Jonathan Poling Quoted by GIR on DOJ Posting Lawyers Overseas
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Akin Gump international trade partner Jonathan Poling was quoted by Global Investigations Review for its article “DOJ to send attorneys overseas for sanctions work.” The article covers plans by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to send lawyers overseas to work at U.S. embassies in support of DOJ’s work.
GIR notes that Attorney General Merrick Garland said he would appoint a DOJ prosecutor to Ukraine to counter Russian illicit finance and sanctions evasion, as well as send two DOJ Office of International Affairs attorneys to embassies in Europe and the Middle East to support the department’s KleptoCapture task force.
Poling, a former DOJ prosecutor who handled prosecutions of violations of U.S. economic sanctions, money laundering and export control laws, said this type of DOJ move is not new. He added, “There’s a lot of precedent for placing DOJ attaches in overseas embassies, including with a focus on certain topics, such as human or drug trafficking. Here, it appears these attaches will be focused on developing economic sanctions cases, including by helping facilitate the gathering of evidence located overseas.”