This 3-hour event is spread over two days with two sessions of 1.5 hours each. It is recommended that you attend for both sessions.

Registration Time: 09.15

Session Time: 09.30 - 11.00 
Speakers:  Mr Neville Aquilina, Dr Mariella Grech, Dr Alessia Carbone, Ms Gabrielle Caligari-Conti

Venue: Online Webinar

Participation Fees : Free 

The National Interest (Enabling Powers) Act (NIA) provides for the direct applicability of all UN, EU and National sanctions without the need of any further legislation. The Sanctions Monitoring Board is established by the said Act and is the national body responsible for ensuring the enforcement of sanctions by both Government and private sectors. It is incumbent on every person to be vigilant and abide by sanctions at all times. On that premise, Subject Persons have an added duty to have appropriate screening tools in place to ensure the constant monitoring of their client databases and adherence to applicable sanctions in accordance with article 17(6) of the NIA.

OBJECTIVE OF THE SESSION

The sessions are intended as outreach for Accountants and related professionals on sanctions obligations emanating from the NIA. It will delve into the obligations incumbent on subject persons in terms of screening and record keeping obligations, the grey areas of sanctions implementation and proliferation financing.  Representatives of the Sanctions Unit will be at hand to answer any questions one may have on sanctions implementation encountered in the course of one’s duty.

 AGENDA

Session 1:

• Sanctions opening remarks 
• Initiatives in the field of sanctions/ sanctions cases
• Screening obligations 
• Q&A 

Session 2:

• The Grey areas  of sanctions (ownership and control, sanctions regimes of other countries) 
• Proliferation  financing
• Q & A

Speakers' profileS

Mr Neville Aquilina: In his capacity as Chair, of the Sanctions Monitoring Board (SMB), Director General Neville Aquilina was at the forefront in the drafting of the new “Sanctions Law” that governs, among others, the scope of the SMB. Achievements in the field include the setting up of the Central Mediterranean Security Initiative, the Malta proposal at the IMO relating to Flag State Responsibilities in the Enforcement of UN Sanctions and efforts to promote public private partnerships with a view to secure the island as a leading jurisdiction in sanctions implementation and compliance.

Dr Mariella Grech is the Secretary of the Sanctions Monitoring Board. She has participated in various outreach events organised by the SMB and has assisted the setting up of the Join Economic Financial Sanctions Implementation Task Force (JEFSI). Dr Grech is a graduate in law.

Dr. Alessia Carbone joined the diplomatic corps in 2016. She was posted to the Permanent Representative of Malta to the European Union, where she was the RELEX Counsellor, the working group which deals with sanctions at the EU level.

Ms Gabrielle Caligari-Conti is a European law graduate. She joined the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs in 2019 as Manager within the Sanctions Unit and handles sanctions compliance and queries as part of her day-to-day duties.

EVENT CPE COMPETENCES

1.5 Hours Core per session

WEBINAR TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Terms and conditions apply

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