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​The Commission has arranged two drop in sessions for licensees during November.  Each session will provide licensees with the opportunity to meet the online services team and ask any questions which they may have.    The focus of the sessions will be on registration and permission setting however licensees will be able to meet the online services team on a one to one basis and discuss any…

​On 16 November 2015 the Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman's office opened. More information on the Channel Islands Financial Ombudsman can be found here.      

Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has deleted two individuals from the list of persons associated with Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267.  All persons on the list are subject to restrictive measures which include targeted financial sanctions.  Further details are available here: http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12118.doc.htm The…

​The Commission has been alerted by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to a phishing attack on a U.K. financial institution whereby an email containing a JAR file attachment has been sent in order to socially engineer bank staff into unpacking the compressed file. The email states that it has come from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the Department of the Treasury, with the…

Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick's sanctions regime, which are set out below.  These developments concern sanctions relating to Afghanistan and the Al-Qaida Network. Afghanistan Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has amended the list of persons associated with the Taliban maintained under United Nations Security…

Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012 and the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Sark) Ordinance, 2012, has been amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/1948 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1949.  The Regulation and the…

​Please be advised that there have been a number of developments in relation to the Bailiwick's sanctions regime, which are set out below.  These developments concern sanctions relating to Yemen, Zimbabwe and Ukraine.   Yemen Council Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Yemen (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the Yemen (Restrictive Measures)…

HM Treasury has renewed the final designation of three entities and one individual under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010. They therefore remain Designated Persons for the purposes of the Act. In addition, the listing details of the individual have been amended. Details of the entities are available here…

​This Notice is issued further to previous Sanctions Notices issued in relation to the removal of two individuals from the list of persons associated with Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, and the addition of eighteen individuals and two entities (“the listed persons”) to the list.  Please be advised that corresponding changes have now been made to…

​Burundi (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015 The Burundi (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015 has been made to give effect to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in relation to Burundi. The effect of the Regulation is to freeze the funds and economic resources of listed persons, entities and bodies responsible for undermining democracy or…