January 23, 2023: OFSI adds 7 to Iran Human Rights sanctions
Link: OFSI Notice
January 14, 2023: Oopsie, OFSI!
On Saturday, OFSI sent out a notice that there were additions to the Iran human rights sanctions program, as well as amendments to listings under the Russia and Syria program. They included a link to the Iran notice: However, none of the three regime pages shows links to this file, […]
OFSI adds 1 to counter terror sanctions
Link: OFSI Notice
December 29, 2022: UK Haiti sanctions comes into force
UK launches Haiti sanctions Today, the Haiti sanctions regime came into force, following the laying of the regulations on 7 December 2022. The Haiti Sanctions Regulations 2022 give effect to the United Kingdom’s international obligations resulting from UNSCR 2653 (2022). The regulations provide for asset freezes to be imposed on persons engaged in […]
Ho Ho Ho, or lump of coal? You be the judge…
OFSI service over the Christmas period OFSI will be operating a reduced service during the Christmas and New Year period. From 12:00 on Friday 23 December 2022 until Tuesday 3 January 2023 inclusive, we will only be dealing with urgent requests. The OFSI and Oil Price Cap inboxes and the OFSI helpline […]
All in the Family: Gutseriev listings updated by OFSI – one in Russia, one in Belarus
UK regulators have updated one listing each in the Belarus: and Russia: sanctions regimes. Links: OFSI Notice – Belarus, Russia
UK adds prohibition on trust services to Russia sanctions
New sanctions measures – Russia As part of updated regulations in the Russia sanctions regime, there are new restrictions on the provision of trust services. The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 17) Regulations 2022 prohibit the provision of trust services: Amendments have also been made to restrictions on transferable securities and money-market instruments, […]
New Counter Terrorism report from the UK Independent Reviewer… and the Government Response
Counter Terrorism sanctions – Review The Government has today published a report on the operation of the asset freeze provisions as set out in the Counter Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (CT Sanctions 2019) The report is by Jonathan Hall KC in his capacity as Section 31 reviewer as detailed […]
Tuesday’s OFSI Sanctions-a-Rama! Russia, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption, Myanmar changes
On Tuesday, UK regulators issued updates to the Russia (16 additions, 1 update): Global Human Rights (2 corrections): Global Anti-Corruption (1 correction): and Myanmar (1 correction): sanctions regimes. Links: OFSI Notices – Russia, Global Human Rights, Global Anti-Corruption, Myanmar
Friday OFSI Sanctions-a-Rama!
Today, UK regulators issued 30 new sanctions designations, across 7 different sanctions regimes (Global Anti-Corruption, Global Human Rights, Iran (Human Rights), Mali, Myanmar, Russia, South Sudan). Here are those notices: And CAYFIN (the Cayman Islands regulator) issued the same additions… but they send PDFs rather than Web links to them, […]
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