Baker McKenzie has recently published a client alert regarding the US Department of Justice’s New Fraud Division Corporate Enforcement Directive issued on October 1, 2026. Corporate fraud schemes involving tariff evasion, importation of goods or services, or forced labor, are one of the four priority areas the Directive sets for Fraud Division prosecutors. The alert discusses the Division’s new Corporate Enforcement Section, the factors prosecutors must weigh heavily in corporate cases, and the Division’s use…
On October 5, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published an…
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has restructured the location of penalty…
On 29 September 2026, a range of new and expanded UK sanctions targeting Iran entered into force, following…
Earlier this month, as part of Operation Economic Outcast targeting Iran, the US Department of the Treasury ushered…
On September 18, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the…
Two recent pronouncements indicate that enforcement risks around dealing with criminal narcotics trafficking organizations in Latin America continue…