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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 email...

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 Implementing...

The Commission is delighted to announce that the States of Guernsey have appointed Mrs Wendy Dorey as a new Commissioner. The vacancy arose following the retirement of Mrs Susie Farnon, the Commission’s former Vice-Chairman. Mrs Dorey is a Director of the investment consultancy firm Dorey Financial Modelling. She has over 15 years’ experience within the financial services industry including as...

​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) (Alderney)...

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: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470500...

Date of prohibition order, law under which made and prohibited functions: The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 from 26 October 2015 until 25 October 2020: controller, partner, director and money laundering reporting officer in relation to controlled investment business carried on by an entity licensed under the Protection of Investors Law. The Banking Supervision...

Date of prohibition order, law under which made and prohibited functions: The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 from 26 October 2015 until 25 October 2020: controller, partner, director and money laundering reporting officer in relation to controlled investment business carried on by an entity licensed under the Protection of Investors Law. The Banking Supervision...