UK Solicitors Body Reported 2 Russia Sanctions Violations Last Year

The U.K. Solicitors Regulation Authority reported two "suspicions of breaches of the Russia Sanctions regime" to the U.K.'s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation in the past year, the body said in its annual report for the year that ended April 5. The authority said the breaches involved "firms facilitating transactions" of more than $386,000. The report didn't provide more details.