Continuity of OFSI service from Monday 23 March Following the Prime Minister’s statement urging people across the UK to work from home where possible, limit use of public transport and avoid unnecessary social gatherings to stem the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), we want to reassure you that OFSI is taking measures […]
If there’s anything I’m missing, let me know. I basically added all the American Conference events, and ACAMS, and a bunch I knew about (Bankers Online, IACC, SIFMA, FIBA), but I’m sure there’s plenty who don’t get great love from search engines… Thanks!
He writes articles on adjacent topics… like how you can look at the recent flare-up in US-Iran relations as a study in chaos theory…. Read it here – and let me know what you think. It’s more about geopolitics writ large, of which sanctions is just a piece. But someone […]
UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon, On behalf of the Sanctions Section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), we would like to wish you a safe holiday period and a Happy New Year. Over the past year, we have listened to your feedback and undertaken a review of […]
Final reminder: frozen assets reporting 2019 OFSI is conducting its annual frozen assets review. If you hold or control funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held, or controlled by a designated person you are required to submit a report to the Treasury’s OFSI by Friday 11 October 2019. Your report should include details […]
The Danish FSA’s assessments of financial companies The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority prepares a brief statement after each inspection in a financial company. The statement must be published on the company’s website and all statements can also be viewed here on the website. The reports describe the Danish FSA’s assessment of […]
Reminder for the Annual Report of Blocked Property 9/23/2019 On July 1, 2019, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a recent action notice, reminding holders of property blocked pursuant to OFAC sanctions regulations published in Chapter V of Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) of the requirement to […]
The numbers still aren’t enormous – 70,000 GBP total has been frozen under the ISIL/Al-Qaida regime, 18,000 under EU Reg 2580/2001 and 9,000 under TAFA. There were 45 total accounts frozen as of the end of the quarter, and only 2 new designations (both ISIL/AL-Qaida) and 4 delistings (also all […]
Background 1. Financial sanctions legislation applicable in the UK requires that all funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by a designated person must be frozen. Under this legislation the Treasury, through its Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), can request information you may possess for the […]
