“UK to Label Wagner Group as Terrorist Organization”

“UK to Label Wagner Group as Terrorist Organization”The BBC reports that a draft order set to be presented in Parliament will authorize the classification of Wagner's assets as terrorist property, permitting their confiscation. By IANS Updated On - 09:51 AM, Wed - 6 September 23London: The UK Home Office has decided to declare the Russian Wagner mercenary group as a terrorist organistation which will make it a criminal offence to be a member or support the outfit. A draft order to be laid in Parliament will allow Wagner’s assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized, reports the BBC. Wagner will now join other organisations like the Hamas and Boko Haram that have been proscribed by the UK, the BBC reported. The UK Foreign Office had earlier imposed sanctions on the group, including freezing the assets of Wagner late chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and several top commanders.