Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp and Alyssa Yamamoto / Just Security
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco recently announced at the Munich Security Conference that the United States transferred nearly $500,000 in forfeited Russian funds to Estonia for the benefit of Ukraine – marking the first transfer of its kind from the United States to a foreign ally for the express purpose of assisting Ukraine, which has suffered from Russia’s unlawful aggression. But has DOJ applied a coherent, transparent approach when it comes to atrocity-linked assets in other contexts, including Syria, which is over a dozen years into a conflict that has been equally marred by serious violations of international law? The simple answer is no – but it could.