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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—15 June 2023

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Published on: 15 June 2023

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Table of contents

Financial sanctions
Ukraine conflict—FCDO announces new UK sanctions legislation against Belarus
Ukraine conflict—OFSI’s Russian Oil Services ban guidance updated
Five evolving US white collar enforcement trends to watch
AML, CTF & counter-proliferation financing
Crackdown on SLAPPs added to Economic Crime Bill
UK government publishes new factsheets on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
List of businesses not complying with the anti-money laundering rules published
Data protection
UK and US partner up to form economic and data partnership

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: updates on the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, a warning about cookie banners from the ICO and a report from ENISA on good practices for supply chain cybersecurity.

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