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Maya Lester KC

FinCEN issues alert to counter Iranian procurement for commercial aviation industry

09/09/2026 — The US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an alert to help financial institutions identify and report procurement networks that support Iran’s commercial...
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Michael O'Kane

US sanctions 1 person and 35 entities linked to Iran’s aviation sector and suspends general licenses authorising Iran-related aviation

09/09/2026 — The US has added Ibrahim Ali Mohamed Mohamed Mahran, owner of ECT Aviation Support LLC, to its EO 13224 counterterrorism sanctions list. It has also...
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Maya Lester KC

Denali – UK court says liquidators’ consent to assignment of rights against a company in liquidation by a sanctioned entity does not breach the UK’s Russia sanctions

09/09/2026 — Denali Corp - FZCO v Manson & Ors [2026] EWHC 2287 (Ch) - UK High Court judgment on whether liquidators are dealing with economic...
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Michael O'Kane

UK sanctions Israeli settlers, introduces trade sanctions regime against settlers; UK, Canada, France, and other European countries to impose trade ban

08/09/2026 — The UK’s Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, made a statement in Parliament setting out new UK sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, and...
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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

Australia proposes reforming its Autonomous Sanctions Act

08/09/2026 — Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has proposed reforming the Autonomous Sanctions Act 2011 following a 2024 review of the legislation – Autonomous...
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Michael O'Kane

US removes South Korean entity JS Research Inc from non-proliferation sanctions list

08/09/2026 — The US has removed South Korean entity JS Research Inc, and any of its successors, sub-units or subsidiaries, from its sanctions list under the...
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Maya Lester KC

US court orders forfeiture of crypto traced to North Korean IT worker scheme

08/09/2026 — The US District Court for the District of Columbia has ordered the forfeiture of cryptocurrency traced to North Korea's IT worker sanctions evasion scheme–...
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Michael O'Kane

Chinese court freezes $318 million in Nexperia assets in claim for breach of anti-foreign sanctions law

08/09/2026 — Dongguan Intermediate People's Court in China has frozen $318 million (2.14 billion RMB) worth of equity interests held by Nexperia BV in its Chinese...
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