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Sanctions Awareness

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In-House eLearning

Overview

It has never been more challenging to be compliant with sanctions, and never has the risk been so great of a firm accidentally breaching sanctions and being subject to punitive and expensive enforcement.

This practical sanctions course is designed to help firms to identify, assess and manage their sanctions risk, and to help them to reduce the chance of committing a sanctions breach.

Who is this for?

This awareness-based course is primarily for staff in both the front office and compliance and legal functions.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

  • Explain the purpose and different types of sanctions bodies
  • Describe the work of the UN sanctions regimes
  • Identify different types of sanctions, including targeted, list-based, narrative and secondary sanctions
  • Define the scale, scope and international reach of the US and EU sanctions regime
  • Apply UAE sanctions
  • Describe and apply an appropriate risk-based approach to identifying and managing sanctions risk

Course Details

Introduction - What Sanctions are:

  • International sanctions
  • Commercial and trade sanctions
  • Financial sanctions, tariff and non-tariff trade barriers; export controls; dual use goods
  • Asset freezes
  • Directions to cease business
  • Anti-terrorism and non-proliferation

The Key Sanctions Implementing Bodies

  • UN Sanctions
    • The UN’s role in and approach to sanctions
    • Member states and the application of UN sanctions
    • UN Sanctioned countries
  • US Sanctions
    • Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
    • Scope and applicability of US Sanctions
    • Specially Designated Nationals
    • Sectoral sanctions
    • Narrative and secondary sanctions
    • The implications of additional sanctions against Russia
    • Countries under US sanctions and in what way
    • Other: Anti-corruption sanctions, Magnitsky, Blood diamonds, non-proliferation, transnational criminal organisations
    • OFAC licences
  • UAE Sanctions
    • UAE approach to UN and US sanctions
    • UAE specific sanctions
    • UAE sanctions lists
  • EU Sanctions
    • Scope and applicability
    • Sanctioned entities
    • Implicit sanctions
    • Local enforcement
    • Sanctions divergence

Penalties & Enforcement

  • UN approach to enforcement
  • OFAC global reach
  • OFAC penalties
  • UK enforcement and penalties
  • UAE enforcement and penalties

Managing Sanctions Risk

  • Sanctions Risk
    • This importance of a risk-based approach to sanctions
    • Best practice
    • Clients and associated parties
    • Organisational red flags
    • Third party red flags
    • Exploratory review
    • Screening and media searches
  • Ongoing monitoring
    • Periodic reviews
    • Trigger reviews: Types, analysis, who does what
    • Internal reporting: when and to whom

Delivery

Have the flexibility to deliver your In-House training in-person by one of our trainers at your premises, or virtually via Zoom, Teams or Webex.

Find out more about your Virtual or In-Person training experience below.

Virtual Delivery

Our virtual training courses are designed to be every bit as engaging as our in-person courses. To achieve this, our trainers use market-leading technology and a range of training techniques to ensure high levels of interaction with participants. Courses include the use of:

  • Virtual ‘break-out’ rooms: participants are divided into virtual rooms to facilitate small group discussion.
  • Polling: multiple-choice questions, answered anonymously, allow the trainer to assess knowledge and understanding across the group.
  • Case studies: true to life case studies and scenarios are used to highlight the practical application of theoretical knowledge.
  • Messaging: participants can submit questions and comments, either to the whole group or privately to the trainer.

Additional Benefits:

  • Recording: public course participants have the option to access a recording of the course for one month after the course. In-House clients also have the option to record their training for an additional fee.

  • On-going Q&A: public course participants can access an ongoing Q&A facility allowing them to ask questions relating to the course.

 

In-Person Delivery

Our in-person training is delivered face to face at your offices, and includes:

  • ‘In-the-moment’ questions & discussions: questions through conversations allow the trainer to assess knowledge and understanding across the group.
  • Case studies: true to life case studies and scenarios are used to explore practical application of theoretical knowledge.
  • Q&A: participants can ask questions during training, either to the whole group or privately to the trainer.
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