WORLDJun 4 · 13:13 UTCJUST SECURITYWilliam Burke-White

Sanctions Gaps and the Governance of Corruption Risk

The article examines how sanctions on Syria after the February 2023 earthquake created legal ambiguities that complicated humanitarian aid efforts. It highlights how fragmented legal frameworks and private compliance systems led to uncertainty in authorizing transactions, inadvertently creating spaces for corruption risks despite sanctions intended to combat them.

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