Sudan: Further Sanctions, Oil Firm Execs Finally Face Trial

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Sudanese Military Leader for his command of  an entity whose members have engaged in acts of violence and human rights abuses, including the massacre of civilians, ethnic killings, and use of sexual violence. Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo led the Rapid Support Forces in the Darfur region.

Meanwhile, in Stockholm, trial has begun for two senior executives of Lundin Oil, responsible for engaging the Sudanese Armed Forces to ensure security for their production interests in South Sudan in between 1997 and 2003.

Ian Lundin, the son of the firm's founder, and former CEO Alex Schneiter, stand accused of endorsing aerial bombings, killing of civilians and burning of entire villages, according to the prosecution.  Other partners in the venture were Malaysia's Petronas Carigali Overseas, OMV (Sudan) Exploration GmbH of Austria, and the Sudanese state-owned oil company Sudapet Ltd.

Lundin Energy was purchased by Aker BP in July 2022 in a deal worth more than US$14 billion.   At the time, the firm's largest shareholders included Black Rock, Vanguard and T. Rowe Price.