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Notices and updates

Important notices and updates from the Gambling Commission AML team.

Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) updates

The following list of asset freeze targets will take you to the full update on the OFSI website.

Notice: Imposition of monetary penalty: Markom Management Limited
Last updated: 31 July 2025

Penalty notice regarding a breach of financial sanctions regulations.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 31 July 2025

Guidance: Who is subject to financial sanctions in the UK?
Last updated: 31 July 2025

A guide to the current consolidated list of asset freeze targets, and a list of persons named in relation to financial and investment restrictions under the Russia regulations

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 31 July 2025

Guidance: Russia financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 31 July 2025

The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensure sanctions relating to Russia are implemented effectively after the UK leaves the EU.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 31 July 2025

Penalty issued for breach of Russia Sanctions
Last updated: 30 July 2025

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has imposed a £300,000 monetary penalty against Markom Management Limited (MML)

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 30 July 2025

Guidance: Russian Oil Services ban
Last updated: 25 July 2025

Guidance, General Licences and reporting forms in relation to the Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Exception.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 25 July 2025

Guidance: Financial sanctions general guidance
Last updated: 24 July 2025

General guidance for UK financial sanctions

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 24 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2022/1679676
Last updated: 23 July 2025

Details of OFSI General Licence INT/2022/1679676

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 23 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI General licence INT/2025/5632740
Last updated: 23 July 2025

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/5632740, Interim Basic Necessities for Designated Persons

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 23 July 2025

Guidance: Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking In Persons financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 23 July 2025

UK Financial sanctions are in place for persons involved in people smuggling, human trafficking or the instrumentalisation of migration for the purpose of destabalisation. This document provides a current list of designated persons.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 23 July 2025

Improving civil enforcement processes for financial sanctions
Last updated: 22 July 2025

Consultation on changes to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s civil enforcement processes for financial sanctions and the oil price cap.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 22 July 2025

Statutory guidance: Russia sanctions: guidance
Last updated: 22 July 2025

Guidance on the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 22 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI Threat Assessment Reports
Last updated: 21 July 2025

OFSI’s series of Threat Assessment Reports, providing sector-specific assessments of threats and vulnerabilities relating to UK financial sanctions.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 21 July 2025

Guidance: Sanctions compliance in the Cryptoassets sector: Threat Assessment
Last updated: 21 July 2025

Assessment of threats to UK financial sanctions compliance: a report from OFSI to support a risk-based approach to compliance in Cryptoassets sector.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 21 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/6403704
Last updated: 21 July 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/6403704, Intershipping Services LLC -Continuation of Business

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 21 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/6397444
Last updated: 21 July 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/6397444, Intershipping Services LLC Wind-down

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 21 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/6488808
Last updated: 21 July 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/6488808, Wind Down of Positions Involving Litasco Middle East DMCC

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 21 July 2025

Guidance: Cyber financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 21 July 2025

UK financial sanctions are in place for persons, entities or bodies involved in certain cyber activity. This page contains the current list of designated targets.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 21 July 2025

Guidance: UK Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Industry Guidance
Last updated: 18 July 2025

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to the UK Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Exception

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 18 July 2025

Guidance: UK Financial Sanctions FAQs
Last updated: 18 July 2025

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

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 18 July 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/6641960
Last updated: 18 July 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/6641960, non-designated third-party brokerage accounts held at designated brokerage firms (“Brokerage Accounts”)

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 18 July 2025

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