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Please be advised that the following persons/entities: Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID Artyom Sergeevich Kureyev 16988 RUS2915 Anna Sergeevna Zamaraeva 16989 RUS2916 Victor Aleksandrovich Lukovenko 16990 RUS2917 African Initiative 16987 RUS2914 have been designated under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations). The persons/entities referred to above appears on the UK’s...

Please be advised that the details of the following entries have been corrected on the consolidated list : Name OFSI Group ID Unique ID Main Centre for Special Technologies (GTsST) ('SANDWORM') 13911 CYB0009 85th Main Special Service Centre (GTsSS) 13984 CYB0012 All are designated under the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations) and are still subject to an asset freeze...

Please be advised that the Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti have approved the addition of the following entries to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by the Security Council and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations: Gran GRIF (HTe.001) Viv ANSANM (HTe.002) The United Nations Security...

Please be advised that the following individuals/entities have been designated under the Chemical Weapons (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK Regulations): Name: Unique ID OFSI ID Aleksey Viktorovich Rtishchev CHW0030 16977 Andrei Marchenko CHW0031 16978 Joint Stock Company Federal Scientific and Production Centre Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry CHW0032 16979 The UK...

The Commission maintains a panel of ‘Senior Decision Makers’ who determine the outcome of the Commission’s enforcement cases. A Senior Decision Maker, sitting alone, hears those cases involving findings of serious regulatory shortcomings against a licensee and/or individual directors and where those findings are contested. As part of the process, Senior Decision Makers are also required to...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has become aware of a fake news article purporting to be from the Guernsey Press that is circulating on social media which promotes investment opportunities for Guernsey residents with FortuixAgent. The article includes the Guernsey Financial Services Commission’s logo in a spurious account statement. The purpose of this notice is to advise that...

In late September, the Commission will be hosting a series of sector specific presentations regarding the findings from the Bailiwick of Guernsey’s MONEYVAL evaluation and what it means for firms. All sessions are being held at the Commission’s offices at Regency Court, Glategny Esplanade, St Peter Port. The sessions are not being recorded and are not available for viewing online, however the...

The Commission has today issued an amendment to the country list in Appendix I of the Handbook on Countering Financial Crime (AML/CFT/CPF) (the “Handbook”) reflecting the Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”)’s updated list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring, which added Bolivia and the British Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands have been added to Appendix I whereas Bolivia was...

Please be advised that details in respect of the following individuals/entity, which have been designated under The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 , have been amended: Anatoliy Moiseevich CHERNER (Unique ID: RUS1907) Yegor Yurievch KARASEV (Unique ID: RUS2745) THE MAIN DIRECTORATE OF DEEP-SEA RESEARCH OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (Unique ID: RUS2743) The...