September 17, 2020 By: Saskia Rietbroek CSS, Executive Director, ACSS If you are wondering how sanctions evasion works in a petroleum product deal, you should read the recent...
Secondary Sanctions: Broad Reach and Inconsistent Enforcement Present Compliance Challenges for Global Companies and Their Executives
August 07, 2020 By: Jack Walsh, Reporter ACSS For compliance officers, particularly those working for non-U.S. companies, the proliferation of secondary sanctions in recent years...
UK Enforcement Update: OFSI Shows its Teeth as Penalties for Sanctions Violations Jump into the Millions
July 18, 2020 By: Daniel Martin, Partner, HFW* After a slow start, the U.K. sanctions authority - The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) - has now begun to show...
Six Compliance Lessons for Non-Banks from Recent OFAC Enforcement Actions
April 20, 2020 By: Jack Walsh, Reporter, ACSS Recently, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, has heightened its focus on industries outside the financial sector. The...
A Tough Cop in a Bad Neighborhood: Singapore’s Sanctions Regimes, Regulatory Authorities, and Areas of Concern for International Business
March 2, 2020 By: Jack Walsh, Content Writer, ACSS From a regulatory perspective, Singapore is an intriguing case study. On the one hand, the country is a financial and...
OFSI’s New Teeth: Sanctions in the Wake of ‘Brexit’ and Actions Taken by the UK Regulator (So Far)
February 27, 2020 By: Anna Sayre, CSS, Director of Content at ACSS On January 31, 2020, the U.K. Parliament finally cut ties from the E.U. after two years of grueling debates and...
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