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May 31, 2026
When Delisting Is the News: Treasury's Sanctions Modernization and the Compliance Blind Spot It Exposes
On May 28, OFAC removed 76 outdated entries from the SDN List, opening a sanctions modernization initiative meant to refocus enforcement on the highest-risk...
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May 14, 2026
Plan to Be Cut Off: What CISA's CI Fortify Initiative Asks of Infrastructure Operators
On May 5, CISA told critical infrastructure operators to plan on a blunt assumption: in a geopolitical conflict, an adversary already holds access to your OT...
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May 8, 2026
Caught Between Two Regimes: China's Blocking Order Meets OFAC's Maximum Pressure on Iran
On May 2, Beijing issued its first blocking order under China's 2021 Blocking Measures, prohibiting compliance with the U.S.
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April 5, 2026
Sham Transactions and the New OFAC Playbook: What Companies Need to Know
OFAC's March 2026 advisory targets sham transactions designed to disguise sanctioned persons' continuing interest in assets.
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March 31, 2026
Diverging Sanctions Regimes: Navigating the U.S.–EU–UK Compliance Gap on Russia
U.S., EU, and UK sanctions on Russia are increasingly diverging in scope, enforcement, and exemptions.
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March 17, 2026
The Shadow Fleet Problem: How Maritime Sanctions Evasion Creates Compliance Risk on Land
An aging fleet of tankers is moving sanctioned oil using spoofed tracking data, flag-switching, and layered shell companies.
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March 10, 2026
From Iran to Critical Infrastructure: Lessons from the 2026 Cyber Swarm
The February 2026 U.S.–Israel strikes on Iran triggered an immediate, dispersed cyber campaign against critical infrastructure.
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March 3, 2026
The Compliance Officer as National Security Asset: A Role That's Evolving Fast
Compliance professionals are increasingly embedded in national security teams as geopolitical volatility reshapes regulatory expectations.
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February 24, 2026
Nation-State Actors Are Pre-Positioning Inside OT Networks. Here's What That Means.
PRC-linked actors are embedding persistent access inside U.S. critical infrastructure — not for immediate exploitation, but for future leverage during a crisis.
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