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ARTICLE · 19 AUGUST 2024

USA Sanctions In The UAE

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What happens when the world's most powerful economy decides to blacklist your business or you personally as a security threat? Brace yourself for the harsh reality of the United States' sanctions list.

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Arthur Dedels
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What happens when the world's most powerful economy decides to blacklist your business or you personally as a security threat? Brace yourself for the harsh reality of the United States' sanctions list. It adds to the thrill that you will probably have no advance warning and will find out about your new status when all your bank accounts get blocked, unless you had a reason to suspect that you may be targeted. In our experience, most do not even understand why exactly they have been sanctioned as they do not realise that something they did could lead to this outcome.

This article provides an introduction to commonly occurring sanctions issues in the UAE. The UAE has a sanctions regime which consists of the following two main components:

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