingya Muslim population. 

  He has been accused of 'serious human rights violations' by the Foreign Office, which adds that Myanmar's armed forces – the Tatmadaw – took

  

  

  The commander in chief of the Burmese armed forces Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy Soe Win, who were responsible for military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine state between 2017 and 2019 were named on the list

  part in 'unlawful killings, including through systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings' and were guilty of 'massacre, torture, forced labour, systematic rape and other forms of targeted sexual violence, and enforced labour'.

  Hlaing's deputy, Soe Win, has also been sanctioned for human rights violations, as well as for financing the Tatmadaw. 

  Attacks by the military and Buddhist mobs led to more than 700,000 Rohingyas fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.

  North Korea

  Two North Korean government organisations have been added to the sanctions list for running a network of secret prison camps. 

  They are the ministries of state security and people's security.

  The Foreign Office said camp guards and North Korean officials had committed multiple human rights violations against prisoners. 

  They include 'murder, torture and enslavement'.

  The listing was short on detail but did name one senior official in charge of the prison system as Kim Jong-ho. 

Britain sanctioned 25 Russian officials, including Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the powerful Investigative Committee which reports directly to President Vladimir Putin

Myanmar's military Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is also on the list

Dominic Raab (centre right) talking with Hermitage Capital CEO and anti-Kremlin activist, Bill Browder (right), and Natalya Magnitskaya (second left) and Nikita Magnitsky, the mother and son of former Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky

Sergei Magnitsky uncovered large-scale tax fraud in his home country and died in prison after giving evidence against corrupt officialThe commander in chief of the Burmese arme

The commander in chief of the Burmese armed forces Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy Soe Win, who were responsible for military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine state between 2017 and 2019 were named on the list

Oleg Silchenko, one of the Russian Interior Ministry's investigators, is also included on the list

How will the UK's new sanctions regime work and who will be targeted?

Dominic Raab set out the UK's first 'autonomous' sanctions regime to target people guilty of international human rights abuses.  

Below are the key points made by the Foreign Secretary as he addressed MPs in the House of Commons this afternoon. 

On who will be targeted: 

'In 2019, it was in the Conservative Party manifesto as a clear commitment. So, today, I am proud that under this Prime Minister and this Government we make good on that pledge bringing into force the UK's first autonomous human rights sanctions regime, which gives us the power to impose sanctions on those involved in the very worst of human rights abuses around the world.'

On the powers which can be used: 

'The Regulations will enable us to impose travel bans and asset freezes against those involved in serious human rights violations.'

On the UK's message to perpetrators: 

'Today this Government and this House sends a very clear message on behalf of the British people: that those with blood on their hands, the thugs of despots, or the henchmen of dictators, won't be free to Waltz into this country to buy up property on the Kings Road, or do their Christmas shopping in Knightsbridge, or frankly to siphon dirty money through British banks or financial institutions.'

On how the regime could be extended:

'We are already considering how a corruption regime could be added to the armoury of legal weapons that we have.' 

On how long sanctions could apply: 

'In practice, those people designated will be able to request that a Minister review the decision. They will be able to challenge the decision in court. And as a matter of due diligence, the Government will review all designations at least once every three years.'    

The commander in chief of the Burmese armed forces Min Aung Hlaing and his deputy Soe Win, who were responsible for military operations against the Rohingya in Rakhine state between 2017 and 2019 were named.

And as were North Korea's Ministry of State Security Bureau 7 and the Ministry of People's Security Correctional Bureau, which run prison camps linked to numerous violations including murder, torture and enslavement.

But Tom Tugendhat, the Tory chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said there has been a 'remarkable silence on human rights violations in China'. 

Mr Tugendhat told MPs: 'There is no, as yet, announcement on any sanctions of those who are either exploiting or abusing the Uighur minorities in Xinjiang or repressing democracy activists in Hong Kong.

'And I wonder whether that is merely because this is the first stage of the sanctions and it's just perhaps that the Foreign Office hasn't quite yet caught up with that, or whether that is a policy change?' 

Mr Raab said the Government will consider future sanctions 'very carefully based on the evidence' as he declined to 'pre-empt what the next wave of designations will be'. 

Tobias Ellwood, the Tory chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee, also pressured Mr Raab on China. 

