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Information on UK sanctions currently in place and how to apply for the appropriate licences.
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Information on UK sanctions regimes currently in force
OTSI’s enforcement powers as set out in The Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024.
How to import goods under national or UN-level import controls. This includes weapons, sanctioned goods, or goods that could be used for torture.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
The UK, alongside the US and Australia, has sanctioned 16 members of prolific Russian cyber-crime gang 'Evil Corp'.
New trade sanctions unit becomes operational
The UK has sanctioned 10 vessels in Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’, a group of ships that use illicit practices to avoid sanctions on Russian oil.
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