On February 23, 2024, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in conjunction with the US State Department, added over 500 entities and individuals to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
Continue Reading New US sanctions target Russia and Russian sanctions evaders in financial, technology, defense, energy, and other sectors
By: John Forrest, Chloe Barker, Lydia Rogers
On 25 February 2022, the EU agreed its 10th package of sanctions measures. The measures have been introduced via amendments made to a number of
Continue Reading Guest Blog: In anniversary move, EU and UK announce further sanctions targeting Russia
The Directors of the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Giles Thomson and Andrea Gacki, have announced, via a joint press statement1, the
Continue Reading Enhancing the US-UK Sanctions Partnership
As the DOJ’s commitment to sanctions enforcement grows, the stakes are potentially very high. As Deputy Attorney General Monaco explained, the old ways of managing sanction risks may no longer be sufficient to address the
Continue Reading DOJ plans to make US sanctions enforcement “the new FCPA”: watch these key areas
Canada imposes a new round of economic sanctions on Russia aimed at the oil, gas, mining and chemical industries.
Read the blog post here.
Continue Reading Canada imposes new sanctions on key sectors of Russian economy
The US and its allies continue to escalate blocking sanctions and other economic measures
