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Full coverage of global sanctions regimes, including the United Nations, European Union, United Kingdom, United States, and many others. Updated several times a day.

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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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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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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

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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Singapore Parliament
Maya Lester KC

Singapore court declines to set aside arbitral award finding breach of sanctions clause for failure to make reasonable endeavours to obtain sanctions licences

08/09/2026 — Judgment in DWL v DWM [2026] SGHC 179.  Two companies contracted in 2021 for equipment for an energy production plant in the buyer’s home...
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Michael O'Kane

US adds investment bank Golden Global and its subsidiaries to Iran sanctions list and issues General License authorising wind down transactions

08/09/2026 — The US has added Turkey-based investment bank Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi and 2 of its subsidiaries to its Iran sanctions list under...
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Maya Lester KC

European Court says public shareholder registers are not justified by need to implement sanctions

08/09/2026 — The European Court of Justice has ruled that Latvia cannot require the personal data of all shareholders in public limited companies to be published...
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