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Germany's Central Office for Sanctions Enforcement appears in some ways to have hit stride since launching in January 2023, with the government recently disclosing that the new agency has more than 100 cases underway as compared to only eight last summer. In a written response to lawmakers, federal officials in Berlin also noted that the volume of reports the agency, also known as ZfS, has received on "potential or actual violations of sanctions regulations" from private companies, whistleblowers and other offices within the German government has also risen, from 65 as of July 2023 to 96 by the end of...