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UK Risk & Compliance Weekly: Financial Sanctions Enforcement Reforms, AML Threshold Changes, First Failure-to-Prevent Tax Evasion Prosecution, and Updates on Gender Pay and Forced Labour, 14 August 2025

Published on: 14 August 2025

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In this issue:

  • Financial sanctions
  • AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing
  • Other financial crime
  • Other Risk & Compliance updates this week
  • Daily and weekly news alerts
  • Trackers
  • New and updated content

Improving civil enforcement of financial sanctions under SAMLA 2018

Christopher Gribbin, managing associate, and Molly Vann of Mishcon de Reya’s White Collar Crime & Investigations team review the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s consultation, opened on 22 July 2025, to reshape the UK’s civil enforcement process for financial sanctions. The plan is to make OFSI’s approach clearer, more transparent and more efficient. Notable proposals include refreshed guidance on case assessment, a dedicated settlement pathway, and an Early Account Scheme to promote swift and complete disclosure. OFSI also outlines streamlined penalties for reporting and licensing breaches, together with a marked rise in the statutory ceiling for penalties. While intended to accelerate investigations and bolster engagement with industry, these reforms come alongside the likelihood of tougher sanctions. The consultation closes on 13 October 2025. See News Analysis: Improving civil enforcement of financial sanctions under SAMLA 2018...

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