EU lists Wagner Group for abuses in six countries
13 Dec 2021 · Several countries · Official attribution
On 13 December 2021 the EU listed the Wagner Group, eight individuals and three entities, finding Wagner responsible for serious human rights abuses including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, Sudan and Mozambique. On 25 February 2023 it added 11 individuals and 7 entities linked to Wagner in CAR, Sudan, Mali and Ukraine.
Established by. Council of the EU, Decision (CFSP) 2021/2197 and Regulation (EU) 2021/2194 (13 December 2021) under the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime; further acts of 25 February 2023.
Latest. Listings renewed; no delisting of Wagner found as of October 2026.
Link to the war against Ukraine. The EU listing explicitly covers Wagner abuses in Ukraine alongside Africa and Syria.
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