UK publishes its Strategic Approach to Sanctions Enforcement, a cross-government framework to drive compliance, clarify penalties, and strengthen sanctions as a national security and foreign policy tool

The framework brings together authorities including HM Treasury, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, HMRC, the National Crime Agency and specialist units such as OFSI to deliver a coordinated, intelligence-led enforcement model targeting sanctions evasion and non-compliance. It emphasises robust and proportionate enforcement through civil and criminal tools, enhanced data-sharing, clearer processes and stronger engagement with industry to improve compliance and ensure sanctions effectively support the UK’s foreign-policy and national-security objectives…