After a relatively quiet period, UK sanctions updates have picked up pace in recent weeks. We have seen the announcement of an enhanced partnership between US and UK sanctions agencies, updates to reporting requirements, the...more
12/3/2024
/ Asset Freeze ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Russia ,
UK ,
Ukraine
In recent months there have been a number of significant developments in the UK sanctions space. This blog post summarises a few of them....more
The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) recently secured its first forfeiture of sanctioned funds. This was a landmark achievement for the NCA’s Combatting Kleptocracy Cell, which has only existed since 2022 and aims to...more
8/21/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Asset Freeze ,
Asset Seizure ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Evasion ,
Financial Institutions ,
Forfeiture ,
National Crime Agency (NCA) ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) ,
Russia ,
Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) ,
UK
On 11 December 2023, the UK’s Industry and Economic Security Minister announced the creation of a new UK agency dedicated to implementing and enforcing trade sanctions. The Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) will...more
Companies faced with the decision of whether to voluntarily self-report sanctions breaches to law enforcement or sanctions enforcement agencies in the UK and the US can take some measure of comfort from recent comments made...more
10/16/2023
/ Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Good Faith ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Reporting ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK ,
Voluntary Disclosure
On March 1, 2022, the UK Government put forward the Economic Crime (Enforcement and Transparency) Bill. The stated aim of the legislation is to “crack down on dirty money in the UK and corrupt elites”, and it is designed to...more
3/11/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Transactions ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Real Estate Transfers ,
Registration Requirement ,
Russia ,
Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs)