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OFSI issues an advisory to stakeholders on compliance risks with UK and UN sanctions concerning North Korean workers fraudulently obtaining remote IT jobs to support regime activities
This advisory provides detailed information on DPRK IT workers as well as associated red flags and mitigations to assist stakeholders in better understanding and protecting against this threat…
OFAC issued an alert to warn foreign jurisdictions and FIs about Russia’s attempts to evade sanctions by opening new overseas branches and subsidiaries of Russian FIs
Foreign regulators and financial institutions should be cautious about the establishment of, or any dealings with, new overseas branches or subsidiaries of Russian financial institutions, including new branches or subsidiaries of Russian financial institutions that are not themselves sanctioned.
US DoC tightens export controls, targeting illicit procurement networks that supply equipment to support the Russian war machine
The key actions include: Further tightening controls on Russia by expanding the scope of the Russia/Belarus Military End User (MEU) and Procurement Foreign Direct Product (FDP) rule and imposing additional license requirements on operation software for computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tools; Cutting off exports to foreign companies on the BIS Entity List; applying the expanded Russia/Belarus MEU and Procurement FDP rule to dozens of entities outside Russia…
EC updates FAQs on asset freeze and prohibition to make funds and economic resources available
The ‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or any other change that would enable the funds to be used. Entities are now considered owned by listed persons if their combined ownership is 50% or more…
US DoJ announces charges against senior leaders of Hamas, over their roles in planning, supporting and perpetrating the deadly attack in southern Israel
The Justice Department announced the unsealing of terrorism, murder conspiracy, and sanctions-evasion charges against six senior leaders of Hamas, a designated foreign terrorist organization.
US Treasury takes further action against Russia’s international supply chains
OFAC sanctioned nearly 400 individuals and entities determined to offer products and services enabling Russia to sustain its war effort and evade sanctions. The actions focused on Russia’s international supply chains and transnational networks, including those determined to procure ammunition and military materials for Russia, facilitate sanctions evasion…
OFSI updates guide to the current consolidated list of asset freeze targets, and a list of persons named in relation to financial and investment restrictions under the Russia regulations
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) publishes a list of all those subject to financial sanctions imposed by the UK which it keeps updated…
FCDO publishes updated Guidance on the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
This guidance assists people in implementing and complying with The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. It covers the prohibitions and requirements imposed by the regulations. It also provides guidance on best practice for: complying with the prohibitions and requirements, enforcing them, circumstances where they do not apply…
HM Treasury and OFSI updates their guidance on financial sanctions and counter-terrorism measures
The Guidance contains a list of persons and entities to whom financial sanctions have been applied due to their assessed involvement in terrorist activity. This sanctions regime aims to further the prevention of terrorism in the UK or elsewhere and protect UK national security interests…
OFSI imposes travel ban on two individuals under counter-terrorism sanctions, in addition to the financial prohibitions to which they are already subject
This action is the first use of new travel ban powers under the Domestic Counter Terrorism Sanctions Regime. The travel bans are a part of continued efforts to protect the integrity of the UK economy from terrorist financing threats. They are used to target those who are suspected of being, or to have been, involved in terrorist activity in the UK but are not UK nationals…
Lexology: US Imposes stricter export controls to hinder Russian procurement of Ukraine
To counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the US government has implemented comprehensive sanctions and export controls. This alert outlines key restrictions imposed by the US Department of Commerce and the US Department of State, which significantly limit exports, reexports, and transfers of technology and goods to Russia, Belarus, and affiliated entities…
Council of the EU imposes sanctions on Belarus for the 2020 election fraud, human rights abuses and its role in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
These sanctions aim to pressure the Belarusian leadership to halt violence, release political prisoners, and engage in a genuine national dialogue. The EU is prepared to assist with economic support for a democratic transition and will impose additional sanctions if necessary. The EU supports the Belarusian people’s desire for a free and democratic nation and is troubled by the worsening human rights situation…