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The UK’s HMRC has released enforcement statistics for 2025 and the first part of 2026 in a “Technical Note”:
- 22 criminal investigations with three charges and two (at the time of the release of the Note) pending trial;
- 58 seizures of sanctioned goods
- 1 compound penalty of £1,160,725.67 (see our previous post);
- 29 self-disclosures, with these being resolved as follows:
- 18 warning letters;
- 7 no further action letters;
- 1 compound penalty;
- 3 cases remain unresolved.
By way of cooperation with the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation, there were 44 referrals to HMRC in 2025/2026, with 10 resulting in no further action, 13 relating to already-ongoing investigations; and 21 still under review.
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