OFSI to move to a single list for UK sanctions designations from 28 Jan 2026, consolidating previous lists, introducing a new Unique ID and, expanding file formats to streamline compliance

This change aims to simplify sanctions compliance and reduce duplication of effort. Businesses and organizations that rely on the OFSI Consolidated List for sanctions screening must transition to using the UKSL by the specified date. Notably, the UKSL will introduce a new identifier, the ‘Unique ID,’ replacing the ‘OFSI Group ID’ previously used for financial sanctions designations. While the UKSL will continue to support the historic ‘OFSI Group ID’ for pre-28 January 2026 designations, all new designations will only have the ‘Unique ID’ and ‘Sanction…