He asked: 'Can we have an announcement on China not just on tactical issues to do with human rights, but the wider foreign policy stance given China's trajectory?' 

Mr Raab replied: 'We have taken these measures. He's heard what we've said on Hong Kong. 

'He'll know that Huawei is going through the review in the context of US trade sanctions. 

'We have got the integrated review coming forward, that will be completed by the autumn. I think that is the right opportunity in parallel with the CSR to make sure we've got the right strategy and the resources to back it up.' 

A Foreign Office spokesman said: 'The regime will allow the UK to target individuals and organisations around the world unlike conventional geographic sanctions regime, which only target a country.

'Future targets of the regime may include those who commit unlawful killings perpetrated against journalists and media workers, or activity motivated on the grounds of religion or belief.'

How 'McMafia laws' are keeping a close eye on foreign millionaires and their assets in Britain

Dubbed 'McMafia laws' after the BBC drama about super-rich foreign gangsters using London as their base, Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) force millionaires who come into Britain from overseas to prove their assets were gained legally. 

They require a person who is reasonably suspected of involvement in, or of being connected to a person involved in, serious crime to explain the nature and extent of their interest in particular property, if it is valued at more than £50,000.  It is thought that up to £90billion of money linked to organised crime is laundered through the UK every year.

After the 2018 nerve agent attacks in Salisbury, the government said the measure would be at the heart of a crackdown on Russian money in the capital, with sources suggesting the National Crime Agency (NCA) could target 'more than 100' foreigners as a result, with many believed to have ties to Moscow.

The sanctions are the latest step in the government's bid to crackdown on foreign criminals entering the UK. 

Previously, the government introduced Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) that force millionaires who come into Britain from overseas to prove their assets were gained legally.

Dubbed 'McMafia laws' after the BBC drama about super-rich foreign gangsters, they require a person who is reasonably suspected of involvement in, or of being connected to a person involved in, serious crime to explain the nature and extent of their interest in particular property, if it is valued at more than £50,000. 

It is thought that up to £90billion of money linked to organised crime is laundered through the UK every year.

In March, a multi-million-pound mansion on London's 'Billionaires' Row' was at the centre of the latest High Court challenge to new powers introduced under so-called 'McMafia laws'.

Three properties in London - which are said to be worth around £80 million in total - were made subject to unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) last May following an application by the National Crime Agency (NCA). 

It was reported by the BBC on Tuesday, following an investigation with Finance Uncovered and campaign group Transparency International, that one of the properties is currently occupied by Nurali Aliyev, grandson of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev.

That property in The Bishops Avenue in Hampstead, north London - often referred to as 'Billionaires' Row' - is reportedly a high-security mansion featuring an underground pool and a cinema. 

The other two London properties involved in the case are in Manresa Road, Chelsea and Denewood Road, Highgate. 

The 49 human rights abusers banned from Britain with their UK cash and assets frozen

1. Dmitry Borisovich Kratov 

Chief medical officer/deputy head - Butyrka Prison 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Kratov, who was the chief medical officer and deputy head of Butyrka Prison where Magnitsky was detained until shortly before his death on 16 November 2009, was responsible for the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, including by failing to ensure the proper administration of medical care, which contributed significantly to his death. 

2. Aleksey Vasilyevich Anichin

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Anichin, as a deputy Minister in the Russian Interior Ministry and the head of the Investigative Committee, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Anichin oversaw a ‘team’ of investigators who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and concealed evidence of Magnitsky’s deteriorating medical condition. 

3. Primary Name: Oleg F. Silchenko  

Investigator in the Investigative Committee 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Silchenko was an investigator in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry and was directly involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Silchenko made six applications to extend Magnitsky’s detention period (despite his deteriorating medical condition), refused Magnitsky access to his family and engaged in the oppressive questioning and other mistreatment of Magnitsky to pressurise him to retract his allegations of corruption against Interior Ministry officials. 

4. Gennady Vyacheslavovich Karlov

Head of Department of Ownership and Financial Crimes in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Karlov, as the Head of the Department of Ownership and Financial Crimes in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Ministry of Interior, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death. Karlov was part of a ‘team’ of investigators who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and approved actions to conceal evidence relating to subordinates who were directly involved in that conduct.  

