Updates on Financial Crime and Crypto Assets

In our sixth episode of our Beyond Sanctions series, David Harris, Co-Head of our Contentious Financial Services Group in London, discusses some recent developments in the sanctions landscape for regulated firms, including key points from: (i) the Red Alert on Financial Sanctions Evasion, published by OFSI and the NCA last month; (ii) The Sanctions (EU Exit)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 and The Sanctions (EU Exit)(Miscellaneous Amendments)(No. 2) Regulations 2022, which come into force at the end of this month; and (iii) the FCA’s letter to the Treasury Select Committee on economic sanctions, also published last month.