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Sanctions Notice - Syria

21st December 2015
Council Regulation (EU) No 36/2012, as implemented in the Bailiwick by the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Guernsey) Ordinance, 2012; the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Alderney) Ordinance, 2012; and the Syria (Restrictive Measures) (Sark) Ordinance, 2012, has been amended by Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/2350. The Implementing Regulation is available here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu...

Sanctions Notice - Terrorism and Terrorist Financing

18th December 2015
HM Treasury has renewed the final designation in respect of two entities under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010. The entities concerned are therefore Designated Persons for the purposes of the Act. Further details are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/484249/TAFA_PFLP_GC_and_PFLP_notice_9.12.15.pdf HM Treasury has also revoked the...

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...

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...

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 - 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)...

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...