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​On 18 March 2002, the Zimbabwe (Export of Goods & Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2002, came into force. The equivalent Ordinances came into effect in Sark and Alderney on 3 April and 17 April 2002, respectively. The effect of the Ordinances is to impose restrictive measures, in particular the freezing of funds, financial assets and economic resources, belonging to those members of the...

​ The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2002 came into force on 14 August, 2002. These are a consolidation of earlier regulations but also contain additional references to terrorism following the enactment of the Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 and other anti-terrorism legislation. As such, the Guernsey Financial Services Commission's...

​22 August 2002 The Criminal Justice (Proceeds of Crime) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Regulations, 2002 came into force on 14 August, 2002. These are a consolidation of earlier regulations but also contain additional references to terrorism following the enactment of the Terrorism and Crime (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 and other anti-terrorism legislation. As such, the Guernsey Financial Services...

​ Business from Sensitive Sources Notice 4

​The Guernsey Financial Services Commission and Guernsey Police are aware that a number of businesses and individuals within Guernsey have received correspondence from fraudsters, offering large cash sums for a small outlay and a supposedly risk-free transaction in return for getting the money out of their country. This correspondence invariably purports to come from an official in a foreign...

Alert to all Bailiwick Residents - Cold Calling The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has recently investigated a number of cases where Bailiwick residents have received unsolicited telephone calls from staff of investment businesses that do not have their place of business in the Bailiwick. The practice, where a person makes an unsolicited call to a potential investor seeking to sell them...

​The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has recently investigated a number of cases where Bailiwick residents have received unsolicited telephone calls from staff of investment businesses that do not have their place of business in the Bailiwick. The practice, where a person makes an unsolicited call to a potential investor seeking to sell them investments during the course of that call, is...

​ Further to the Commission's notice of 28 February, you should be aware that on 18 March the Zimbabwe (Export of Goods & Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2002, came into force. The effect of the Ordinance is to impose restrictive measures, in particular the freezing of funds, financial assets and economic resources, belonging to those members of the Government of Zimbabwe and natural or...

​ The Bank of England issued a news release on 21 February 2002 regarding EC Regulation 310/2002 which relates to financial sanctions in respect of various members of the Government of Zimbabwe and persons associated with them. The news release is available via the below link: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110402/http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/boe_zim_210202.pdf Those named in...