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Kirsty McCarron (UK)

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On October 17, 2022, the UK HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) and the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a joint statement (OFSI statement here, OFAC statement here) to reiterate the close working relationship between the two agencies, explaining the rationale behind increased OFSI-OFAC co-operation and how this will manifest in practice. The statement follows a technical exchange attended by OFAC and OFSI in London, which concluded on…