# Sanctions on Canadian-founded Streit Group were “too little, too late,” expert says

https://mins.news/en/video/66416

- Global News, 2026-09-20 16:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk8SadHQ9sM

> Founded by a Russian-Canadian in a strip mall north of Toronto, Streit Group has become one of the world’s largest armoured-vehicle makers. The company has been investigated by the United Nations, sanctioned by the European Union and fined millions by the U.S. Commerce Department; its vehicles have been linked to Russia’s war against Ukraine and used by rebel groups in civil wars worldwide.

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