5. Natalya Vinogradova

Deputy Head of Department of Ownership and Financial Crimes in the Investigative Committee in Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs 

Vinogradova, as the Deputy Head of the Ownership and Financial Crimes Department in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Vinogradova was part of a ‘team’ of investigators, who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and provided support to subordinates who were directly involved in that conduct. 

6. Fikret Tagiyev

Head of Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Facility 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK

Tagiyev was the head of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky died on 16 November 2009. He was responsible for the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death including by failing to ensure the provision of adequate medical treatment, ordering the handcuffing and beating of Magnitsky shortly before his death and denying, or failing to provide, timely access for emergency services to provide treatment. Tagiyev was also involved in the concealment of evidence regarding the circumstances relating to Magnitsky’s death.  

7. Alexandra Viktorovna Gauss

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban  

Gauss was a doctor at Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky was detained during the final hours of his life on 16 November 2009. She failed to provide or ensure the proper administration of medical care which contributed to his death; she also facilitated the mistreatment of Magnitsky after his transfer to Matrosskaya Tishina, including beating by a security team.

8. Dmitriy Komnov 

Former head of Butyrka Detention Centre

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Lieutenant Colonel Dmitriy Komnov was the head of Butyrka detention centre where Sergei Magnitsky was detained between 25 July and 16 November 2009. He was responsible for Magnitsky’s mistreatment in detention including poor conditions of detention and the denial of, or failure to provide, adequate medical care, which contributed significantly to his death. Komnov was also involved in concealing evidence of that mistreatment, including providing false or misleading information to the Public Oversight Commission for Human Rights Observance in Moscow Detention Centres. 

9.Ivan Pavlovitch Prokopenko

Head of Russian Penitentiary Service at Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Facility

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK  

Prokopenko was the Head of the Russian Penitentiary Service (FSIN) at Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention centre where Magnitsky was detained from 28 November 2008 to 25 July 2009. The FSIN is a federal law enforcement body responsible for the supervision of sentences. Heading the FSIN service at Matrosskaya Tishina, Prokopenko was responsible for the supervision of Magnitsky’s sentence. In this role, Prokopenko facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky by transferring him from Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre to Butyrka Prison, ignoring Magnitsky’s medical needs which could have been provided for at Matrosskaya Tishina, and depriving Magnitsky of important medical care. This unreasonably put Magnitsky’s life in danger and contributed to his death. 

10. Larisa Anatolievna Litvinova 

Medical Officer - Butyrka Prison 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Litvinova was head of the therapeutic ward at Butyrka Prison where Sergei Magnitsky was detained between 25 July and 16 November 2009. She was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky by failing to ensure the proper administration of medical care to him during this period causing him considerable suffering and contributing significantly to his death.  

11. Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin 

Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban

Went to university with Vladimir Putin. Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin was appointed First Deputy Prosecutor General and Head of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor’s Office on 22 June 2007; he continued as Chairman of the Investigative Committee after it became an independent body in January 2011. In this role Bastrykin was responsible for the investigation of the mistreatment and death of Sergei Magnitsky in detention and intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility. 

12. Boris Borisovich Kibis

 Investigator in Russia’s Ministry of the Interior 

Kibis was an investigator at the Russian Interior Ministry in 2012, at the time of the posthumous trial of Sergei Magnitsky. In this role, he concealed evidence relating to the mistreatment of Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009, by supporting the actions of his predecessor Oleg Silchenko and the ‘team’ of investigators who were involved in that conduct. 

13. Oleg  Logunov 

Former Deputy Head of the Investigative Committee, Russian Ministry of the Interior

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK Statement of Reasons: Oleg Logunov, as the Deputy Head of the Investigate Committee of the Russian Interior Ministry, was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. Lugunov was part of a ‘team’ of investigators who failed to investigate complaints made by Magnitsky about his mistreatment and provided support to subordinates who were directly involved in that conduct. 

14. Andrei Alexandrovich Strizhov 

Investigator of the Investigation Committee until 2017 and then Acting Head of Investigations on Moscow’s Investigative Committee 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban

Andrei Alexandrovich Strizhov, as the acting Head of the Investigative Committee in the Russian Ministry of the Interior after the death of Sergei Magnitsky on 16 November 2009, failed to properly investigate his mistreatment in detention, which contributed significantly to his death and concealed evidence in relation to that conduct.

