2025 brought constant change in the worlds of global sanctions, enforcement, risk and compliance.
A status-quo-defying U.S. administration took office. New conflicts erupted, while existing ones ground on. Transformative policies were announced … and suspended. And transnational criminal networks operating at enormous scale were exposed.
Numbers offer one way to make sense of it all.
As the year’s end approached, Kharon’s research team identified seven data points that captured its most significant shifts and moments—from Russia sanctions to export controls to the Iran snapback.
A status-quo-defying U.S. administration took office. New conflicts erupted, while existing ones ground on. Transformative policies were announced … and suspended. And transnational criminal networks operating at enormous scale were exposed.
Numbers offer one way to make sense of it all.
As the year’s end approached, Kharon’s research team identified seven data points that captured its most significant shifts and moments—from Russia sanctions to export controls to the Iran snapback.














