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title: OFSI Publishes Legal Services Sector Threat Assessment
description: The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published a legal services threat assessment.
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# [OFSI Publishes Legal Services Sector Threat Assessment](https://www.plenitudeconsulting.com/news-insights/ofsi-publishes-legal-services-sector-threat-assessment)

 Written by [Insight & Partnership Team](https://www.plenitudeconsulting.com/news-insights/author/insight-partnership-team) | Apr 11, 2025 1:17:02 PM

 

The assessment provides information on suspected sanctions breaches and aims to assist stakeholders in their risk-based approach to compliance.

Key takeaways include:

➡️ Since February 2022 the legal services sector has submitted the second highest number of suspected breach reports;

➡️ It is highly likely that trust and company service providers (TCSPs) have not disclosed all suspected breaches to OFSI; and

➡️ It is almost certain that Russian designated persons (DPs) are using complex corporate structures to obfuscate ownership and control of assets that could be frozen under UK financial sanctions.

✅ Legal services firms should embed the assessment’s findings into their sanctions risk assessments and due diligence procedures to ensure compliance amid an increasingly complex and evolving threat landscape.

 

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