15. Elena Anatolievna Trikuyla

Investigator in the Russian Investigative Committee 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Elena Anatolievna Trikulya, as an investigator for the Investigative Committee in the Russian Ministry of the Interior after the death of Sergei Magnitsky on 16 November 2009, failed to properly investigate those responsible for his mistreatment in detention, which contributed significantly to his death, and concealed evidence in relation to that conduct. 

16. Victor Yakovlevich Grin

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

 Victor Yakovlevich Grin was Deputy General Prosecutor of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation. In that role he was responsible for overseeing the case of Sergei Magnitsky during his detention, as well as responsible for investigating the claims of mistreatment of Magnitsky and his subsequent death on 16 November 2009. He intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility, including by issuing conclusions stating that there had been no violation of law by Interior Ministry investigators whilst Magnitsky was in detention which were then used to justify not prosecuting those alleged to be responsible for his mistreatment and death. 

17. Primary Name: Andrey Ivanovich Pechegin

Deputy Division Head in Prosecutor’s Office 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban

Andrey Pechegin was Deputy Head of the Division of Supervision of Investigations of the Prosecutor’s Office and he was responsible for the investigation of complaints about the ill-treatment of Sergei Magnitsky in detention. The evidence suggests that Pechegin intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility in that he ignored and denied complaints about the ill-treatment of Magnitsky. 

18. Andrei Alexandrovich Krechetov 

Officer in the Tax Crimes Department of the Moscow Directorate of the Interior Ministry 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Andrei Aleksandrovich Krechetov was an officer in the Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry and was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death. Krechetov was part of the ‘team’ of investigators, led by Artem Kuznetsov, the Deputy Head of the Tax Crimes Department, who were allegedly involved in the initial fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky and who falsified evidence to justify his arrest and detention. As part of this investigation team, Andrei Krechetov facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky in custody which was designed to force Magnitsky to retract his earlier testimony. 

19. Dmitri  Tolchinsky 

Employee of the Office for Combating Tax Crimes of the Moscow Central Internal Affairs Directorate (Interior Ministry) 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Dmitri Tolchinskiy was an officer in the Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry and was involved in the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention, which contributed significantly to his death. Tolchinskiy was part of the ‘team’ of investigators, led by Artem Kuznetsov, the Deputy Head of the Tax Crimes Department, who were alleged to be involved in the initial fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky and who falsified evidence to justify his arrest and detention. As part of this investigation team, Dmitri Tolchinskiy facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky in custody which was designed to force Magnitsky to retract his earlier testimony.  

20. Aleksei Droganov

Operative of Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK Statement of Reasons: Aleksei Droganov was an officer in the Tax Crimes Department in the Moscow directorate of the Interior Ministry and was involved in the detention and mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death. Droganov was part of the ‘team’ of investigators, led by Artem Kuznetsov, the Deputy Head of the Tax Crimes Department, who were allegedly involved in the initial fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky and who falsified evidence to justify his arrest and detention. As part of this investigation team Aleksei Droganov facilitated the mistreatment of Sergei Magnitsky whilst in detention which was designed to force Magnitsky to retract his earlier testimony. 

21. Sergei Podoprigorov 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK

Sergei Podoprigorov was a judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi district court. He made two rulings in relation to Sergei Magnitsky: in November 2008 to approve Magnitsky’s arrest and in March 2009 to prolong his detention. In this capacity, Podoprigorov authorised Magnitsky’s detention, prolonging his detention without trial without subjecting to challenge the evidence originally provided to justify Magnitsky’s detention or exploring other factors relevant to the decision. Podoprigorov therefore facilitated the mistreatment and death of Magnitsky by authorising the extension of his detention. 

22. Yelena Stashina

Former Judge at Tverskoi District Court

Stashina, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court, was involved in decisions to extend the detention of Sergei Magnitsky, and in particular on 12 November 2009, four days before his death. In this capacity, Stashina facilitated the mistreatment / denial of medical care to Sergei Magnitsky which contributed significantly to his death. 

