Regulators are pressuring retail compliance teams on supply chains, shifting sanctions and tariffs, sustainability, and digital commerce. Rising cyberattacks heighten data security concerns, while large retailers push legal and commercial requirements down their supply chains.
Sanctions
Posted inEurope
Compliance in the spotlight as tariffs, sanctions turn into geopolitical weapons
Navigating tariffs and sanctions is becoming a core part of compliance for many companies. As the U.S. and others use economic policies for political aims, compliance teams must adapt to this new geoeconomic trend.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Fraud, money laundering, and sanctions prompt global regulators to increase scrutiny of law firms
Legal firms face growing global regulatory pressure, requiring compliance managers to focus on integrated systems, identity verification, and staff training to prevent crime and penalties.
Posted inRisk Management
Risks for corporations doing business in Mexico have skyrocketed under Trump
The Trump administration’s designation of Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations in February has made doing business in Mexico riskier than ever before for corporations.
Posted inSanctions
Sanctions, tariffs, customs and sustainability create global headache for compliance in the $7.9T logistics sector
The global logistics and transport sector is vast and constantly growing – as is the host of regulations that apply to it. Compliance managers must consider everything from planning regulations to employment law and health and safety, to import duties and customs rules, and global sanctions.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
OFAC cracks down on Iran’s oil trade with new sanctions sweep
More than 50 people and 50 ships connected to a top Iranian official were added to the U.S. Treasury’s sanctions list on Wednesday, according to the Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Posted inSanctions
NY plastics manufacturer fined $6.8M for underpaying customs duties on imported Chinese resin
Recent enforcement actions by U.S. agencies overseeing customs payments and export control laws indicate increased scrutiny of business transactions between U.S. and Chinese companies.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Poor monitoring of sanctions compliance led to thousands of violations, $11.8M fine for brokerage firm
A brokerage and investment firm will pay $11.8 million for providing services to individuals under U.S. sanctions, as well as people located in countries sanctioned by the U.S.
Posted inRegulatory Enforcement
Harman Industries, despite self-reporting violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, fined $1.4M
A Connecticut-based audio electronics company will pay a $1.4 million fine for violating U.S. sanctions, after middle managers at a foreign distributor knowingly diverted the company’s products to Iran.
Posted inSanctions
OFAC fines logistics company Key Holding $609k for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba
A Delaware logistics company paid a $608,825 fine for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba, a breach that the company self-disclosed to the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
