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Michael O'KaneJoin our webinar on sanctions de-listings in the UK / EU / US – 8th May 2.30pm (UK time)
19/04/2024 — We are hosting a webinar on de-listings from sanctions, comparing the approaches of the courts and governments in the UK, EU and USA to...
Maya Lester KCJersey publishes guidance on Russia reporting obligations
23/04/2024 — Information on sanctions in Jersey is on the Jersey section of our site. In December 2023 the UK Govt updated its Russia sanctions regime...
Michael O'KaneUS House of Reps & Council of Europe vote to provide mechanism to confiscate Russian assets
23/04/2024 — As part of its foreign aid package, the US House of Representatives has passed the REPO for Ukrainians Act, which requires US financial institutions...
Maya Lester KCUS court rejects challenge to designations of former Afghan govt officials
23/04/2024 — The US District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed the application for a preliminary injunction against the designations of 2 former Afghan...
Maya Lester KCUS steel traders sentenced to prison for Ukraine sanctions violations
23/04/2024 — John Can Unsalan, the president of US-based steel trading firm Metalhouse LLC, has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for conspiracy to commit...
Michael O'KaneUS designates Belarus & China entities supplying Pakistan missile programme
23/04/2024 — The US Department of State has designated (fact sheet) 4 entities using Section 1(a)(ii) of Executive Order 13382 (proliferation sanctions) for supplying Pakistan’s ballistic...
Maya Lester KCOFAC fines SGC Plastics $20 million for Iran sanctions violations
22/04/2024 — OFAC has entered into a settlement agreement (press release) with SGC Plastics, part of a multinational enterprise headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand that sells plastic...
Michael O'KaneOFAC issues licence for transactions involving VTB Bank Europe
22/04/2024 — OFAC has issued General License No. 94 authorising transactions involving OWH SE iL (formerly known as VTB Bank Europe SE) and entities owned by...
Maya Lester KCEU court rejects challenge to Russia import restrictions on mica products
22/04/2024 — The General Court of the EU has rejected a challenge to EU restrictions on the import of mica products from Russia (Case T‑782/22). Belgium...
Maya Lester KCUS & EU designate individuals & entities connected to West Bank violence
22/04/2024 — OFAC has designated (notice) 2 entities established in the West Bank,  Mount Hebron Fund and Shlom Asiraich, for establishing fundraising campaigns on behalf of Yinon Levi...
Michael O'KaneUS designates entities for supporting China, Russia & Iran militaries
22/04/2024 — The US Bureau of Industry and Security has added (notice) 11 entities to the Entity List for supporting the militaries of China, Russia, and...
Maya Lester KCEU Commission updates Russia sanctions FAQs on Donetsk, Luhansk etc, & on iron & steel partner countries
22/04/2024 — The EU Commission has added to its Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts FAQs that “considering the fluid situation, a dynamic assessment of this...
Maya Lester KCUS renews Russia and cyber sanctions regimes
19/04/2024 — Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act provides for the automatic termination of a “national emergency” (one mechanism by which the US authorises sanctions)...
Michael O'KaneNon-EU countries align with EU human rights & terrorism sanctions
19/04/2024 — The candidate countries North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, Moldova and Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EFTA countries Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have aligned themselves...

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