TAG: Enforcement
Middle East braces for chaos as Iran and West square up
Western warplanes and guided missiles roared through the skies over Yemen in the early hours of Frid...
8 months ago
US presses Austria’s Raiffeisen to quit Russia
Washington is tightening the screws on the last remaining banks in Europe still doing business with Russia. The Treasury's top sanctions enforcement official, Acting Assistant Secretary Anna Morris, met in Vienna on Friday with Austrian officials and repr...
6 months ago
Revealed — the next Brexit headache on the Irish border
LONDON — In 2019, Boris Johnson promised his Brexit deal would do away with checks on the Northern Irish border. Five years later, the region is about to be whacked with yet another trade headache.The latest tension comes from net zero rules, with the U.K...
6 months ago
Europe’s banks retreat from Moscow, with the ECB at their heels
Europe's banks' retreat from Moscow is entering its final stage, but instead of having General Winter at their heels, they have the European Central Bank.The ECB is tightening the screws on the last significant banking presences in Russia. It's one elemen...
5 months ago
How dirty Russian money taught Latvia to get serious on sanctions
RIGA — When your most important ally swoops in and closes your third-largest bank while calling it a “money laundering institution,” it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work.That’s exactly what Latvia did when confronted by the U.S. Treasury Depa...
4 months ago
Nearly every EU country blows major climate plan deadline
BRUSSELS — Governments are dragging their feet on a required plan to make the European Union’s climate ambitions a reality, jeopardizing efforts to eradicate the bloc’s global warming contributions by mid-century. Only four of the 27 EU governments — the...
2 months ago
US eyes Iranian oil exports as threat of Israel attack grows
The U.S. State Department said it is eyeing measures to clamp down on Iran’s oil exports amid rising worries about Tehran’s vow to take revenge against Israel for the killing of a top Hamas leader.Despite the tightening of sanctions on the Islamic Republi...
2 months ago
Ursula von der Leyen has taken green enforcement behind closed doors
Ursula von der Leyen adopted a signature style for doing business in her first five years as president of the European Commission: Rely on a small team of trusted officials and informal talks if needed to get things done. Enforcing environmental law has b...
1 month ago