Face Control; Visa Sanctions  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 404 no. 8794 (Jul. 2012), page 49-50.
Topik: Passports & Visas; Corruption; Bans; Fraud; Manycountries; Bills

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Corruptly obtaining money is often easier than spending it. Campaigners in America, Britain and other countries are gaining support for a way of making the fruits of corruption even harder to enjoy: the public imposition of visa bans and asset freezes on foreign miscreants. Such measures used to be the business of governments only. They were often narrowly targeted, applied in private, and hostage to diplomatic considerations. But in future, names on the blacklists could come from lawmakers or even the public. The campaign stems from the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who said he had uncovered a $230m fraud involving a tax refund paid to firms that officials had stolen from a foreign investment fund. The same officials arrested Mr Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009 after refusing to back down. The fund's founder, the American-born financier Bill Browder, has named 60 people involved in either the fraud, or the persecution of Mr Magnitsky: those of them who have made public statements deny all wrongdoing. Mr Browder wants Western countries to deny them visas and freeze their assets. Other countries can play the game, too. Russia has retaliated with visa bans on 11 American officials linked to Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib. But denying access to Russia may be a lesser source of grief.

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