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HMT reissues direction to cease business with Iranian banks
Daniel Hudson, Nichola Peters and Jeremy Sher comment on HM Treasury's ("HMT") decision to reissue its direction to UK financial institutions …
Government gives green light to Deferred Prosecution Agreements
In our earlier briefing we reported on the Government's consultation to introduce Deferred Prosecution Agreements ("DPAs") – a new …
EU strengthens sanctions against Iran with particular impact for oil and gas sector and financial institutions
On 15 October 2012, the Council of the European Union announced that it had decided to strengthen significantly the EU's restrictive measures in respect …
Sanctions and the risks of doing business across national borders
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US expands sanctions against Iran
On August 10, 2012, the US implemented new sanctions against Iran through the enactment of the Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Human Rights Act of …
New US Executive Order in relation to Iran and enforcement action against two non-US banks
On 31 July 2011 Barack Obama enacted a new Executive Order 'Authorising Additional Sactions with Respect to Iran', which has immediate …
Deferred Prosecution Agreements consultation – one week to go!
On 17 May 2012 the Ministry of Justice published a consultation paper 'Consultation on a new enforcement tool to deal with economic crime committed by …
Proposed changes to the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 - Government response to consultation
Following a somewhat leisurely consultation process, the Government has this week published a response to its consultation on changes to the Money …
US eases sanctions against Myanmar
On 11 July 2012, the US relaxed its sanctions regime against Myanmar by, subject to certain restrictions, lifting the prohibition on the export of …
Temporary suspension of sanctions against Burma/Myanmar
On 14 May 2012 the Council of the EU finally adopted the Regulation required to implement its Decision of 26 April 2012 to suspend, for one year, the …
FSA fines bank and its former MLRO for failure to comply with anti-money laundering requirements
In May 2012 the FSA issued Final Notices fining Habib Bank AG Zurich ("Habib") £525,000 for failure to take reasonable care to establish and maintain …
Shah v HSBC: High Court clarifies bank's duties to customers when making SARs
The High Court has clarified whether banks owe liability or have disclosure obligations to their customers in respect of whom they have made money …
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