OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions.
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Last updated: 23 December 2025
Notices and updates
Important notices and updates from the Gambling Commission AML team.
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Guidance updates
Updated SARs guidance from the UKFIU
24 November 2025
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Guidance updates
Frozen Assets Reporting 2025
4 November 2025
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Guidance updates
Casino guidance update
4 November 2025
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Changes to legislation
Non-remote casino legislative changes
9 September 2025
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Changes to legislation
Failure to prevent fraud offence
1 September 2025
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Changes to legislation
Updated DAML exemption provisions for the regulated sector
31 July 2025
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Resources
HM Treasury national risk assessment 2025
17 July 2025
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Changes to legislation
Failure to prevent fraud offence
28 May 2025
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Guidance updates
Casinos providing money service business activities: HMRC registration
3 April 2025
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Changes to LCCP
Scheduled LCCP update: new PML requirements in force 29 November 2024
29 November 2024
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Changes to LCCP
Scheduled LCCP update: new PML requirements
24 May 2024
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Changes to legislation
Politically exposed persons
24 May 2024
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Changes to legislation
DAML exemption provisions for the regulated sector
24 May 2024
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Changes to legislation
High-risk third countries
24 May 2024
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Resources
Financial Sanctions Survey
28 March 2024
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Risk assessment
Gambling Commission risk assessment 2023 published
30 November 2023
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Guidance updates
Frozen assets reporting 2023
2 November 2023
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Guidance updates
Updated casino guidance to include proliferation financing
7 June 2023
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Resources
The Economic Crime Levy guidance
30 March 2023
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Resources
OFSI and NCA Red Alert - Evasion Typologies
18 July 2022
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Resources
HM Treasury money laundering consultation response and UK FATF report
24 June 2022
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Resources
Further guidelines from the Commission regarding Russian sanctions
4 April 2022
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Resources
HM Treasury publish updated list of high risk third jurisdictions
25 March 2022
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Emerging risks
Public statement from the FATF on the situation in Ukraine
8 March 2022
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Resources
Important Russian sanctions update from the Gambling Commission
28 February 2022
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Resources
Publication of HM Treasury’s Annual Supervision Report (2019 to 2020)
26 November 2021
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Resources
HM Treasury’s national risk assessment of proliferation financing
23 September 2021
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Resources
Latest UKFIU SARs Report Booklet (August 2021)
20 August 2021
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Resources
New UKFIU podcast: virtual assets
16 August 2021
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Guidance updates
Guidance: OFSI webinars
6 July 2021
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Resources
What gambling operators should do if they find dye-stained bank notes
29 June 2021
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Resources
New UKFIU podcast: Fraud-Vulnerable Persons SARs
29 June 2021
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Resources
New UKFIU ‘SARs in Action’ publication
16 June 2021
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Resources
NCA's National Strategic Assessment of Serious and Organised Crime
10 June 2021
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Guidance updates
Updated CPS guidance relating to The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
9 June 2021
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Guidance updates
New FATF guidance for risk-based supervision
10 May 2021
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Guidance updates
Revision to guidance for remote and non-remote casino operators
11 February 2021
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Resources
UK Financial Intelligence Unit podcast
20 January 2021
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Emerging risks
Changes to UK financial sanctions framework
24 December 2020
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Risk assessment
Gambling Commission risk assessment published
18 December 2020
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Emerging risks
HM Treasury national risk assessment 2020
17 December 2020
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Revisions
Revision of anti-money laundering guidance and advice
13 November 2020
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Guidance updates
Frozen assets reporting 2020
4 September 2020
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.
This guide provides a list of UK Sanctions List (UKSL) fields and mappings to compare with the list of fields on the OFSI Consolidated List, which is closing on 28 January 2026.
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Last updated: 22 December 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.
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Last updated: 22 December 2025
Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/8257372, Myanmar humanitarian activity
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Last updated: 19 December 2025
Details of OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/7628424 - The Interim Necessities General Licence
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Last updated: 19 December 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. ========================================================================
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Last updated: 19 December 2025
Syria is currently subject to UK financial sanctions.This document provides a current list of designated persons.
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Last updated: 19 December 2025
The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 ensure sanctions relating to Russia are implemented effectively after the UK leaves the EU.
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Last updated: 19 December 2025
Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/8202932, Russian Oil Companies Wind Down General Licence
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Last updated: 18 December 2025
Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7323088, Legal services
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Last updated: 17 December 2025
Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/5635700, Russian Oil Exempt Projects
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Last updated: 17 December 2025
UK financial sanctions are in place for persons involved in the proliferation and use of chemical weapons. This page contains the current list of designated targets.
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Last updated: 17 December 2025
This page contains the list of asset freeze targets, listed because of proliferation-related activity in Iran. It also contains information on regulations.
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Last updated: 17 December 2025
This page contains the current list of persons designated under the Iran sanctions regime.
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Last updated: 17 December 2025
Details of general licence INT/2022/1839676 Russian Travel
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Last updated: 12 December 2025
Sudan is currently subject to UK financial sanctions. This document contains the current list of designated persons.
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Last updated: 12 December 2025
Iraq is currently subject to UK financial sanctions. This document contains the current list of designated persons.
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Last updated: 10 December 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.
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Last updated: 9 December 2025
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation runs webinars and events to provide guidance on financial sanctions.
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Last updated: 4 December 2025
This page contains a list of persons and entities to whom financial sanctions have been applied due to their assessed involvement in terrorist activity.
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Last updated: 4 December 2025
e-bulletin updates
Our newsletter, e-bulletin is sent fortnightly and contains news, updates and latest advice from the Gambling Commission and DCMS.