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View of Kremlin: the 37-year-old Magnitsky left behind his wife and two children. His mother is too scared to speak to press (Photo: Wikipedia)

Stolen Russian tax money is in EU banks, US sleuth says

People responsible for the death of Russian lawyer Sergey Magnitsky have salted away stolen money in EU bank accounts, Magnitsky's former employer has claimed.

Bill Browder, the US-born head of the UK investment firm, Hermitage Capital Management, and five of his staff have spent the past year hunting down the assets of Russian officials exposed in a €175 million tax fraud by Magnitsky shortly before he was jailed and murdered in his cell.

Browder scored a victory last week when...

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View of Kremlin: the 37-year-old Magnitsky left behind his wife and two children. His mother is too scared to speak to press (Photo: Wikipedia)

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