Articles from 2025

The Commission today launches a consultation paper on proposals for an overall increase in fees paid by regulated entities. The consultation period will close on 8 October 2025. The Commission is consulting on an overall increase in fees of 3.9%, which is in line with inflation. Other proposals which are outlined in the consultation paper are: rebasing of Private Investment Fund fees aimed at...

The Commission has today updated the Handbook on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing (the “Handbook”) to include Malta in the Appendix C list of equivalent jurisdictions. Appendix C to the Handbook lists those countries or territories which the Commission considers require businesses to have in place measures consistent with the FATF Recommendations and where such businesses are...

Please be advised that the Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida have amended the following individuals subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2734 (2024): Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr TANTOUSH (QDi.057) Al-Azhar Ben Khalifa Ben Ahmed ROUINE...

The Commission has amended the public Guidance on Private Trust Companies (PTCs) to reflect the revised position that PTCs fall within the scope of The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020 (the Law) and should either apply for a licence under section 6 of the Law or permission granted under section 3(1)(ac) of the Law. This...

Please be advised that the following persons/entities: Valery MAIOROV (OFSI ID: 17090) Nataliya Vitaliyivna TYSHCHENKO (OFSI ID: 17088) Zamid Alievich CHALAYEV (OFSI ID: 17091) Aymani Nesievna KADYROVA (OFSI ID: 17094) Leyla Rinatovna FAZLEEVA (OFSI ID: 17087) Rinat Nailevich SADYKOV (OFSI ID: 17089) Aleksandr GUROV (OFSI ID: 17092) Anastasia Pavlovna AKKURATOVA (OFSI ID: 17095) All-Russian public...

Please be advised that the details of the following entries have been amended on the consolidated list: Andrei MARCHENKO (Unique ID: CHW0031) The above person is designated under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations) and is still subject to an asset freeze. The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under the Sanctions (Implementation of UK...

Please be advised that the following individuals/entities have been designated under the Iran (Sanctions) Regulations 2023 (the UK regulations) : Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID HOSSEIN SHAMKHANI 17041 IRN0249 PETROCHEMICAL COMMERCIAL COMPANY 17042 IRN0250 OCEAN LEONID INVESTMENTS 17043 IRN0251 MILAVOUS GROUP 17044 IRN0252 ADMIRAL GROUP SHIPPING 17045 IRN0253 The UK regulations are given effect...

Please be advised that the following individuals/entities have been designated under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations): Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID GRINEX LLC 17070 RUS2983 CJSC TENGRICOIN 17071 RUS2984 OLD VECTOR LLC 17072 RUS2985 OJSC CAPITAL BANK OF CENTRAL ASIA 17073 RUS2987 Leonid SHUMAKOV 17074 RUS2988 Zhanyshbek Uulu NAZARBEK 17075 RUS2989 Kantemir...

Please be advised that the following person, previously designated under the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations), has been removed from the consolidated list and is no longer subject to an asset freeze : Alex Kande MUPOMPA (Group ID: 13461) The consolidated list has been updated and can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect...