On February 1, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14115 (“EO 14115”) targeting persons involved in activities that threaten the peace, security, and stability in the West Bank. Meanwhile, the UK government announced on 12 February 2024 sanctions on “extremist Israeli settlers” who have committed human rights abuses against Palestinian communities. Pursuant to EO 14115, four individuals were added to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”). Concurrently, the US Treasury Department’s…
On 1 December, it was announced that the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) had entered into a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) on 21 November 2023 which outlines the agencies’ agreement to co-operate and share information relating to suspected or actual sanctions breaches with each other. This MOU replaces a previous MOU that had been in place since April 2019. In summary, under the MOU it has…
On October 31, 2023, the US, UK, and Canadian governments imposed further coordinated sanctions against Myanmar (Burma) through designations of individuals and entities associated with Myanmar’s military regime and a US prohibition on the provision of financial services to Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (“MOGE”). The measures aim to prevent the Burmese military from obtaining access to arms and other supplies and are part of an effort to unify sanctions measures on Myanmar across the…