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Practice Compliance weekly highlights—19 September 2024

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Published on: 19 September 2024

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Financial sanctions
Government announces launch of Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) in October 2024
OFSI issues new North Korean IT Workers Advisory
OFSI publishes updated annual frozen asset review and reporting form
Iran (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) and Sanctions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024
Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024
AML, CTF and counter-proliferation financing
UKFIU publishes magazine issue on professional enablers
AML/CFT: EU hosts FATF Africa Joint Group

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Article summary

This week's edition of Practice Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest sanctions news, a new edition of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit’s SARs in Action publication focussed on professional enablers, the ICO’s response to Meta’s announcement on using user data for AI training and a CIPD report on how employers are tackling bullying and harassment at work.

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