On 15 October 2025, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) published its 2024-2025 annual review (see here). The report summarises OFSI’s activities for the 2024-2025 financial year and explains that the authority’s work has been centred around three pillars: compliance, capability, and enforcement. We have summarised below some of the key points highlighted in the report. Investigations and Enforcement Licensing Threat Assessment Reports International Collaboration Legislative Enhancements Looking Ahead: Strategy Refresh and 10-Year Anniversary

On 13 October 2025, the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (“OTSI”) published a blog post highlighting a recent case involving suspected breach reports from a UK branch of a multinational bank, under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. OTSI’s blog post notes that the UK branch of the bank identified payments linked to the trade of sanctioned goods from Russia to a third country, between April and June 2025. The blog post notes that…