Travel tech company Sabre's UK business fined £1m over Russia sanctions breaches
By Martin Coyle ( June 17, 2026, 12:27 GMT | Insight) -- Travel services company Sabre's UK unit has been fined £1 million by the UK’s sanctions enforcer linked to hundreds of thousands of pounds in payments from Russia-based Ural Airlines. It is the largest penalty so far by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation for a breach of sanctions on Russia over its Ukraine invasion, although it follows several fines for other companies this year as the agency ramps up its enforcement.Travel technology company Sabre's UK unit has been fined by the country’s sanctions enforcer in connection to hundreds of thousands of pounds in payments from an airline based in Russia....
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