Sanctions
Track global sanctions regimes, designations, enforcement actions and compliance developments. Coverage includes targeted financial sanctions, asset freezes, sanctions screening, ownership and control rules, sanctions evasion, proliferation financing, and the use of corporate structures, trade channels and digital assets to circumvent restrictions.
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U.S. Treasury Targets A7 Shadow Banking Network With FinCEN Rule and OFAC Sanctions
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has launched a coordinated action against the A7 Network, a Russia-linked shadow banking network that Treasury says has been…
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UK OFSI Adopts Presumption of Denial for Licence Applications from Designated Iranian Banks
HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published new guidance setting out a presumption of denial for licence applications submitted by certain designated…
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EU Extends Russia Individual Sanctions to 2029 and Removes Four Listings
The Council of the European Union has extended its individual restrictive measures linked to actions undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity for another 36 months, keeping the…
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U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Binance Over Possible Iran Sanctions Violations
U.S. federal prosecutors are investigating whether Binance may have violated U.S. sanctions on Iran by allowing certain trading activity on its cryptocurrency platform, according to…
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Former Nodus Bank CEO Sentenced to 112 Months for $24.9 Million Fraud and Venezuela Sanctions Evasion
Tomás Niembro Concha, the former chief executive officer of Puerto Rico-based Nodus International Bank, has been sentenced to 112 months in prison for a multimillion-dollar…
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OFAC Archives Ethiopia Sanctions Program After Executive Order 14046 Emergency Expires
The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has archived its Ethiopia-related sanctions program after the national emergency declared under Executive Order 14046 expired. OFAC…
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U.S. Sanctions Iranian Crypto Exchange BitBank Over Sanctions-Evasion Network
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Iranian digital asset exchange BitBank on September 17, 2026, targeting what Treasury…
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U.S. Seeks Forfeiture of $61 Million in Crypto Linked to Iranian Black-Market Oil Sales
U.S. prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of approximately $61 million in cryptocurrency allegedly tied to a network that laundered proceeds from black-market sales of sanctioned…
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Denmark Expands AML Act to Proliferation Financing and Sanctions Controls
Amendments to Denmark’s Anti-Money Laundering Act take effect on 15 September 2026, expanding the framework to proliferation financing and strengthening sanctions-related controls.
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Hong Kong Gazettes Updated UN Sanctions Measures on Haiti and Yemen
Hong Kong has brought updated United Nations sanctions measures on Haiti and Yemen into effect, with the Customs and Excise Department issuing fresh compliance circulars…
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