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Sanctions Guide – August 2024

August 2024 saw a significant increase in US designations, with a continued focus on Russia and the Middle East.  OFAC also added five entities to its Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (“UFLPA”) Entity List and…
Oscar Gravell
October 3, 2024

Sanctions Guide – April 2023

This month saw a renewed focus on Iran by OFAC, the EU and OFSI with all three bodies marking International Women’s Day by announcing measures targeting elements of the Iranian…

Sanctions Guide – March 2023

This month has seen a renewed focus on Russia, with the EU announcing its tenth package of measures focussing on military technology and sanctions circumvention to coincide with the one-year…

Sanctions Guide – February 2023

While designations there continue – notably with OFAC’s targeting of the Wagner Group and its affiliates – this month has seen fewer new sanctions developments with regard to Russia and…

Sanctions Guide – January 2023

This month has seen a continued focus on Russia, with the European Union announcing its ninth package of measures designed to target strategic sectors of the Russian economy, including its…

Sanctions Guide – December 2022

This month has seen a continued focus both on Russia and Iran.  The UK has added a raft of new Russian political and military figures to its Russia list, meanwhile…

Sanctions Guide – November 2022

This month has seen the EU push forward with its latest wave of measures designed to further damage strategic sectors of the Russian economy.  While the G7 as a whole…

Sanctions Guide – October 2022

This month has seen the US, EU and UK all respond to Russia’s organisation of referenda in occupied Ukraine and formal annexation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions with a…

Sanctions Guide – September 2022

This month has seen – for the first time since February – no substantive changes to the US, UK and EU sanctions programs, including to measures related to Russia’s invasion…

Sanctions Guide – August 2022

This month, changes to the main Western sanctions programs have focussed on efforts to shore up existing statutes in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by closing loopholes and extending…