Name: Sanctions Compliance: Regulatory Expectations and Practical Controls
Start: 2026-05-14T14:00:00.000+01:00
End: 2026-05-14T17:00:00.000+01:00
Location: Online Event

The We Fight Fincrime Association delivers expert-led training designed to strengthen real-world financial crime defences through shared intelligence, lived experience, and cross-sector collaboration. 

Our programmes focus on practical capability, current threats, and the skills professionals need.

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Sanctions compliance remains a rapidly evolving and high-risk area for UK-regulated financial services firms, with significant legal, regulatory, and reputational consequences for failure. This interactive, workshop-led course is designed for senior compliance and financial crime professionals who are responsible for overseeing sanctions risk and advising Boards and senior management on exposure across customers, transactions, and third-party relationships.

The course provides a practical overview of UK and key international sanctions regimes and examines how targeted financial sanctions, trade-based restrictions, and country-wide measures impact financial services activity. It focuses on how to design, operate, and evidence a proportionate, risk-based sanctions compliance framework, covering governance, risk assessment, screening, escalation, and regulatory reporting.

Strong emphasis is placed on evidencing judgement, senior oversight, and control effectiveness. Participants will leave with the insight and tools needed to develop or enhance a clear, defensible sanctions compliance approach aligned with current regulatory expectations.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

This workshop is designed for professionals with responsibility for sanctions and financial crime oversight, including:

The course is particularly relevant for UK-regulated firms seeking to strengthen sanctions controls, respond to evolving geopolitical risk, and demonstrate robust, regulator-ready oversight.