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UK Sanctions Update: OFSI Releases Financial Services Threat Assessment – Part 1

In February 2025, the UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) issued a report outlining its assessment of the sanctions-related threats posed to the UK by firms operating in the UK’s financial services sector.  As to be expected, the report focuses on the risks associated with transactions since February 24, 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine … Continue Reading

A Few Bad Apples: Corruption In the EBRD

Four Russian officials appointed by the Russian Economic Development Industry to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are being investigated by the City of London and Russian police for charges that include accepting bribes and doling out false credits to various projects. According to an EBRD spokesman, it is not clear what spurred … Continue Reading
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