Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

If you’ve received an email, letter or other communications claiming to be from the Office of Financial Sanctions (OFSI), this guidance explains how to check whether it is genuine, recognise common scams and know what to do if you’re unsure.

OFSI publishes FAQs providing short-form guidance and technical information on financial sanctions.

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/5787748, Arbitration Costs

Details for OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/6641960, non-designated third-party brokerage accounts held at designated brokerage firms (“Brokerage Accounts”)

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2026/8893924, Maritime Mutual Re-Insurance Wind Down General Licence

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2026/9491628

This guidance compares key aspects of U.S. and UK sanctions regimes.

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/8031092, Continuation of Business of Lukoil International Entities

Imposition of Monetary Penalty - Sabre Global Technologies Limited (SGTL)

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2026/9559192, UK Interdiction.

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2024/4761108 - Funds of non-designated third parties involving designated credit or financial institutions (“Personal Remittances”)

Imposition of Monetary Penalty – Deutsche Bank AG London Branch (“DBLB”)

Statutory guidance for the Russia sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

General guidance for UK financial sanctions

Guidance on compliance with UK financial sanctions regulations for high value dealers (HVDs) and art market participants.

Assessment of threats to UK financial sanctions compliance: a report from OFSI to support a risk-based approach to compliance in Art Market Participants and High Value Goods sector.

An overview of the UK’s cross-government strategic approach to enforcing breaches of UK sanctions.

Statutory guidance for the Somalia sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Sudan sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Zimbabwe sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Iran nuclear sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the South Sudan sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Counter-terrorism international sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Syria sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Iran sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Iraq sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Republic of Belarus sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Libya sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Venezuela sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Myanmar sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Yemen sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Central African Republic sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Democratic Republic of the Congo sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Afghanistan sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Haiti sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Details of OFSI General Licence - INT/2025/7628424 - The Interim Necessities General Licence

This strategy sets out an ambitious plan for the next three years to ensure UK financial sanctions remain effective, resilient and impactful.

OFSI Annual Review 2024 to 2025 published by the Treasury's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.

Details of OFSI General Licence INT/2022/2300292

OFSI report of penalty for breach of financial sanctions

Statutory guidance for the Syria cultural property sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Chemical weapons sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Global anti-corruption sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Nicaragua sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Global human rights sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Republic of Guinea-Bissau sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Guinea sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Unauthorised drilling activities sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Bosnia and Herzegovina sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Lebanon sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Cyber sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Mali sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Lebanon (Assassination of Rafiq Hariri and others) sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Statutory guidance for the Counter-terrorism sanctions regime, plus a summary of its purposes, scope and prohibitions.

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2026/9247168, Kazakh Oil Exports

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2026/8889196, PJSC Transneft Wind Down General Licence

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/5635700, Russian Oil Exempt Projects

Details for OFSI General Licence INT/2025/7895596, Continuation of Business of Lukoil Bulgaria Entities

Guidance on UK financial sanctions in relation to enforcement, case assessments and monetary penalties.

Guidance from OFSI for licence applications: licensing principles, delegation frameworks, and permitted 'reasonable' payments for staff and travel expenses.

Details for OFSI General licence INT/2025/7328184, Payments by Revenue Authorities

Consultation on changes to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation’s civil enforcement processes for financial sanctions and the oil price cap.

Financial sanctions guidance for letting agents

Information for any organisation or individual working in a region where terrorist organisations operate.

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to Libya

Financial sanctions guidance for Insolvency Practitioners

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to importers and exporters

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to charities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to maritime shipping

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to ransomware

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to Russia

OFSI report of penalty for breach of financial sanctions

Guidance, general licences and reporting forms relating to the Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Exception.

Guidance for UK financial sanctions in relation to the UK Maritime Services Ban and Oil Price Cap Exception.

OFSI report of penalty for a breach of financial sanctions – payments to designated persons.

Disclosure notice of an offence under financial sanctions by Vanquis Bank Limited(VBL)

Penalty notice regarding a breach of financial sanctions regulations.

OFSI report of penalty for a breach of financial sanctions – failing to respond to a regulation 72 request.

Annual Review 2023 to 2024 published by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.

OFSI report of penalty for a breach of financial sanctions – payments to designated persons.

Disclosure notice of an offence under financial sanctions by charities Sahara Hands, Peculiar Peoples’ Palace Ministries and Impact Planet – failing to respond to requests for information.

Details for OFSI Memorandum of Understanding

Penalty notice regarding a breach of financial sanctions regulations.

OFSI Annual Review 2022 to 2023: Strengthening our Sanctions.

Disclosure notice regarding a breach of financial sanctions regulations.

Report of the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation on the operation of the Counter Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

OFSI Annual Review 2021 to 2022.

OFSI report of penalty for a breach of financial sanctions – tangible economic resources and funds received from a designated person.

Statement from the Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force on commitment and cooperation.

OFSI report for imposition of monetary penalties for a breach of financial sanctions

OFSI Annual Review 2020 to 2021.

OFSI report of penalty for breach of financial sanctions – loans to a subsidiary of a designated person.

Seeking views on guidance which will set out the approach to imposing monetary penalties for financial sanction breaches.