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UK sanctions kleptocrats, firing starting gun on a new Foreign Secretary campaign against dirty money
The UK has today announced a wave of new sanctions against Russia’s military industrial complex and Russian-backed mercenary groups.
The UK has sanctioned 3 Russian agencies and 3 senior figures who are attempting to undermine and destabilise Ukraine and its democracy.
New sanctions target 3 illegal settler outposts and 4 organisations that have supported and sponsored violence against communities in the West Bank.
The UK announces sanctions against Iranian individuals and organisations following Iran’s continued dangerous and destabilising activity across the Middle East.
The UK, alongside the US and Australia, has sanctioned 16 members of prolific Russian cyber-crime gang 'Evil Corp'.
The UK has sanctioned 5 ships and 2 entities involved in the Russian Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) sector.
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.
UK government announcement of significant measures against Iran and Russia, following the Iranian regime’s transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia.
The UK has sanctioned 4 individuals and 3 entities from Belarus in coordinated action with international partners.
The UK announces 92 sanctions in response to the Russian regime imposing sham referendums in 4 regions of Ukraine.
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
The UK, alongside international partners, announces a new package of sanctions to target Russia and North Korea (DPRK)’s illicit arms-for-oil partnership.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
The UK government hosted a senior US government delegation for the second United States-UK Strategic Sanctions Dialogue.
The UK has imposed new sanctions on extremist groups and individuals for inciting and perpetrating settler violence in the West Bank.
The UK has imposed sanctions on Ugandan politicians charged with corruption
The UK, US and Canada have announced coordinated sanctions on Iran following the regime’s attack on Israel on 13 April 2024.
The UK sanctioned a further 7 individuals and 6 entities that enabled Iran's destabilising activity in the Middle East, including its direct attack on Israel.
Today’s action brings the world’s two largest metal exchanges into the scope of existing bans.
UK calls out pattern of malicious cyber activity by Chinese state-affiliated organisations and individuals targeting democratic institutions and parliamentarians.
A UK sanctions package, coordinated with the US, targets those that support or enable the work of the Houthis across the Middle East.
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