Financial Crime

The Commission has announced the appointment of Dr. Kirsty Hood QC to its panel of Senior Decision Makers.Senior Decision Makers are required to sit and hear those cases involving serious findings against a licensee and/or individual Directors where those findings are contested by the licensee. Where a case is proven, the Senior Decision Maker will determine what penalties should be imposed upon...

​Council Regulation (EU) No 267/2012, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012 and the Iran (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2012, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1375. The Implementing Regulation is available here: Commission Implementing...

This Notice is issued further to a previous Sanctions Notice issued in relation to the addition of two individuals to the list of persons associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267. Please be advised that corresponding changes have now been made to the list maintained by the European Union under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 by...

​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 ISIL & Al-Qaida; Libya; North Korea; and Terrorism and Terrorist Financing. ISIL (DA’ESH) AND AL-QAIDA NETWORK The United Nations Security Council has added two individuals (“the listed persons”) to the list of...

As part of the Commission's regularly scheduled server maintenance, both the Online Submissions Portal and PQ Portal will be unavailable on 30 July 2016. If you have any queries around accessing the Online Submissions Portal or the PQ Portal, please contact the Online Services Help Desk - [email protected]

ISIL (DA’ESH) AND AL-QAIDA NETWORK This Notice is issued further to a previous Sanctions Notice issued in relation to the removal of one individual from the list of persons associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267. Please be advised that a corresponding change has now been made to the list maintained by the European Union under...

The Commission today launches a consultation paper (please click here for a copy) on its proposals for increases in the 2017 licence fees paid by firms. The consultation period will close on Wednesday 31 August. An overall blended rate of increase of 2%, including anomalies, is proposed for 2017. Commission Chairman, Cees Schrauwers, said “ This will be the fifth year in succession where the...

​ESMA has today confirmed its positive advice to the EU Commission regarding the extension of the AIFMD passport to Guernsey ( click here). In its advice ESMA states “that there are no significant obstacles regarding investor protection, competition, market disruption and the monitoring of systemic risk impeding the application of the AIFMD passport to Guernsey.” Guernsey is one of just five...

​ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Network Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has deleted one individual from the list of persons associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and 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...