Britain sanctions Angola's dos Santos, Ukrainian oligarch Firtash in corruption crackdown

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has barred Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos and Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash and has frozen their UK assets, the government announced on Thursday, in what it said was part of a new crackdown on 'dirty money'. The measures were the first step in tightening Britain's anti-corruption sanctions regime as promised in July's election, the Labour government said. "These unscrupulous individuals selfishly deprive their fellow citizens of much-needed funding for education, healthcare and infrastructure - for their own enrichment," Foreign Secretary David Lammy said in a statement.