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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union reached agreement on Tuesday on rules to make freezing and confiscation of criminal assets more effective, including boosting the capacity of EU countries to identify assets of Russian or Belarusian people subject to sanctions. Negotiators for the European Parliament and the grouping of EU governments called the Council struck a deal on EU-wide minimum rules on the tracing, identification, freezing, confiscation and management of criminal property. The rules will ensure assets can be frozen quickly and widen the crimes covered under existing EU law to in…

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