Sanctions are violent measures taken by a country or group of countries against persons, groups of persons, entities, or countries for a variety of reasons.
Sanctions can be divided into different types:
1. Financial sanctions: the aim is to prevent certain persons, entities, or countries from accessing the financial system and/or money.
2. Arms embargos: the aim is to stop the transfer of weapons and military equipment to conflict zones or regimes that are likely to use them for internal repression or aggression dual-use goods.
3. Entry ban: the purpose is to prevent certain persons from entering or transiting the territory of the country.
The objective of international sanctions is to maintain and restore peace, prevent conflicts, strengthen international security, support and strengthen democracy, respect the rule of law, human rights, and international law and pursue other objectives of the European Union’s common foreign security policy.
International sanction is a measure that is not related to the usage of armed forces and its implementation has been decided by European Union, United Nations, or a state government.
The aim of international Financial Sanctions is to prevent the subject of the sanctions fully or partially from using or disposing of funds and economic resources to the sanctions target, e.g.: granting a loan and credit or disbursing funds on the same basis as disbursement of deposits, dividends, interests income and of other such funds.
Screening for sanctions risk is a mandatory condition for regulated entities across all sectors and is a crucial step in the KYC process. Furthermore, penalties for breaching sanctions may be severe.
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