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Michael O'Kane

New Norwegian sanctions authority

24/01/2025 — The Norwegian Agency for Export Control and Sanctions is the new national competent authority for sanctions in Norway since 1 January 2025, taking over from the...
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Maya Lester KC

UK has 318 open investigations into breaches of Russia sanctions

24/01/2025 — Mark Garnier, MP asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a parliamentary question how many investigations by OFSI into potential sanctions breaches are open...
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Michael O'Kane

US indictment for technology worker scheme to fund DPRK

24/01/2025 — The Justice Department has announced the indictment of Jin Sung-Il, Pak Jin Song, Pedro Ernesto Alonso De Los Reyes, Erick Ntekereze Prince and Emanuel...
Syria sanctions
Maya Lester KC

Syrian central bank orders asset freeze on accounts linked to former regime

24/01/2025 — Syria’s central bank has distributed a circular ordering commercial banks to freeze all accounts tied to people and entities linked to President Assad’s former...
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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Michael O'Kane

Canada releases data on frozen assets and blocked transactions

24/01/2025 — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have published data on assets frozen and transactions blocked under the Special Economic Measures Act from 24 February 2022...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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