Australia urged to pass Magnitsky human rights law or risk becoming haven for dirty money

The man who spearheaded the United States’ Magnitsky Act – targeting sanctions against human rights violators around the world – has told Australia it risks becoming “a magnet for dirty money” from abusers and kleptocrats across the globe unless it brings in similar legislation.

US financier Bill Browder, who championed the targeted sanctions laws in the US and around the world, said Australia’s new law should be named after his former lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/feb/17/australia-urged-to-pass-magnitsky-human-rights-law-or-risk-becoming-haven-for-dirty-money

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