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Netherlands Arrests Dutch Defense Department Employee for Evading Russia Sanctions

The Netherlands' Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) arrested an employee of the Dutch defense department along with another individual for allegedly circumventing the nation's sanctions on Russia, FIOD announced Sept. 15, according to an unofficial translation. The agency said…

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it conducted a search of the second man's home, business premises and storage space, finding large sums of cash, aircraft parts, weapons, cartridge holders and ammunition. The searches came as part of an investigation of an unnamed Dutch company that exports aircraft parts to Russia in violation of the Netherlands' sanctions regime.