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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.

Guidance: OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/7628424
Last updated: 28 October 2025

Details of OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/7628424 - The Interim Necessities General Licence

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 28 October 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence - INT/2023/3749168
Last updated: 27 October 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence - INT/2023/3749168: Israel, Palestine and Lebanon humanitarian activity

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 27 October 2025

Guidance: UK Financial Sanctions FAQs
Last updated: 24 October 2025

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

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

Guidance: Who is subject to financial sanctions in the UK?
Last updated: 23 October 2025

======================================================================== On 28 January 2026, the OFSI Consolidated List is closing and the UK Sanctions List will be the only source for all UK sanctions designations. See 'Details' section. ========================================================================

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

Guidance: Russia financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 23 October 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: 23 October 2025

Guidance: Legal Services General Licence
Last updated: 22 October 2025

Legal Services General Licence INT/2024/5334756 and Legal Fees General Licence Reporting forms

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

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7323088
Last updated: 22 October 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7323088, Legal services

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

Guidance: OFSI General licence INT/2025/7345464
Last updated: 22 October 2025

Details for OFSI General licence - INT/2025/7345464, Wind-down of Transactions Involving UK-based Iranian Banks

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

Guidance: Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking In Persons financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 22 October 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: 22 October 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7598960
Last updated: 22 October 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7598960

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

Guidance: Haiti financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 20 October 2025

Haiti is currently subject to UK financial sanctions. This document contains the current list of designated persons.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 20 October 2025

Guidance: ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 17 October 2025

Certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations are subject to UK financial sanctions.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 17 October 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7539056
Last updated: 15 October 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7539056, Russian Oil Majors Wind Down

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 15 October 2025

Guidance: OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7538856
Last updated: 15 October 2025

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7538856, Energy Entities Wind-down

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 15 October 2025

Guidance: OFSI General licence INT/2025/5886860
Last updated: 15 October 2025

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/5886860, Petrol station payments for United Kingdom nationals in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 15 October 2025

Guidance: OFSI General licence INT/2025/5635700
Last updated: 15 October 2025

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/5635700, Russian Oil Exempt Projects

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 15 October 2025

Corporate report: OFSI Annual Review 2024 to 2025: Effective Sanctions
Last updated: 14 October 2025

OFSI Annual Review 2024 to 2025 published by the Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 14 October 2025

Guidance: Global human rights financial sanctions: list of asset-freeze targets
Last updated: 14 October 2025

The Global Human Rights regime operates under the UK’s Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. This page contains the current list of designated targets.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 14 October 2025

Starter guide to UK sanctions
Last updated: 13 October 2025

A guide for businesses and organisations that need to understand more about what sanctions are and how they work.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 13 October 2025

Moving to a single list for UK sanctions designations, 28 January 2026
Last updated: 13 October 2025

Guidance to help business and industry prepare to use the UK Sanctions List as the only source for UK sanctions designations after the closure of the OFSI Consolidated List of Asset Freeze Targets.

View the guidance (opens in new tab) Last updated: 13 October 2025
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