{"id":831,"date":"2025-01-17T05:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/?p=831"},"modified":"2025-01-17T05:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T09:45:05","slug":"united-kingdom-national-crime-agency-gives-update-on-sanctions-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/europeansanctionsenforcement\/2025\/01\/17\/united-kingdom-national-crime-agency-gives-update-on-sanctions-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom – National Crime Agency gives update on sanctions enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As first reported by the BBC<\/a>, the National Crime Agency has written to the Chair of the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons<\/a> to respond to a series of questions about the NCAs sanctions enforcement efforts to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter confirms that there have been no convictions obtained under Russian sanctions, or indeed any sanctions regime since the coming into force of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act<\/em> in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCA also stated that “a very small proportion<\/em>” of its workload is sanctions-related, but it would not disclose how many cases had been referred to it by OFSI or any other body, or how many active investigations followed from the 5,600 sanctions-related suspicious activity reports it received in the year 2022-2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter also stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“the NCA\u2019s Combatting Kleptocracy Cell (CKC) has delivered over 150 disruptions, which include: asset freezes and forfeiture, taking action against key enablers, and supporting international partners<\/em>” and then gave a number of specific examples including the successful forfeiture of \u00a3780,000<\/a> obtained in July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another example given was “The arrest of enablers in the regulated sector who support the transactions of corrupt elites<\/em>“, although no further detail was provided.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As first reported by the BBC, the National Crime Agency has written to the Chair of the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons to respond to a series of questions about the NCAs sanctions enforcement efforts to date. The letter confirms that there have been no convictions obtained under Russian sanctions, or indeed any … <\/p>\n

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