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Sanctions Notice - Al-Qaida Network

7th December 2015
This Notice is issued further to previous Sanctions Notices issued in relation to the removal of four individuals from the list of persons associated with Al-Qaida maintained under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267, the addition of one individual (“the listed person”) to the list and the updating of information in respect of another individual. Please be advised that corresponding...

Sanctions Notices - Al-Qaida Network and Iran

3rd December 2015
​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 the Al-Qaida Network and Iran. AL-QAIDA NETWORK Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has added one individual (“the listed person”) to the list of persons associated with Al-Qaida maintained...

Guidance Note on Training and Competency Schemes

26th November 2015
​From the 1 January 2016 all Financial Advisers holding an acceptable level 4 qualification will be required to obtain a Statement of Professional Standing from an accredited body. The Commission has updated its Guidance Note on Training and Competency Schemes to provide further information regarding the Statement of Professional Standing, including from whom it can be obtained and relevant...

Use of Technology in the Due Diligence Process

25th November 2015
​The Commission has issued annexes to the Handbooks for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses on Countering Financial Crime and Terrorist Financing ("the Handbooks") on the use of technology in the customer due diligence process. The changes which have been made to the rules and guidance in the Handbooks provide for the use of technologies such as digital signatures and...

Sanctions Notice - Afghanistan and Somalia

19th November 2015
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 Somalia. AFGHANISTAN Council Regulation (EU) No 753/2011, as implemented by the Afghanistan (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2011, the Afghanistan (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney)...

Instruction No. 04/2015 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses

19th November 2015
The Commission is today issuing Instruction Number 04/2015 for Financial Services Businesses and Prescribed Businesses replacing Instruction No. 03/2015 issued on 16 July 2015. Ecuador and Sudan have been removed from the list of countries and jurisdictions subject to the Instruction. In addition, Algeria and Iraq have now been added to Part B of the Instruction which lists countries and...

Sanctions Notice - Al-Qaida Network

16th November 2015
Please be advised that the United Nations Security Council has deleted two individuals from the list of persons associated with 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://www.un.org/press/en/2015/sc12118.doc.htm The...

Phishing Email Alert

6th November 2015
​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...

Sanctions Notice - Afghanistan and Al-Qaida Network

5th November 2015
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...