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Syria sanctions
Maya Lester KC

UK adds new reporting obligations to Syria sanctions guidance

23/01/2025 — The UK has amended its Syria sanctions guidance to reflect the amendments made in the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.2) Regulations 2024. The...
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Michael O'Kane

Australia sanctions guidance updated

23/01/2025 — In December 2024, the Australian Sanctions Office updated its guidance page. The guidance includes a Sanctions Compliance Toolkit, which provides: definitions of sanctions-related terms...
Canada flag flying
Maya Lester KC

Canadian Bar Association urges government to improve sanctions programme

23/01/2025 — The Canadian Bar Association has issued a resolution ‘Transparency and Public Accountability in Canadian Sanctions’ which calls for Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian...
UK Parliament
Michael O'Kane

UK government to maintain West Bank sanctions

23/01/2025 — Lord Collins of Highbury, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the FCDO, was asked in a parliamentary question whether the UK would follow the US in...
Russia sanctions
In focusRussia sanctions

Sanctions are imposed on Russia by the EU, UK, USA, Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand and others, following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

 

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Maya Lester KC

909 Russian trade sanctions investigations in Finland

23/01/2025 — Finnish Customs has conducted 909 Russian trade sanctions investigations between 2022 and September 2024 of which: 462 were petty regulation offences, which are punishable...
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Michael O'Kane

US redesignates Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organisation

23/01/2025 — President Trump has redesignated the Houthis (or Ansarallah) as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. They were...
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Maya Lester KC

US threatens further Russia sanctions if President Putin does not end Ukraine war

23/01/2025 — President Trump in a Truth Social post has said that if Russia does not reach a deal with regard to the war in Ukraine...
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Michael O'Kane

EU General Court rejects Andrey Melnichenko’s Russia sanctions challenge

23/01/2025 — The EU General Court in Case T-271/22 has rejected an annulment application brought by Andrey Melnichenko. This and other EU sanctions judgments are on...
UK Parliament
Michael O'Kane

Reminder: UK webinar for high value art dealers and art market participants

22/01/2025 — OFSI will host a webinar on 23 January 2025 providing an overview of guidance released in November 2024, which detailed new reporting requirements for the...
3 EU flags in hall
Maya Lester KC

EU to maintain sanctions on Russian Deputy PM

22/01/2025 — The EU will maintain sanctions against Viktoria Valerievna Abramchenko. Ms Abramchenko was designated in December 2022 for her role as a Deputy Prime Minister...
UK flag flying
Michael O'Kane

UK briefing paper provides overview of Russia sanctions

22/01/2025 — The UK House of Commons has published a research briefing on UK sanctions against Russia from February 2022 to January 2025. The briefing includes:...
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Maya Lester KC

10 suspected of breaching Russia sanctions in Lithuania

22/01/2025 — Lithuania’s Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT) and the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office have announced a pre-trial investigation into a Russian citizen, with a Lithuania...

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