Guidance

Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions

Government processes on the issue of monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions.

• From: HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
• Published: 3 April 2017
• Last updated: 3 May 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 2 May 2024

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-enforcement-and-monetary-penalties-guidance/financial-sanctions-enforcement-and-monetary-penalties-guidance

Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 31 August 2023 - 1 May 2024

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Enforcement and monetary penalties guidance: 15 June 2022 - 30 August 2023

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Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions: 28 January 2022 - 15 June 2022

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Monetary penalties guidance: April 2021 - Jan 2022

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Monetary penalties guidance: June 2020 - March 2021

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Monetary penalties guidance: May 2018 - May 2020

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Monetary penalites guidance: April 2017 - April 2018

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Details

The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) helps to ensure that financial sanctions are properly understood, implemented and enforced in the United Kingdom.

This guidance describes OFSI’s processes and considerations in relation to the issue of monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions, including:

• the case assessment process
• penalty calculation process
• procedural rights

Previous versions of guidance are attached here for reference for historical cases.

The current guidance applies from 15 June 2022 – it is applicable for all cases where OFSI becomes aware of a potential breach after 15 June 2022.

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (Commencement No. 2 and Saving Provision) Regulations 2022 (legislation.gov.uk)

Published 3 April 2017
Last updated 3 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 3 May 2024

   HTML version of financial sanctions enforcement and monetary penalties guidance added.

2. 31 August 2023

   OFSI has published updated enforcement and monetary penalty guidance.

3. 15 June 2022

   Removed 15 June dates on new guidance

4. 8 June 2022

   Updated with OFSI enforcement guidance June 2022

5. 28 January 2022

   Updated with Monetary Penalty guidance

6. 4 May 2021

   Attached monetary penalty guidance 2018-21

7. 10 March 2021

   Updated monetary penalty guidance

8. 21 May 2018

   Updated with latest version of 'Monetary penalties for breaches of financial sanctions: guidance'

9. 11 August 2017

   Updated PDF – cover picture added

10. 3 April 2017

    First published.