23. Pavel lAPSHOV 

Head of the Organised Crime and Corruption Directorate in the Investigative Committee in the Ministry of the Interior in Russia 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Lapshov was the Head of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in December 2011 after Sergei Magnitsky’s death in detention on 16 November 2009. In this role, Lapshov was responsible for the investigation into the mistreatment and death of Sergei Magnitsky in detention and intentionally or recklessly failed to fulfil that responsibility, in particular by concealing evidence of the circumstances surrounding his death. 

24. Aleksey Krivoruchko

Judge at Tverskoi District Court

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Krivoruchko, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court, was involved in decisions to extend the detention of Sergei Magnitsky, and in particular on 14 September 2009, shortly before his death. In this capacity, Krivoruchko facilitated the mistreatment / denial of medical care to Sergei Magnitsky, which contributed significantly to his death. 

25. Svetlana Ukhnalyova 

Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi district court 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK

Svetlana Ukhnalyova, as a Judge at Moscow’s Tverskoi District Court, was involved in decisions to extend the detention of Sergei Magnitsky, and in particular on 15 June 2009. In this capacity, Ukhnalyova facilitated the mistreatment / denial of medical care to Sergei Magnitsky which contributed significantly to his death on 16 November 2009. 

26. Fahad Shabib A. Al Balawi 

Member of the Royal Guard 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

 Shabib A. Albalawi was a Royal Guard in Saudi Arabia. He was directly involved in carrying out the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. 

27. Primary Name: Thaar Ghaleb T. Alharbi

Lieutenant 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Thaar Ghaleb T. Alharbi held the rank of Lieutenant, though it is not clear in which part of the Saudi forces this was and his official role is not clear. He was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, and played an active part in the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. 

28. Mansour Othman M Abahussain 

Major General, Intelligence Officer. Worked in the Office of the Crown Prince. 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK Statement of Reasons: Mansour Othman M Abahussain held the position of Major General and worked in the office of the Crown Prince. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi Consul General’s residence following the killing. 

29 Naif Hassan S. Alarifi 

First Lieutenant, External Intelligence, worked in the Office of the Crown Prince. 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK

Naif Hassan S Alarifi held the position of First Lieutenant, External Intelligence, and worked in the Office of the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. In particular, he was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi Consul General’s residence following the killing. 

30. Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Hawsawi 

Former security official for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Hawsawi was a security official for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi Consul General’s residence following the killing.  

31. Mustafa Mohammed Al Madani

Brigadier General, Intelligence Officer employed at the Royal Palace 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Mustafa Mohammed Al Madani held the position of Brigadier General and Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, and played an active part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities, including through the concealment of evidence relating to the killing. 

32 Waleed Abdullah M. Al Sehri 

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK

Waleed Abdullah M. Alsehri held the positions of Royal Guard and Major in Saudi Arabia. He was directly involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. 

33. Salah Muhammed Tubaigy 

Head of Forensics- Ministry of Interior.

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban

Dr Salah Muhammed Tubaigy held the position of Forensic doctor with the Ministry of Interior in Saudi Arabia and Professor in the Department of Criminal Evidence at Naif Arab University. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. Dr Tubaigy was present at the time of Jamal Khashoggi’s death and held a direct role in Jamal Khashoggi’s killing and in the concealment of evidence relating to his death. 

34. Turki Muserref M. Al Sehri 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Turki Muserref M. Alsehri was an Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi on the 2 October 2018 as part of the 15 man team sent to Istanbul, Turkey, by Saudi authorities. 

35. Khalid Aedh G. Al Otaibi 

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Khalid Aedh G Alotaibi was a Royal Guard in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi General Consul’s residence following the killing. 

36. Meshal Saad  Al Bostani 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Meshal Saad Al Bostani was First Lieutenant in the Saudi Air Force. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. He was involved in the concealment of evidence at the Saudi General Consul’s residence following the killing. 

37. Mohammad Al Otaibi 

Consul General in the Saudi Arabia Consulate, Istanbul 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Mohammad Al-Otaibi was the Saudi Consul General in Istanbul. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi, in particular in facilitating the killing and in the concealment of evidence. 

