How to conduct a Sanction Scan? Sanctions are punishments that are imposed on persons or organizations who violate laws or norms. Governments or global organizations usually impose sanctions on other countries or persons. A sanction scan is used to avoid transactions with people who are barred from participating in specific transactions and activities. [...]

Anti-Money Laundering Guide for Exchange Houses Foreign currency exchange service providers should apply AML program for exchange houses. Foreign currency exchange (FX) is a common way for money launderers who aim to attack a variety of service weaknesses. The growing volume of FX businesses in the banking and commercial sectors, on Main Streets [...]

Russia and Belarus related Worldwide Sanctions The European Commission welcomes Member States' agreement today to impose additional targeted measures due to Russia’a invasion in Ukraine and Belarus's role in this aggression. The new measures, in particular, impose restrictive measures on 160 persons and alter Regulation (EC) 765/2006 on restrictive measures in light of [...]

Which countries are banned from SWIFT and why? What does SWIFT refers to? The SWIFT system, which stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, is a secure platform that allows financial institutions to share information about worldwide monetary operations such as money transfers. While SWIFT does not actually transport money, it [...]

Economic Sanctions Against Belarus In reaction to Belarus' participation in the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, the EU dramatically strengthened its sanctions against Belarus on March 2, 2022. Belarus was already subject to major EU sanctions targeting its financial, dual-use, military, tobacco, petroleum, and potash industries, many of which were imposed in reaction to social [...]

Belarus Sanctions Regime in USA, EU and UK As part of its first wave of sanctions on Belarus for its role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the United Kingdom targeted Belarusian army commanders. The package includes four defense officials and two military enterprises. The Republic of Belarus Sanctions Regime The Republic of Belarus [...]

Russian Sanctions Regime in UK Following Russia's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent, the United States and the United Kingdom moved quickly to impose further sanctions on Russia in reaction to its alleged worsening of the continuing situation along the Russia-Ukraine border: On February 21, 2022, the United States issued [...]