- Funen company Dan-Bunkering has been charged with selling jet fuel to Syria via Russian companies.
- Dan-Bunkering has sold jet fuel to Russian companies 33 times, after which the fuel was delivered to Syria in violation of EU sanctions.
- Via intermediaries, the jet fuel was delivered to various locations in the Mediterranean and eventually sailed to an unknown recipient in Port Banias, Syria.
- In total, the company must have delivered 172,000 tons of jet fuel to a total value of 647 million kroner to the civil war-torn country.
According to a recent news report in Nord News, Dan-Bunkering is charged with selling jet fuel to Syria.
What happened?
Bunker Holding and a director are charged in connection with eight of the 33 trades.
According to the Bagmandspolitiet, the transactions between the Danish company and the Russian companies took place from 2015 to 2017.
In 2014, the EU imposed sanctions on Syria with a “ban on the sale, supply, transfer or export of jet fuel and fuel additives to persons, entities or bodies in Syria or for use in Syria”.
A serious matter
It is of course a very serious matter if a Danish company violates EU sanctions that have been imposed on another country on the basis of a very critical and serious situation.
Information passed to the Ministry about the breach
Dan-Bunkering was reported to the Bagmandspolitiet already in November 2016, after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had received confidential information from the US about the company’s possible sanction breach, DR has previously stated.
Charges were filed in September
It was not until September last year that charges were filed in the case. Initially, Bunker Holding and its CEO were protected by a name ban, but in January it was lifted by the Eastern High Court.
SØIK has filed charges for violation of section 110 c of the Criminal Code.
Fine or imprisonment for up to 4 months
Anyone who violates regulations or prohibitions which, according to law, may have been given to protect the state’s defense or neutrality measures.
- The person is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 4 months or
- Particularly aggravating circumstances with imprisonment for up to 3 years.
PCS. 2.
PCS. 2. A fine or imprisonment for up to 4 months or, in particularly aggravating circumstances, imprisonment for up to 4 years shall be imposed on anyone who violates any provisions or prohibitions which, by law, may have been imposed in order to fulfill the State’s obligations as a member of the United Nations.
PCS. 3.
PCS. 3. With the same penalty as in para. Whoever infringes provisions contained in or issued pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to Articles 60, 301 or 308 of the Treaty establishing the European Community or Articles 215 or 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, shall be punished; aimed at completely or partially disrupting or restricting financial or economic relations with one or more countries outside the European Union or of similar sanctions against individuals, groups of persons or legal persons.
PCS. 4.
PCS. 4. A crime is committed as mentioned in para. 1, 2 or 3 negligently, the penalty is a fine or imprisonment for up to 2 years.
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Source: Nord News
