This is the first combined issue one and two of the Compliance, Ethics Sustainability journal of 2025 with a focus on Sanctions. This edition aims to provide new insights and perspectives on this matt...
A critical analysis of discrimination in screening and monitoring transactions
Both monitoring and sanction screening payment transactions by banks are activities that have a legal basis to carry out. The obligation to monitor transactions for unusualness is laid down in Article...
A new era of regulating EU sanctions compliance: a fragmented framework
The EU has introduced explicit compliance obligations in its 14th Russia sanctions package, marking a shift from just prohibiting certain economic activities to also mandating how businesses must ensu...
The (partial) intersection between sanctions and AML
In 2024, the European Union introduced a comprehensive anti-money laundering (AML) package aimed at harmonising AML legislation across Member States. This package establishes new obligations for oblig...
EU Sanctions Compliance in the Global Context: What Are Best Efforts Obligations?
European Union ("EU") sanctions compliance has gone global. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU has continuously expanded the substantive and geogra...
The European Union's stance on the extraterritorial reach of its sanctions has evolved recently, particularly in response to the need to prevent circumvention of restrictive measures against Russia. T...
A famous quote from Benjamin Franklin reads "by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail", emphasising the critical role of preparation in achieving success. In today's fast-paced and complex soc...
In de afgelopen decennia zijn internationale sancties in toenemende mate ingezet als politiek drukmiddel op supranationaal niveau. Banken spelen een sleutelrol in de naleving van internationale sancti...
Q: Could you introduce yourself? Who is Alan Morley? A: I'm currently Director at Huron Consulting Group where I am responsible for our anti-financial crime and compliance practice. I can be considere...
In de bedrijfsethiek is een groot aantal boeken en artikelen verschenen waarin op praktische wijze prangende vraagstukken worden behandeld en concrete aanbevelingen worden gedaan voor het bevorderen v...