Desk sanctions
Analyse des évolutions en matière de sanctions et de LCB-FT au fil de l'actualité, avec leurs conséquences opérationnelles pour les équipes de filtrage et de due diligence.
· AMLA · EU due diligence rules
AMLA sent its final due diligence standard to the Commission on 1 October. Article 25 lets you screen by hand, but a customer's money laundering risk does not decide how often
AMLA submitted its final CDD standard on 1 October 2026. Article 25 sets what to screen and when, allows manual checks and rejects a risk-based approach.
· FinCEN · Crypto
FinCEN scrapped two crypto proposals on 6 October. Neither was in force, and Blender.io is still on the SDN List
FinCEN withdrew its 2023 mixing and 2020 unhosted-wallet proposals on 6 October 2026. Neither was in force, and OFAC's SDN List still carries wallet addresses.
· US · Russia
The Graham Act names no ship and no person. Its 30-day clock runs out on 18 October
The Graham Act names four banks, Rosatom and four LNG projects, no ship and no person. Which sections add names to screen by 18 October, and which are tariffs.
· OFAC · Delistings
OFAC removed 125 people and companies on 5 October. Its own page prints 181 rows, and 18 more aliases went with the updates
OFAC removed 125 individuals and entities and updated 22 entries on 5 October. Two of the 125 are still on the UK list, and two tankers were renamed.
· OFAC · Russia
OFAC extended the Lukoil International licence to 22 October and changed only the dates
General Licence 131J replaced 131I on 18 September 2026. Word by word, only the letter and the dates differ. It ends at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on 22 October.
· OFAC · Iran
OFAC told foreign banks on 5 October they can be sanctioned without notice. FAQ 156 points to a list that holds one bank
OFAC's 5 October 2026 Iran alert warns foreign banks of sanctions without notice and amends FAQ 156. The CAPTA List it cites holds one bank.
· US Treasury · Outbound investment
A Chinese fund invested about $92,478. Treasury fined its US parent $200,000 for not reporting it
Treasury's first civil penalty under the Outbound Investment Security Program: $200,000 against Amidi, LLC over its Chinese fund's investment of about $92,478.
· FinCEN · Russia
FinCEN wants a secret list of A7's front companies. It has published six names and says there are hundreds
FinCEN proposed on 1 October to bar US institutions from payments involving A7 Network Sub-Agents. It names six, says hundreds exist and keeps the list private.
· OFAC · Counter terrorism
Two French charities joined the SDN List on 2 October over Hamas fundraising, and the list now holds two charities called Baraka
OFAC added two French charities and three people to the SDN List on 2 October 2026 over Hamas fundraising. No wallets, and two Baraka charities now on the list.
· OFAC · Iran
OFAC made Iran's car and rail industries sanctionable on 1 October. Half of the 30 names it listed that day are neither
OFAC made Iran's automotive and rail sectors sanctionable on 1 October 2026. Of 30 Iran entries added, 15 are carmakers, suppliers or railways.
· BIS · Export controls
The BIS 50 percent rule returns on 10 November 2026. The stay that paused it ends on its own, and no extension has been published
BIS's Affiliates Rule returns on 10 November 2026 unless the stay is extended. The 50 percent test and Red Flag 29 return without a transition licence.
· PEP screening · Guide
The EU's official PEP list covers 27 countries and does not name a single person
No official EU PEP register exists. How to check one name with the EU function list, parliament sites and the CIA directory, and where free checks stop.
· KYB and UBO · Guide
An EU court ruling of 22 November 2022 ended the duty to open beneficial-owner registers to all, so finding a company's UBO depends on where it is registered
Find a company’s UBO using ownership registers, company filings and parent records. Follow the ownership chain and document sources and gaps.
· OFAC · Cuba
OFAC closed the Cuba U-turn on 30 September. A dollar payment with a Cuban interest now comes back even when neither party is American
OFAC's 30 September Cuba rules end U-turn payments, ban indirect transfers with Cuba Restricted List entities and tag E.O. 14404 names [CUBA-EO14404].
· OFAC · Mexico
OFAC's Sinaloa Cartel action adds 18 names and changes three entries. The governor link is only in the press release
OFAC sanctioned 21 people and 25 companies around the Sinaloa Cartel's Los Mayos on 29 Sep 2026. 18 names are new, 3 entries changed. What to re-screen.
