The Office of Financial Sanction Implementation's ("OFSI") Annual Review for 2023-2024 provides valuable insights into how the UK's financial sanctions regime has continued to develop. We explore some of the key trends for...more
In recent months, the United Kingdom’s sanctions regime has received noteworthy updates with implications for a range of entities operating both domestically and abroad. The changes are housed in an update to the Russia...more
On 12 September 2024, the UK Government published The Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024 (“the Regulations”), which provide the regulatory framework for the Office of Trade Sanctions...more
2023 was another significant year for UK sanctions. The UK government has continued to implement new sanctions against Russia in response to its illegal war in Ukraine, including through new designations, broadened financial...more
The year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been marked by the development of a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency sanctions regime in the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union. Although coordination...more
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, so too does Russia’s isolation from the West. Member nations of the Group of Seven (G7)—the United States (U.S.), Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom...more
In their June 2022 report “The cost of complacency: illicit finance and the war in Ukraine”, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (the “FAC”) condemned the UK Government’s historic lack of commitment to tackling...more
What is it? On 15 March 2022 the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the Act) received royal assent, having been expedited through parliament as part of the United Kingdom’s response to Russia’s invasion...more