Articles from 2024

Please be advised that the details have been amended in respect of Muhammad Fadl Abd AL-NABI (Group ID: 16349) who has been designated under the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No.2) Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations). The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Regimes) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Brexit) Regulations, 2020 that have been made...

Last week, more than 500 members of the financial services industry attended an update on the National Strategy and National Risk Assessment (NRA). The Bailiwick’s AML/CFT authorities once again came together to present on how the updated National Risk Assessment, or NRA2, demonstrates our understanding of the Bailiwick’s money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing threats...

Please be advised that the following individuals have been designated under the Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (No.2) Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations); Mohamed Nasser AL-ATIFI (Group ID: 16346) Muhammad Fadl Abd AL-NABI (Group ID: 16349) Muhammad Ali AL-QADARI (Group ID: 16348) Muhammad Ahmad AL-TALIBI (Group ID: 16347) The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under the Sanctions...

Please be advised that a correction has been made in respect of the following person who has been designated under the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations); Ahmed Sharif Abdallah ODEH (Group ID: 16342) The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Regimes) (Bailiwick of Guernsey) (Brexit)...

The Commission invites firms and individuals to sign up to receive its new newsletter, The Leopard, which will provide a digest of recent news and updates, share upcoming events, and help to keep firms and individuals up-to-date with Commission priorities. The newsletter will complement rather than replace the RSS (or Really Simple Syndication) feeds, which are available to subscribe to on the...

Please be advised that Aleksandr Gennadievich ERMAKOV (Group ID: 16345) has been designated under the Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations) and is now subject to an asset freeze. The individual referred to above appears on the consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick under the Sanctions (Implementation of UK...

Please be advised that the following persons - Jamil Yusuf Ahmad Aliyan (Group ID: 16341) Hassan Al-Wardian (Group ID: 16339) Ismail Barhoum (Group ID: 16340) Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh (Group ID: 16342) Zuheir Shamlakh (Group ID: 16343) Al Mutahadun For Exchange (Group ID: 16344) have been designated under the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK...

The administrators of GBG Insurance Limited have announced that they have reached an agreement which has secured a buyer for parts of Global Benefits Group’s international education insurance businesses and its administration platform. The acquisition of these assets will allow for continuity of service and benefits for a number of GBG Insurance Limited’s customers. Policyholders are encouraged to...

The Commission welcomes this judgment from the Guernsey Court of Appeal which affirms the Commission’s processes were applied properly in this matter (§ 71, § 190) and our important role in combatting financial crime in the jurisdiction (§ 67). In determining that the decision of the Royal Court could not stand (§ 193), we were obviously pleased that the Court of Appeal found in our favour in...