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As previously posted Malta's Sanctions Monitoring Board maintains a page or listing companies that have been subjected to a fine of greater than €800 for sanctions breaches.

Ganado Advocates co-organised a webinar, together with Ship Management International, entitled ‘Sanctions – Impact on Shipping│Malta Focus'.

On 23 June, the Ministry for Economy, Investment and Small Business launched the Trade Malta Export Response Scheme...

The Government of Malta has signed a Host Country Agreement with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to establish a new UNODC office in Malta.

Boards face a new reality where volatility is the baseline, not the exception. Trade measures, regulatory shifts, cyber threats and geopolitical instability now shape markets continuously, exposing weaknesses in traditional governance models that treat external risk as periodic review items rather than standing strategic inputs. High-performing boards are moving from reactive crisis response to disciplined, repeatable resilience governance that protects enterprise value and preserves strategic choice.

On 12th December 2023, the European Council and European Parliament have come to a provisional political agreement on the introduction of criminal offences and penalties for the violation of EU sanctions.

Economic operators play a vital role in ensuring that the sanctions regime is effective. Non-compliance with the sanctions regime by economic operators will dilute the effectiveness...

Economic operators play a vital role in ensuring that the sanctions regime is effective. Non-compliance with the sanctions regime by economic operators will dilute the effectiveness...

On the 14th November 2025, a substantially-revised National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act (‘NIA'. ‘the Act'), overhauling and modernising Malta's domestic sanctions regime in conformity with recently-enacted EU laws.

Far-reaching implications for importers, customs authorities, museums, art dealers, luxury goods sellers, and intellectual property rights holders are soon envisaged with the coming into force of EU Regulation 2019/880 on the introduction and import of cultural goods (hereinafter the "Regulation").

Resident agents must collect certain documents from international owners, particularly those outside the EU and UK who own or intend to own non-commercial or pleasure vessels of 24 meters or more. Similar requirements apply to owners based in jurisdictions listed on the EU Sanctions Map, unless the owner is a bank, financial institution, or publicly listed company.

On 24th February 2025, the European Union ("EU") introduced its 16th package of restrictive measures and sanctions against Russia (the "16th Package") through Council Regulation 2025/395...

International sanctions, also known as restrictive measures, are primarily issued by the United Nations Security Council and by the European Union but there are a number of other bodies that also issue such sanctions.

The EU's proposed new oil price cap on Russian exports has reignited a familiar tension between sanction enforcement and maritime competitiveness.

On the 18 December 2023, the European Union adopted its 12th sanctions package, which focussed inter alia on curbing down on the circumvention and evasion of the Russian Oil Price Cap.

On 29 September 2020, the First Hall Civil Court, presided by Mr. Justice Toni Abela, ruled in the case World Water Fisheries Limited – C24129 ("WWFL") vs Bank of Valletta plc.

The recent conflict in Ukraine has brought about quite the disruption in several industries, including due to the introduction and adoption of several sanctions which were imposed within a relatively short time span.