Export controls
BIS renews export denial orders on four Russian airlines, citing 75 flights
Orders on Aeroflot, UTair, Azur Air and Ural list flights to Türkiye, Central Asia and the South Caucasus and bar any person from servicing items the airlines control.
ESGExplainer
Brazil, Chile and Mexico on ISSB standards: three timetables after Chile's delay
Chile's regulator moved first ISSB reports to 2028. Mexico's issuers filed in 2026, and Brazil requires reasonable assurance from its first mandatory year.
Sanctions
OFAC sanctions Kazakh, Turkish and UAE firms linked to Mahan Air in Iran airlines sweep
Treasury designated 27 Iranian airlines and nine intermediaries, including an Almaty sales agent, and FinCEN warned banks about aircraft moved through Central Asia.
SanctionsData
Sanctions and Enforcement Ledger: 1 to 16 October 2026
Every OFAC, UK and EU action since 1 October that named an emerging-market company, bank or vessel, from an Iraqi bank to Kyrgyz payment firms, with the notice linked.
CalendarBrief
The Week Ahead, 19 October: CBAM trilogue, OFAC deadlines, FATF plenary
The first trilogue on extending CBAM downstream, two OFAC wind-down deadlines, UN reviews and the FATF's October plenary, with the document behind each.
Editor's note
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ESGExplainer
What EU Omnibus I changes for emerging-market suppliers under CSRD and CSDDD
Directive (EU) 2026/470 limits CSRD to firms above 1,000 staff and EUR 450m turnover, and caps what large customers can demand of smaller suppliers.
