CNAS-CIN Free Virtual Workshops

The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in partnership with the Compliance Institute, Nigeria (CIN) will be delivering three webinar workshops on economic sanctions.

The three webinars are:

• Session 1: Sanctions implementation update. This session would provide an overview of significant developments on sanctions since August 2019, including (a) new sanctions developments; (b) new trends in sanctions evasion (e.g., trends drawn from United Nations Panel of Experts Reports); and (c) compliance “best practices.” This session would consist of a webinar presentation using PowerPoint slides delivered by 3 presenters and would also include time for Q&A.
  • Date: September 11, 2020
  • Time: 2 p.m – 3:30 p.m (WAT)
  • Registration Link: https://cnas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u6XTdYI_TV2nzt_ZETOp6g

• Session 2: Panel discussion on cryptocurrency. This session would consist of a panel discussion by several international cryptocurrency experts discussing trends in the use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions and compliance best practices for companies involved in cryptocurrency.
  • Date: September 18, 2020
  • Time: 2 p.m – 3:30 p.m (WAT)
  • Registration Link: https://cnas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JLqfiLF9R4CQiPeWTqHmVA

• Session 3: Workshop on challenges in sanctions compliance. This session would consist of a 50-minute panel of experts from law firms and banks discussing specific challenges that they are seeing in sanctions compliance. The panel discussion would be followed by a 30-minute virtual breakout session where attendees could raise specific challenges that they are facing. There would then be a final review and closing remarks for 10 minutes.
  • Date: September 25, 2020
  • Time: 2 p.m – 3:30 p.m (WAT)
  • Registration Link: https://cnas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_spkxaJamT5S0QDo_FAn_lw