38. Saif Saad Q. Al Qahtani 

Training Officer, Saudi Air Force 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

 Saif Saad Q. Alqahtani was a training officer in the Saudi Air Force who worked in the Office of the Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia. He was in the Consulate during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, and played an active part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities, including through the concealment of evidence relating to the killing. 

39 Ahmed Abdullah Al Muzaini

Military Attaché

 Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Ahmad Abdullah Al Muzaini held the position of Military Attaché at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. He was a senior official who facilitated the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018. 

40. Primary Name: Badr Lafi M Al Otaibi

Major, External Intelligence 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Badr Lafi M Al Otaibi held the rank of Major and was involved in External Intelligence in Saudi Arabia. He was part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities and was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018. 

41. Mohammad Saad H. Al Zahrani 

Intelligence Officer 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Mohammad Saad H. Alzahrani held the position of Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was present during the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, and played an active part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities, including through the concealment of evidence relating to the killing. 

42. Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb

Intelligence Officer 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

 Assigned to Saudi Embassy in London in 2007. Worked with Saud Alqahtani, the Crown Prince’s advisor. Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb held the position of Intelligence Officer in Saudi Arabia. He was directly involved in carrying out the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, as part of the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. 

43. Ahmad Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri 

 Deputy Head of Saudi Intelligence Services

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban

Ahmad Hassan Mohammed Al Asiri held the position of Deputy Head of the Saudi Intelligence services (General Intelligence Presidency, GIP) in Saudi Arabia. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi. He was a senior official involved in commissioning the 15 man team sent to Turkey to kill Jamal Khashoggi. 

44.Saud Abdullah Al Qahtani 

Former Advisor to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Royal Advisor 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban UK 

Saud Al Qahtani held the position of advisor to the Crown Prince in the royal court. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018. He was a senior official who planned and directed the killing using a 15 man team. 

45. Primary Name: Mufleh Al Musleh 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Mufleh Al Musleh was a member of staff in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. He was involved in the unlawful killing of Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul on 2 October 2018, in that he provided support to the 15 man team sent to Turkey by Saudi authorities. 

46. Min Aung Lang 

Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) 

e Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban 

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is Commander in Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw). In this role, he was responsible for military operations carried out in Rakhine State in 2017 and in 2019 and is responsible for atrocities and serious human rights violations committed against the Rohingya population in Rakhine state by the Tatmadaw. These include unlawful killings, including through systematic burning of Rohingya houses and buildings, massacre, torture, forced labour, systematic rape and other forms of targeted sexual violence, and enforced labour. 

47. Soe Win 

Second in Command of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) 

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze and travel ban

Vice Senior General Soe Win, as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) and Commander-in-Chief of the Myanmar Army, had responsibility for the Tatmadaw troops who carried out serious human rights violations against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State in 2017 and 2019 including unlawful killings, torture, forced labour, systematic rape and other forms of targeted sexual violence. As Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Tatmadaw and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Soe Win also has responsibility for the serious human rights violations by the Tatmadaw in connection with its business interests in the extractive industries in Myanmar. Soe Win was also involved in the financing of the Tatmadaw military operations in Rakhine State during which these violations took place, knowing that this financing would contribute to the commission of these violations. 

48. Ministry of State Security (MSS) Bureau

Sanctions Imposed: Asset freeze

No details regarding the Head of MSS Bureau 7 are available. The Minister of State Security, who we understand to have been Jong Kyong Thaek since 2017 (although DPRK sources have not confirmed he still holds that position), is assumed to have responsibility for MSS Bureau 7. UK Statement of Reasons: As the entity responsible for running the DPRK's political prison camps, MSS Bureau 7 is involved in the widespread serious human rights violations committed against prisoners in those camps by camp guards and other DPRK officials. These violations include murder, torture and enslavement. 

49. Ministry of People’s Security (MPS) Correctional Bureau a.k.a: MPS Prison Bureau, MPS Correctional Management Bureau 

No details regarding the Head of MPS Correctional Bureau are available. The Minister of People’s Security, who we understand to have been Kim Jong Ho since December 2019 (although DPRK sources have not confirmed he still holds that position), is assumed to have responsibility for MPS Correctional Bureau

As the entity responsible for running prison camps in the DPRK, the Ministry of People’s Security Correctional Bureau is involved in the murder, torture and subjection to forced labour of people held in those camps.