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Australian 'Magnitsky' law will target cybercrime, human-rights abuses and corruption

( December 2, 2021, 03:16 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Australian parliament has passed tough new legislation designed to target foreign individuals responsible for human-right abuses, large-scale corruption and cybercrimes — a law modeled on the United States’ 2012 Magnitsky Act. In a statement announcing the changes today, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the Autonomous Sanctions (Magnitsky-style and Other Thematic Sanctions) Amendment Bill 2021 will enable Australia to sanction “individuals and entities responsible for, or complicit in, egregious conduct, including malicious cyber activity, serious human-rights abuses and violations and serious corruption.”The full statement by Foreign Minister Marise Payne follows:...

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