Anti-Corruption, Financial Services Industry, Economic Sanctions

UK Weekly Sanctions Update - Week of March 31, 2025

Mayer Brown on 4/9/2025

In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world....more

OFAC Settles with Individual for $45,179 for Violations of the Global Magnitsky Act

The Volkov Law Group on 1/23/2025

OFAC means what it says — in more ways than one. In a precedent setting case, OFAC brought its first enforcement action against an individual for violating the Global Magnitsky Sanctions Regulations....more

The American Front in Russia’s War on Ukraine: DOJ’s “Task Force KleptoCapture” Continues Focus on Operations of Sanctioned...

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/1/2024

We previously have blogged on actions taken by the DOJ’s “Task Force KleptoCapture,” an interagency law enforcement task force with a mandate to target sanctioned Russian and pro-Russian oligarchs. While explicitly launched...more

Tri-Seal Compliance Note Warns of Sanctions Evasion

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/14/2023

On March 2, the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, and Department of the Treasury issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note warning companies to be vigilant for Russia-related sanctions evasion. The Note sets forth a...more

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/14/2022

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Q4 2019: Latin America Enforcement Review

King & Spalding on 1/22/2020

In the fourth quarter of 2019, U.S. enforcement authorities sustained efforts to prosecute individuals violating U.S. anticorruption laws in matters related to Latin America, while authorities in Latin America, including in...more