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The UK Government has passed new amending sanctions regulations which grants its financial sanctions regulator – the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) – greater intelligence gathering and enforcement powers, and enables OFSI to deal with licensing applications more efficiently.   

The majority of the amendments introduced by The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous…

On May 1, 2024, the UK’s financial sanctions regulator – the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) – launched a new Frequently Asked Quesstion service, setting out consolidated responses to frequently asked questions about UK financial sanctions. 

Russia is the key focus, with FAQs dedicated to the UK’s asset freezing sanctions, other financial…