Taking the Pulse of Major Sanctions Lists

As part of our ongoing research, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions regularly analyzes sanctions data from the United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI – UK) to identify trends and changes in policy.

The extensive sanctions activity from these four core regulators throughout the first half of 2024 confirms that the sanctions era we entered in February 2022 is no longer unprecedented, but instead a new level of normal.

As our analysis indicates, the war in Ukraine is not the only geopolitical issue triggering sanctions activity. The heightened instability in the Middle East, persistent threats from terrorist groups, and widespread human rights abuses are also front of mind for sanctions regulators.

This edition of the Sanctions Pulse is intended to help global businesses reflect on the scale, pace and trends in sanctions activity by the UN, EU, OFAC and OFSI from January to June (H1) of 2024. It provides an important guide to inform effective sanctions compliance responses in a challenging geopolitical landscape.