Jul 06, 2022 United Nations tells global banks: stop over-complying with financial sanctions By Neill Blundell Francis Bond Jessica Arapu The UN Special Rapporteur on The Negative Impact of Unilateral Coercive Measures on Human Rights has made an appeal to banks and other...
Jun 15, 2022 New strict liability offence for financial sanctions comes into force today, amongst others By Neill Blundell Francis Bond Jessica Arapu Following the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022’s expedited passage through Parliament in March 2022, the Office of...
Nov 04, 2020 Art attack: sanctions risk in the art world By Helen Harvey Neill Blundell The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory on 30 October to highlight sanctions risks...
Mar 25, 2020 Will Covid-19 unwind global sanctions regimes? UN calls for change By Neill Blundell Francis Bond Leading figures at the United Nations have called on member states to ease their sanctions regimes in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis....
Feb 11, 2020 Contradictory sanctions regimes leave companies confused and exposed By Neill Blundell Francis Bond A special report by the Financial Times has investigated the tensions faced by companies struggling to navigate overlapping and sometimes...
Oct 16, 2019 US Treasury sanctions Turkey - foreign financial institutions exposed By Neill Blundell Francis Bond President Trump has issued a new Executive Order setting out a framework by which the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control...