Belgium law criminalising EU sanctions breaches comes into force

3 September 2026

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Belgium’s law transposing the EU’s sanctions criminalisation directive (Directive (EU) 2024/1226) came into effect on 1 September 2026. The directive seeks to harmonise penalties for breaches of EU sanctions across member states. Belgium is...

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Michael O'Kane

Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and as a prosecutor. Michael was called…

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