BCL’s latest sanctions and export controls round-up highlights key UK and international developments in sanctions law and compliance.
This edition reports on the publication of OTSI’s One Year in Review, providing insight into its progress as the UK’s civil trade sanctions enforcement body and outlines new designations across the Russia, Cyber and Counter-Terrorism regimes. We also cover HMRC’s latest compound settlement relating to export controls.
Key updates include:
- OTSI One Year in Review: An overview of OTSI’s enforcement activity, licensing decisions, sector engagement and its plans to expand its remit in 2026.
- Syria Guidance: New UK Government guidance to support businesses, financial institutions and NGOs considering operations in Syria.
- Anti-Corruption Strategy: The UK’s new policy framework aimed at tackling corrupt networks and enhancing the use of sanctions against kleptocrats and professional enablers.
- New UK Designations: Designations under the Counter-Terrorism, Cyber and Russia sanctions regimes, including measures targeting cyber-enabled threats, GRU-linked actors, FIMI operations and terrorism-related groups.
- De-listing: Removal of one individual from the UK’s Iraq sanctions regime in line with UN action.
- Sector Developments: Reporting into alleged pressure by FIFA on European football clubs to make payments to Russian clubs despite existing sanctions.
- Parliamentary Updates: UK Government commentary on reparations loan proposals linked to frozen Russian sovereign assets, sanctions extension to Overseas Territories, and a new research briefing on sanctions against Iran.
- Export Controls: HMRC’s publication of a compound settlement relating to unlicensed military goods exports.
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