Practitioner's field guide
Fifteen years across banking compliance, internal audit, and US legal practice. The blog and tools I wish I'd had on day one.
Practical sanctions, BSA/AML, and trade finance tools for banks and fintechs — written by a US attorney and ACAMS-credentialed practitioner.
Practitioner-level analysis
Plain-English breakdowns of OFAC actions, BSA/AML developments, and trade finance risk — with the kind of opinions you don't get from law firm marketing blogs.
Free interactive tools
OFAC 50% rule helper, dual-use goods triager, BSA/AML program health check. Browser-based, no signup, no data sent to our servers.
Curated updates
Sanctions and GL updates from OFAC, OFSI, EU, and UN with practitioner commentary. Filterable timeline. RSS and email.
Latest
Recent posts
OFAC Voluntary Self-Disclosure vs. Mandatory Reports Under 31 CFR §§ 501.603 and 501.604
A practitioner's decision guide to the OFAC reporting requirements under §§ 501.603 and 501.604, the voluntary self-disclosure framework, and how the two tracks interact — with a quick-reference table, a two-track decision flow, and downloadable operational checklists.
Sanctionfy Is Back
After three years dormant, Sanctionfy is being rebuilt — this time as a practitioner-grade resource paired with free tools for sanctions, BSA/AML, and trade finance compliance work.
On the way
What's coming next
Sanctionfy is being rebuilt in public. Here's what's on the immediate roadmap.
OFAC 50% Rule Helper
An interactive tool for walking through aggregate ownership analysis. Inputs: shareholders and ownership percentages. Outputs: a structured reasoning trace and a downloadable memo.
US BIS Dual-Use Goods Helper
A clean searchable interface for the Commerce Control List and a triage workflow for trade finance teams. Modeled on the UK OGEL experience that the US BIS materials don't deliver.
From the archive
Earlier writing
Posts from before the Sanctionfy relaunch. Some content reflects rules and guidance that have since changed.
Sberbank Sanctions: How the U.S. and E.U. Targeted Russia's Largest Bank
How Switzerland and Japan are standing up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Understanding Administrative Sanctions: A Comprehensive Guide to Types and Consequences
Breaking Down the Dodd-Frank Act Rollback: What You Need to Know
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