American pleads in the Chamber of Magnitsky law

the hague - Bill Browder has only one goal in his life: justice for his Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitski. He died in 2009 in a Russian cell. Killed by guards, according to Browder. He is now committed to the Magnitski law. This ensures that people who grossly violate human rights or commit corruption on a large scale can no longer enter a country and their assets are frozen.

The American was on Wednesday at the invitation of the CDA in the House of Representatives to plead for the Magnitski-law. At the beginning of April, on the proposal of CDA and D66, the House called on the government to seek support to introduce this law EU-wide. If that fails within five months, the Netherlands must do it alone. The cabinet does not feel anything for the latter.

The Magnitski law has already been introduced in six countries. It concerns the United States, Canada, Great Britain and the three Baltic states. This year, Browder hopes to add the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and France to the list.

Browder was once the 'largest foreign investor' in Russia. He was deported in 2005. Sergei Magnitski went to find out why. The lawyer found a fraud worth 230 million dollars by Russian officials on the trail. That discovery eventually ensured that counsel ended up in a Russian cell.

For people on a Magnitski list, it is 'devastating,' according to the American. They can no longer do business and travel becomes impossible. His aim is to have the Magnitski law implemented worldwide. 'It is the new technology to tackle bad guys,' according to Browder, who has been sentenced to his eighteen-year-old cell in Russia for his actions.

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