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Risk & Compliance weekly highlights—12 September 2024

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Published on: 12 September 2024

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Table of contents

Financial sanctions
Revocation of General trade licence Russia sanctions – legal advisory services
Updates to guidance on Russian services sanctions
FCDO reports on crack down on Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’
Other financial crime
NCA publishes NECC annual report for 2023-2024
SFO reports former Glencore employees charged with bribery offences
Transparency International analyses corruption red flags in COVID-19 procurement
Cybersecurity
NCA and ICO sign MoU for collaboration on cyber security improvement

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Article summary

This week's edition of Risk & Compliance weekly highlights includes: the latest sanctions news, publication of the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC) annual report for 2023–2024, a MoU for collaboration on cyber security improvement, signed by the NCA and ICO, and new EHRC guidance for employers supporting disabled staff with hybrid working.

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