Germany Arrests Five Over Sanctions-Busting Exports to Russia
Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil oversees the customs agents who made the arrests.
Photographer: Simon Wohlfahrt/BloombergGermany’s federal prosecutor ordered the arrest of five men for allegedly exporting goods worth at least €30 million ($36 million) to Russia in breach of European Union sanctions.
A minimum of 24 Russian arms companies received the goods as part of about 16,000 shipments, the prosecutor’s office said Monday in an emailed statement.