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UK Financial Sanctions FAQs

OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions.

From:
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published
1 May 2024
Last updated
2427 March 2025 — See all updates

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UK Financial Sanctions FAQs

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UK Financial Sanctions FAQs (Withdrawn FAQs)

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OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions. These include FAQs relating to:

  • Specific regimes and countries
  • Licensing
  • Russian oil services ban
  • Definitions

Updates to this page

Published 1 May 2024

Last updated 2427 March 2025 + show href="#full-history">+ show all updates

  1. 1 FAQ added Q.145

  2. FAQ 1: link added for signing up to the new joint UK sanctions email alert service, provided by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) and the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI).

  3. 13 new added FAQs about relevant firms.

  4. FAQ 130 amended to reflect revoked General licences.

  5. FAQs 125-131 added.

  6. FAQ 124 added

  7. FAQ 123 added.

  8. FAQs 49-51, 55, 61-66, 72-73, 76 and 84 amended to reflect new Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/5334756.

  9. FAQ added for General Licence INT/2024/4919848 and Trust services

  10. 20 questions added to the Russia section

  11. FAQs added: FAQ 92, FAQ 93, FAQ 94, FAQ 95, FAQ 96, FAQ 97, FAQ 98 Subheading added: Trust Services Sanctions Subheading added: General Licence INT/2024/4919848

  12. FAQs 35 and 36 added

  13. FAQ 1 was amended on 8 May 2024 to include a link to the FCDO's E-Alert Service.

  14. First published.

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