At a meeting of the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council on 14 October, the Council adopted a sanctions framework targeting Nicaragua. The sanctions will comprise asset freezes and travel bans targeting “persons and entities responsible for human rights violations or abuses or for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Nicaragua, as well as persons and entities whose actions, policies or activities otherwise undermine democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua”. The legislation and list of restricted parties have…

OFSI publish new links to the consolidated list Today, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) have published new links to the consolidated list, the system it uses to publish the details of individuals and entities subject to financial sanctions. The current pages that contain the consolidated list will be removed. In addition to the usual list which includes details of individuals and entities subject to financial sanctions, the consolidated list now includes a new…

HMRC, the department of the UK Government with primary responsibility for enforcement of export controls, has recently submitted written evidence to an inquiry being conducted by the UK Committees on Arms Export Controls. The written evidence (available here) provides a helpful summary of HMRC’s approach to export controls enforcement. The written evidence includes details on: Factors influencing whether criminal prosecution or another type of enforcement will be pursued (e.g. awareness raising, warning letters, compound penalties…