by Ryan D. Junck, Elizabeth Robertson, and Zahra Mashhood
This is Part II of a two-part post. This Part discusses practical ramifications of the UK’s new Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations. For Part I, discussing technical aspects of the regulations, click here.
The new Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regime is a further step by the UK on its path to forge its own post-Brexit sanctions policy. It mirrors the approach taken by its international partners, the US and Canada, both of which already have systems in place that impose sanctions on people and entities based on allegations of corruption. For example, under the new rules, the UK sanctioned current Guatemalan official Felipe Alejos Lorenzana on the same day the US did. Furthermore, a large number of the individuals on the UK’s list have already been sanctioned by the US.