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Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has added one individual, Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla , to the list of individuals and entities subject to restrictive measures, including targeted financial sanctions, pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated...

The world’s circumstances have changed fundamentally with the arrival of COVID-19 which has become a major threat to global wellbeing and economic prosperity. The extraordinary measures taken by governments around the world in response to the threat posed by COVID-19, have inevitably and significantly altered any forward-looking statements and hence, in publishing its 2019 annual report today, the...

The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has released a guidance paper regarding COVID-19-related money laundering and terrorist financing risks, which can be accessed directly on the FATF website . This paper and other FATF guidance can be found within the FATF Guidance section of the Commission's Legislation and Guidance page.

Date of prohibition order, law under which made and prohibited functions: The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, as amended; from 4 May 2020 until 4 May 2024: the functions of director, controller, partner and manager in relation to a regulated activity carried on by or for a licensed fiduciary. The Protection of...

Date of prohibition order, law under which made and prohibited functions: The Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and Company Directors, etc (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000, as amended; from 4 May 2020 until 4 May 2026: the functions of director, controller, partner and manager in relation to a regulated activity carried on by or for a licensed fiduciary. The Protection of...

The Financial Services Commission (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 (the “Financial Services Commission Law”) The Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987 (the “POI Law”) The Insurance Managers and Insurance Intermediaries (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (the “IMII Law”) The Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 (the “Insurance Law”) The Regulation of Fiduciaries...

In response to operational adaptation that firms are undergoing as a result of restrictions imposed to tackle the spread of Covid-19, the Commission has decided to ease some of the timeframes in the Handbook rules. Specifically, those timeframes relating to the approval of business risk assessments and policies and procedures and for reviews of existing customers have been put back. The changes...

SANCTIONS NOTICE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has added Martin Koumtamadji to the list of individuals and entities subject to restrictive measures, including targeted financial sanctions, under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2399 (2018). Further details are available here: https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/sc14165.doc.htm Under...