Financial Crime

​The Commission has been alerted by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau to a phishing attack on a U.K. financial institution whereby an email containing a JAR file attachment has been sent in order to socially engineer bank staff into unpacking the compressed file. The email states that it has come from the Office of Foreign Assets Control, part of the Department of the Treasury, with the email...

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 Afghanistan and the Al-Qaida Network. Afghanistan Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has amended the list of persons associated with the Taliban maintained under United Nations Security...

Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012, the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012 and the Belarus (Freezing of Funds) (Sark) Ordinance, 2012, has been amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/1948 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1949. The Regulation and the Implementing...

​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 Yemen, Zimbabwe and Ukraine. Yemen Council Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Yemen (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2014, the Yemen (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney)...

HM Treasury has renewed the final designation of three entities and one individual under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010. They therefore remain Designated Persons for the purposes of the Act. In addition, the listing details of the individual have been amended. Details of the entities are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/470500...

​This Notice is issued further to previous Sanctions Notices issued in relation to the removal of two individuals from the list of persons associated with Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, and the addition of eighteen individuals and two entities (“the listed persons”) to the list. Please be advised that corresponding changes have now been made to the list...

Council Regulation (EU) No 208/2014, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015, the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2015, and the Ukraine (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2015, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1777. The Implementing Regulation is available here: Council Implementing...

​Burundi (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015 The Burundi (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2015 has been made to give effect to Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1755 concerning restrictive measures in relation to Burundi. The effect of the Regulation is to freeze the funds and economic resources of listed persons, entities and bodies responsible for undermining democracy or...

Council Decision 2014/512/CFSP (EU) No 1352/2014, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Russian Federation (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance 2014, the Russian Federation (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance 2014 and the Russian Federation (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance 2014 has been amended by Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1764. The amending Decision is available here...