#Sanctions Circumvention
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![sanctions evasion Russia networks online recruitment shadow economy]( "The New Face of Russia’s Sanctions Evasion Is Young, Online, and Chasing Easy Money")
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A few years ago, sanctions and export control specialists mostly dealt with the criminal underworld: drug cartel transactions, terrorist financing networks, and money laundering schemes. Today, it is ordinary young people recruited online to trade signatures and shell companies for cash.![The headquarters of Brussels-based financial dep Euroclear. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The headquarters of Brussels-based financial dep Euroclear. (Source: Getty Images)")
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