Anti-Corruption Sanctions

What’s the issue?

The UK’s global anti-corruption sanctions regime allows the government to impose asset freezes and travel bans on those involved in certain kinds of corruption, namely bribery and misappropriation. They can be a powerful tool to hold to account those who commit serious corruption.

What does Spotlight on Corruption do?

In partnership with other civil society organisations we work to ensure the global anti-corruption sanctions regime, and other UK sanctions regimes that may target corrupt actors such as those imposed on Russia, are used to their full potential. 

This includes advocating for the government to:

• designate a wide-range of appropriate targets;
• implement sanctions effectively; and 
• actively enforce against sanctions breaches.   

By identifying potential loopholes and weaknesses in UK sanctions through our research and court monitoring programme we push the government to make sanctions as effective an anti-corruption tool as possible.