Une sanction emblématique du durcissement américain L’Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), rattaché au Trésor américain, a infligé une amende civile de 7,1 millions de dollars à la société Gracetown Inc., basée à New York, pour violations des sanctions visant l’oligarque russe Oleg Deripaska, inscrit sur la liste SDN depuis avril 2018. Cette affaire illustre […]
In late November, energy relations between Hungary and Russia once again underscored internal divisions within the European Union regarding sanctions and energy security. On November 28, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán travelled to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, with discussions focusing on Hungary’s energy supply and the situation in Ukraine. Following the meeting, […]
In May 2025, UK authorities imposed the largest financial penalty ever issued under the United Kingdom’s sanctions regime targeting Russia. A UK-based exporter was fined £1,160,725.67 for unlawfully making goods available to Russia in breach of the sanctions regulations introduced in 2019. This case reflects the United Kingdom’s increasingly robust enforcement approach since 2022. In […]
In November 2024, Polish authorities took a significant step in the enforcement of European sanctions against Russia. At the time, Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) arrested a German national accused of illegally exporting dual-use machinery to Russia, in breach of existing export control regulations. The equipment involved, originally intended for civilian industrial applications, was allegedly […]
In a global trade environment shaped by expanding sanctions against Russia and Belarus, as well as the rise of circumvention countries, one key question has become unavoidable for exporters: can your products legally reach their final destination?The growing complexity of sanctions regimes and shifting trade routes significantly increase export compliance risks. Consider three examples of […]
On October 24, 2025, the European Commission published a new package of sanctions against Russia, the 19th since the start of the conflict in Ukraine. This initiative marks a new stage in the tightening of European policy, with a more cross-cutting approach affecting energy, finance, and sensitive technologies.Among the measures adopted is a phased ban […]
Sanctions circumvention is no longer limited to Russia’s neighboring states. Over the past two years, entirely new commercial routes have emerged across Asia and the Middle East, creating increasingly complex challenges for exporters and compliance teams. These evolving pathways often involve multiple intermediaries, fragmented logistics chains, and opaque re-exporting practices, all of which heighten the […]
A recent ruling in Germany has once again highlighted the critical risks associated with violations of dual-use export regulations. A court in Stuttgart has sentenced a defendant to seven years in prison for selling industrial machinery in 2015 to a Russian weapons manufacturer, in clear breach of European Union sanctions.Investigators determined that the machines were […]
The West is significantly tightening its measures to counter Russian sanctions evasion.Following the adoption of its 14th sanctions package, the European Union is reinforcing its efforts to prevent the re-export of sensitive goods to Russia through intermediary countries such as Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. As Moscow increasingly relies on these trade routes to […]
Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, companies worldwide have faced a rapidly expanding set of sanctions and export restrictions. These evolving rules have significantly reshaped international trade, requiring organizations to update their compliance processes, internal controls, and technological tools. For global businesses, understanding these sanctions is essential. Inaccurate classification, insufficient due diligence, or oversight […]