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Why Clarity

Clarity Compliance Consulting is a boutique sanctions advisory firm that pairs industry expertise with deep Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) experience. Founded by the former Head of OFAC’s Compliance Division and the agency’s lead expert on shipping, energy, and insurance, Clarity helps companies resolve their most urgent and sensitive sanctions issues.

With Clarity, clients work directly with the people who wrote today’s sanctions rules. We understand what OFAC is really looking for in targeting and civil enforcement investigations, and we give our clients practical, tailored advice that reflects how the agency actually works.

Your Challenges

Geopolitical shifts and sanctions divergence

Companies that once thought of themselves as “low sanctions risk” can quickly find themselves in trouble due to shifting policy winds, and sanctions regimes that seemed intractable (Syria, Venezuela, Iran, Russia) may be waived or revoked due to geopolitical changes. Some sanctions regimes have diverged among jurisdictions, creating compliance friction and conflicts of law.

OFAC enforcement focus on new industries & ten-year statute of limitations

OFAC has now imposed penalties on private equity, broker dealers, venture capital, international freight forwarders, crypto, and real estate companies. OFAC has ten years to conduct civil enforcement investigations, heightening the risks for companies that uncover apparent violations.

Drug cartels now classified as terrorists

Companies with operations or supply chains in Latin America are now exposed to additional civil and criminal risk and must make challenging decisions regarding local subsidiaries, counterparties, suppliers, and ports.

Intense pressure on shipping and energy

OFAC blocked nearly 500 vessels in 2025, and the EU and UK aggressively targeted the shadow fleet network. Maritime shipping companies, commodities traders, and insurers/reinsurers will be exposed to complex and changing sanctions risks in 2026.

What are my biggest sanctions risks?

Clarity offers two tiers of assessment. Our OFAC Stress Test is a focused, rapid evaluation of yourmost critical exposures and your readiness to respond if OFAC came knocking today. For companies that want a more comprehensive view, our full Risk Assessment evaluates sanctions risks across business lines, jurisdictions, transactions, supply chains, and counterparties.

How can my business prepare for sanctions changes?

Sanctions don't emerge without warning, but acting on early signals requires knowing how OFAC actually designs and sequences new programs. Clarity advises law firms, corporations, hedge funds, and investors on what the sanctions landscape looks like before it shifts, including war-gaming potential new regimes, stress-testing portfolios and positions against plausible scenarios, and providing ongoing horizon scanning so clients aren't caught flat-footed when policy moves. Other advisory firms can tell you what might happen in geopolitics. Clarity tells you what OFAC will do about it.

Does my sanctions compliance program have gaps?

Sanctions regulations change faster than most compliance programs can keep up with. Clarity identifies the gaps between where your program is and where OFAC expects it to be; not in theory but based on direct experience with what OFAC actually scrutinizes. We then help clients close those gaps in a way that is practical for their business, not just defensible to regulators.

What if I discover a potential sanctions issue?

When a matter is escalating, whether triggered by an internal finding, negative media, or a regulator's request, you want people who know OFAC's enforcement process on your side. Clarity's founders know how OFAC values apparent violations, what remediation it expects to see, and how to present your case most effectively. We have led large-scale remediation efforts at international financial institutions and know what OFAC is looking for.

How do I leverage AI for sanctions compliance?

Clarity supports technology and engineering teams in the development of new AI products for the sanctions compliance market including building, stress-testing, and evaluating AI-powered compliance tools. We help design workflows that augment human judgment rather than replace it and advise on how to make AI-driven outputs accurate, defensible, and regulator-ready.

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