Ask Do freelance platforms have rules about working with clients who are in sanctioned countries?

[Brendan]

Freelance platforms take international sanctions seriously, and most of them follow the laws of the country where they are registered. This means they can block payments or restrict accounts if a client is from a country on a sanctions list. As a freelancer, you may not even know a client is from such a country until a transaction fails. Has anyone here run into payment issues because of a client's location and how did the platform handle it?