The case concerned a debt collection agency (Lexitor), acting as an assignee of the rights of a consumer who had concluded a consumer credit agreement with a bank for an amount of approx. 9.000 EUR. In addition, the consumer was required to pay capital interest (approx. 4.500 EUR) and a commission fee (approx. EUR 1.100), whereas … Read more
Zservers, a bulletproof hosting service used by LockBit affiliates, was sanctioned by United States, Australian and British authorities on Tuesday.Bulletproof hosting (BPH) services provide technical infrastructure designed to provide anonymity and resist legal interference; unlike typical web hosting services, these services ignore reports of abuse, takedown notices and subpoenas, making them attractive to cybercriminals, including … Read more
This contribution to the symposium on ‘Unmasking the Intractable: Exploring Anti-Racism and the Law’ explores sanctions in Rhodesia from a personal historical perspective. A longer version will be published on the africanlegalstudies.blog. Article 41 of the UN Charter defines sanctions as non-military means of getting compliance with Security Council Resolutions. These can take many forms … Read more
Sanctions affect the economies of both sanctioned and sanctioning states. Stelios Sakkas and Konstantinos Mavrigiannakis present new research on the impact of EU sanctions against Russia on the economy of Cyprus. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 increased global economic uncertainty at a time when economies were just recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Most … Read more
The sanctions imposed on Russia following the annexation of Crimea in 2014 have prompted some Russian companies to turn to international risk-sharing through partnerships with countries that maintain friendly relations with Russia. Kiet Tuan Duong, Luu Duc Toan Huynh, Anh Dang Bao Phan and Nam Tuan Vu explore how these partnerships have helped Russian firms … Read more