· OFAC · Tren de Aragua
OFAC added 11 Tren de Aragua entries on 30 September. The FBI has had the alleged ringleader on its Ten Most Wanted list since February
OFAC added 11 Tren de Aragua entries on 30 September, seven with Tron addresses. The alleged ringleader has been an FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive since February.
· Vérification PPE et proches associés
Un résultat PPE ou RCA exige des preuves avant toute décision
Comprenez les catégories PPE et RCA, vérifiez l’identité et les liens documentés, puis consignez une décision de filtrage étayée par des sources.
· OFSI · Russia
OFSI fined Citibank London £4.7 million. Its screening read "PAO Sovcomflot" and "Sovcomflot" as two different names
OFSI fined Citibank London £4,732,830.58 for 970 payments. The notice shows where its screening failed, and each gap can be tested in your own process.
· EU · Ukraine
The EU listed 10 people and 17 organisations over deported Ukrainian children. Thirteen of the organisations are entered under a quoted brand name
The EU added 10 people and 17 entities to Annex I of Regulation 269/2014 on 28 September 2026. We counted the annex: 15 entities carry a tax number, two do not.
· UK · Iran
The UK's new Iran sanctions took effect on 29 September. The licence that pays UK staff at four Iranian banks ends on 22 October
New UK Iran sanctions are in force. Five Iranian banks face a presumption of denial, and the licence that pays UK staff at four of them ends on 22 October.
· EU · Russia
The EU dropped Usmanov and Fridman and renewed its Ukraine list to 2029. Washington and London still block both
On 22 September 2026 the EU renewed its Ukraine list to 2029 and deleted seven entries. Usmanov and Fridman remain on the OFAC and UK lists.
· Company verification
VIES and Peppol: two checks before onboarding an EU company
Understand VAT validation and Peppol Directory lookups, their limits, and how to run both checks through the ScreenVeritAI dashboard or API.
· OFAC · Iran
OFAC blocked 36 targets on 8 September. The wind-down licence names three of them
Review the 8 September 2026 airline designations and the scope of the wind-down licence that expired on 23 September.
· Adverse media
"Five to ten years" is a vendor default, not a rule. Here is how to set a lookback you can defend
EU AML law fixes review cadence, retention and how allegations are handled — never a lookback period. A decision tree, worked on one subject end to end.
· Name matching
Five techniques share the label "AI-powered". On 10 hard names they contradict each other
Edit distance, phonetics, transliteration tables, embeddings and LLM review are five different things sold as one word. Computed scores on 10 hard names.
· OFAC
An OFAC SDN check in 85 lines of Python, and the eight gaps it leaves open
DIY on OFAC's Sanctions List Service files, a screening API, or an enterprise suite: what each catches, what each misses, and a runnable Python SDN check.
· Batch screening
A 400-row customer book is four batch uploads, and the work is in the rows that need a human
A 400-row book is four uploads, three columns and one triage rubric. The sample CSV, the job payloads, and worked examples of the rows that need a human.
· Pricing
Seven of twelve sanctions-screening vendors publish a price. We read every rate card and show the arithmetic
Seven of twelve screening vendors publish a price. We read every rate card on 4 September 2026, quote each figure with its URL and show the arithmetic.
· API
Our screening API never returns a match score. Here are the three responses it does return
A curl request, the 202 body and three annotated JSON responses: no listing, an exact sanctions hit, and the ambiguous PEP candidate that eats your week.
· OFAC
OFAC deleted HTS from the SDN List on 24 August. A pipeline that only knows how to add is still blocking it
OFAC deleted HTS and every alias variant on 24 August, and four Dulac Capital entries on 3 September. A deletion your data never got blocks lawful trade.
· UN sanctions
21 entries changed, zero names added: the UN list update that quietly broke your matches
On 18 August 2026 the UN 1267 Committee amended 21 ISIL/Al-Qaida entries and added no names. New aliases, DOBs and addresses still change your matches.
· Pricing
A sanctions check now costs €0.39. Here is the engineering that made the cut possible
ScreenVeritAI cut Quick Check to €0.39 and Adverse Media Check to €0.99. What changed, what deliberately did not, and how an automation-first pipeline funds it.
· OFAC · Iran
L'OFAC a inscrit 78 entrées sur la liste SDN le 24 août ; ses cinq déterminations sectorielles visant l'Iran n'en ont ajouté aucune
Le 24 août, l'OFAC a inscrit 78 entrées sur la liste SDN et rendu cinq secteurs iraniens sanctionnables. Les entrées se filtrent, l'exposition sectorielle non.