The court ruled that 'the deliveries objectively were violations of EU sanctions' targeting Bashar al-Assad's regime.ODENSE - A Danish court on Tuesday fined two companies more than $5-million for breaking an EU embargo by selling jet fuel to Russian companies that were eventually used in fighter planes in Syria.
The director, the company Dan-Bunkering and its parent company were found guilty of selling a total of around 172,000 tonnes of jet fuel to two Russian companies on 33 occasions between 2015 and 2017. The two companies were fined a total of 34 million kroner and Bunker Holding boss Keld Demant was given a four-month suspended sentence.The company and its director had pleaded not guilty, arguing that their Russian clients were not affected by the sanctions and they could not control what their customers did with the fuel.
The Danish company made the sales through its office in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave surrounded by Germany.