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Jan 10, 2025 | 
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Andrew Rose |Tatiana Kalaji |Sophie Armstrong
On 8 January 2025, the UK Government announced the forthcoming launch of a new sanctions regime targeting irregular migration and organised immigration crime, expected to come into force in 2025. The UK Government explained, in an 8 January press release, that this new sanctions regime is designed to target organised immigration networks operated and utilised by people smugglers, with the goal of deterring smugglers and stemming their financial flows at their source.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Tristan J. Grimmer |Andrew Rose |Sophie Armstrong
On 12 September, the UK Government announced new powers for the civil enforcement of trade sanctions pursuant to the Trade, Aircraft and Shipping Sanctions (Civil Enforcement) Regulations 2024, the “Trade Enforcement Regulations“). From 10 October 2024, the Government will be able to impose penalties of up to GBP 1 million or 50% of the value of breaches of trade sanctions (whichever is greater) in relation to certain breaches of UK trade sanctions.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Julian Godfray |Andrew Rose |Emily Thomson
On 5 September 2024, the UK amended the scope of its Russia sanctions relating to the provision of certain legal advisory services to non-UK persons, as contained in Regulations 54D and 60DB of The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (“UK Russia Regulations”), via The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2024 (the “Amending Regulation”).
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
assured.co.uk | Andrew Rose |Eleanor Dallaway
Blogs & Opinions The CSR Bill’s current focus on regulatory compliance and incident reporting is vital, but it should strongly emphasise the human factor in cybersecurity.
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May 2, 2024 | 
assured.co.uk | Andrew Rose |Eleanor Dallaway
Blogs & Opinions What exactly is a security culture and how can organisations build and maintain one? Developing a security culture is vital to defending organisations against cyber breaches, so why do so many organisations get it so wrong?
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
securitybrief.com.au | Andrew Rose
Cyberattacks are increasingly widespread and the potential damage is growing.
Attacks last year, from phishing scams to ransomware and malware attacks, targeted Australian businesses of all sizes.
Forrester estimates that 9 in 10 data breaches this year will include some sort of human element that allows information to be stolen.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Antonius Skipper |Cassandra Chaney |Andrew Rose |Richard W. Wiley
Objective Using participant responses from 525 different-sex married and cohabiting African American couples, we examined the dyadic association between relational sanctification and relational forgiveness. Background Religion has a central role in the lives of many African Americans because it traditionally has been a place of refuge against stressors that disproportionally impact African Americans.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
theriolindanews.com | Andrew Rose
Maddy, Lincoln andKennedy Yaj, all Westside Elementary School students, were excited about thefestivities. RIO LINDA, CA (MPG) - TheEggstravaganza,put on by the Rio Linda Parks and Recreation Department,truly lived up to its name as some 150 youth scrambled(pun intended) tocollect their oval prizes hidden at Babe Best Park last Sunday afternoon. Young Easter egggatherers are ready to find their treasures.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Ben Smith |Andrew Rose |Ariel Leung |Nicola Russell
On Monday 11 March, the UK Export Control Joint Unit (the “ECJU”) amendments to its Export Control Order 2008 (the “2008 Order”) and Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 (the “Retained Dual-Use Regulation”), pursuant to the Export Control (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (the “Regulations”). The Regulations will come into force on 1 April 2024 and will amend Schedules 2 and 3 of the 2008 Order, as well as Annex I of the Retained Dual-Use Regulation.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
sanctionsnews.bakermckenzie.com | Andrew Rose |Adeel Haque |Ryan McGrath
As part of the EU’s 12th package of sanctions against Russia, adopted on 19 December 2023 (see our previous blog post here), the EU introduced a requirement under Article 12g of Regulation 822/2014 which requires EU exporters to include wording in certain goods contracts prohibiting the re-export of the goods to Russia and providing for “adequate remedies” in the event of a breach, in order to combat the circumvention of EU export bans and more specifically the situation where goods exported...
