Season 3, Episode 1: Shifting sands of sanctions
In the first episode of season 3 of the Compliance Clarified podcast Susannah Hammond is joined by Helen Chan and Brett Wolf to discuss the shifting sands around sanctions. Sanctions screening, sanctions compliance and evidencing compliance with the patchwork quilt of under and overlapping requirements has never been easy, but it has got a whole lot more challenging in the wake of the Taliban take-over of Afghanistan and the emerging use of sanctions against a crypto exchange deemed to be a conduit for illicit funds. If that wasn’t challenging enough there are also the implications of the Chinese counter foreign sanctions law and where that leaves international firms in terms of compliance. As discussed in the podcast here are some additional resources: UAE central bank guidance on sanctions screening and transaction reporting: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/susannahhammond_uae-central-bank-guidance-on-sanctions-screening-activity-6848249167937077248-BfUi U.S. Treasury Department issues two general licenses aimed at ensuring a continued flow of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amlwolf_ofac-licenses-afghanistan-activity-6848247094038319104-C49D The need for "high-alert" due diligence with regard to Afghanistan https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6834530562347200512/ Implications of transactions with the Afghan government vs humanitarian aid https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6838915397341777920/ Firms likely to ‘wholesale de-risk’ from Afghanistan https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6837037096738320384/ China’s countermeasures sanctions regime and the implications for compliance functions. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/helenhchan_china-countermeasures-sanctions-regime-activity-6848540647100706816-QIuj Further information on Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence can be found at: https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/products/regulatory-intelligence?elqTrackId=73370082102a4669b4d34524158b501c&elqaid=3945&elqat=2