FinTech solutions and funding are increasingly being used to circumvent US Sanctions – but the latest data on recent fines is not good news at all.

CROSS-BORDER SANCTIONS & AML featured in the prestigious Arabic publication Elaph

We predicted the inevitable US retreat from the JCPOA in Oct 2015 – and the dire consequences for commercial interests due to US sanctions. Iran’s frustrations have built up after JCPOA left Iran in a far worse position than before – abject EU.

The events of end-2019 and start-2020 leading to escalation in the Middle East have heralded a reminder that the impact of geo-politics incurs geo-financial risk. In terms of ever-present global investment strategy implications, the knock-on impact is real and telling.

Wishing all our Clients and Contacts a Prosperous and Fruitful 2020 Iain Stewart and the Team

Iain and everyone at SanctionsAML wishing you all a very Happy Christmas

One could not make it up. The EU with Angela Merkel at its head is seriously trying to challenge US Extra-Territorial Sanctions over the pipeline Nordstream 2. This is a deliberate attempt by the EU and Russia to try to exploit a “wounded”, post-Impeachment President Trump. The problem: this is not about Trump – it […]

‘CROSS-BORDER SANCTIONS & AML’ quoted in fDi Magazine 12/12/19 US president Donald Trump has ramped up the White House’s level of economic aggressiveness, hitting both US and non-US companies alike.  Jacopo Dettoni fDi Magazine 12/12/19

The European Union’s latest salvo in defiance of US Extra-Territoriality, after numerous failed EU Blocking Statutes since 1996, is the Instex barter mechanism.

Some interesting takeaways from the recent Apple fine of $466,912 by US Treasury’s OFAC for “Apparent Violations” of US Sanctions.