Events listed in UK Sanctions
The Haiti (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2023
ID 26252
The Haiti (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 2023 was recently published on legislation.gov.uk, the official website of the UK government for publicizing legal documents. The Order modifies a corresponding order of 2022, namely the Haiti (Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2022 (SI 2022/1347) which extends – with some minor modifications – the Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1281) and the [Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act ...
The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2023
ID 26245
In view of the continuing aggression of Russia towards Ukraine, another set of new sanction regulations relating to Russia and Russian activities were published on legislation.gov.uk, the official UK platform for publicizing legal documents. Specifically, the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 5) Regulations 2023 amend the existing Russia sanction regulations, the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (SI 2019/855), primarily to extend existing ...
Financial sanctions targets: list of all asset freeze targets
ID 26188
Following the publication of new sanction measures, a new consolidated version of the list containing the names of ALL parties currently subject to asset freezing measures in the UK as of December 11, 2023 was published by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation of the HM Treasury.
Financial sanctions, Belarus
ID 26187
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, OFSI, has published a new Financial Sanctions Notice regarding sanctions measures in view of Belarus‘ violations of human rights, disrespect of democracy, and its support of the Russian Federation in latter’s aggression towards Ukraine pursuant to Statutory Instrument SI 2019/600, the „Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019“. Specifically, the OFSI informs that it has updated its ...
Financial sanctions, Russia
ID 26182
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has published a new Financial Sanctions Notice regarding sanctions measures with respect to persons and entities involved in or supportive of Russia’s action to destabilize Ukraine and threatening the sovereignty and independence of the country pursuant to Statutory Instrument SI 2019/855, the „Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019“. Specifically, the OFSI informs that it has updated its ...
Financial sanctions, Belarus
ID 26168
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, OFSI, has published a new Financial Sanctions Notice regarding sanctions measures in view of Belarus‘ violations of human rights, disrespect of democracy, and its support of the Russian Federation in latter’s aggression towards Ukraine pursuant to Statutory Instrument SI 2019/600, the „Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019“. Specifically, the OFSI informs that it has updated its ...
Financial sanctions targets: list of all asset freeze targets
ID 26166
Following the publication of new sanction measures, a new consolidated version of the list containing the names of ALL parties currently subject to asset freezing measures in the UK as of December 8, 2023 was published by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation of the HM Treasury.
OFSI General Licence INT/2023/3781228
ID 26157
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation of the HM Treasury has issued a new General License (INT/2023/3781228) under various sanction regulations (please refer to the list of regulations in the Annex of the license) to permit the processing of certain payments related to designated persons that would otherwise be prohibited by the noted regulations. Specifically, the license permits – designated persons (DPs) or persons ...
Financial sanctions, Iran (human rights)
ID 26149
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation of the HM Treasury, OFSI, has published a new Financial Sanctions Notice regarding sanctions measures with respect to persons and entities that are engaged in or supportive of human rights abuses in Iran pursuant to Statutory Instrument SI 2019/134, the „Iran (Sanctions) (Human Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019“. Specifically, the Office informs that it has updated its sanction ...
Financial sanctions, Syria
ID 26148
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, OFSI, of the HM Treasury has published a new Financial Sanctions Notice regarding sanctions measures with respect to persons and entities associated with the government of Syria pursuant to Statutory Instrument SI 2019/792, the „Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019“. Specifically, the Office informs that it has updated its sanction list by adding eight individuals to the list ...