Russia’s Dark Fleet and Evolving Sanctions: What Compliance Teams Need to Prepare For in 2026
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CSS Credits: 1.25
Duration:
75 minutes
Speakers:
- David Tannenbaum, Director|Blackstone Compliance Services
- Claire Grunewald, |Clarity Compliance Consulting LLC
- Victoria Kataoka |Arkin Group
Moderator:
Date:
Time:
- 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM NYC
- 03:00 PM – 04:15 PM London
- 04:00 PM – 05:15 PM Amsterdam
Description:
If 2023 was the year of export controls, 2024 has undeniably been the year of the Dark Fleet. With the last three EU sanctions packages targeting Russia’s oil and gas sector and the fleets moving their commodities, regulatory pressure has intensified.
The United States and its Coalition partners have now placed blocking sanctions on major Russian oil players including Rosneft, Lukoil, Surgneftegas and Gazprom Neft, signaling a clear priority: compliance teams must be prepared to detect sanctions evasion at sea and understand how Russia uses under-the-radar traders to sell oil outside the price cap.
This session will break down the latest developments, expose high-risk tanker networks, and provide practical insights to help compliance officers strengthen their monitoring and escalation processes.
What the webinar aims to cover:
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Latest Russia-related sanctions
What the newest EU packages and US blocking actions mean for monitoring the oil and gas sector and the Dark Fleet. -
How major threat actors operate
A deep dive into the networks moving Russian crude, including several dozen tankers linked to shadowy or opaque structures. -
Under-the-radar traders and how they evade detection
How these traders are positioned to fill the gap left by sanctioned oil majors, including an illustrative case study on their tactics and risk signals
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Speakers
Claire Grunewald
Clarity Compliance Consulting LLC
David Tannenbaum
Director
Blackstone Compliance Services
After joining the private sector in 2013, David created Blackstone Compliance Services, a company specializing in sanctions compliance. As the director of Blackstone, he has led sanctions testing for three major monitorships on behalf of the US Department of Justice, Federal Reserve Board, New York Department of Financial Services, and foreign regulators such as the United Kingdom’s FCA and France’s APCR.
His experience goes beyond representing and responding to regulators and law enforcement authorities. He frequently works with some of the largest financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies to develop compliance programs and implement technology to detect sanctions evasion and money laundering. He has done significant work for half of the global Top-10 financial institutions. He has conducted many complex investigations spanning multiple jurisdictions where he untangled complicated sanctions networks used by North Korea, Iran, Syria, and Russia.
Mr. Tannenbaum graduated magna cum laude with an MBA and a Masters in United States Foreign Policy from American University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from American University.
Moderator
Ivy Llena
ACSS
Before joining ACSS, she was a program director at a non-profit organization in the Philippines, where she co-designed and co-implemented economic empowerment programs and services for survivors of human trafficking and their families. Ivy also served at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, where she led and contributed to inclusive economic growth initiatives.
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