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The Commission will host its next Digital Forum roundtable on Tuesday 12 May at 9.30am, focusing on stablecoins. The event will take place at the Commission’s Regency Court offices and is open to representatives of the Bailiwick’s financial services sector and other stakeholders with expertise or interest in this topic. The roundtable will explore the role of stablecoins within the evolving...

Please be advised that the following entry has been corrected on the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations): BSQUARE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD. (Unique ID: GHR0183) The entity above remains subject to an Asset Freeze and Director Disqualification Sanction, and appears on the UK sanctions list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect within the Bailiwick...

Please be advised that the Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolution 1988 concerning the Taliban have enacted amendments to the entries specified below on its Sanctions List: Khalil Ahmed HAQQANI (TAi.150) Abdul Rauf ZAKIR (TAi.164) HAJI KHAIRULLAH HAJI SATTAR MONEY EXCHANGE (TAe.010) The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List has been updated and is accessible here. The changes...

Please be advised that the following entry has been amended on the Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020 (the UK regulations) and is still subject to an asset freeze and director disqualification: TIAN XU INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLC (Unique ID: GHR0182) The entity referred to above appears on the consolidated list, which can be found here . The UK regulations are given effect within the...

Please be advised that the Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolution 1988 concerning the Taliban have enacted amendments to the entries specified below on its Sanctions List: Mohammad Hassan AKHUND (TAi.002) Abdul Ghani Baradar ABDUL AHMAD TURK (TAi.024) Amir Khan MOTAQI (TAi.026) Gul Agha ISHAKZAI (TAi.147) The United Nations Security Council Consolidated List has been updated and is...

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission has become aware of fake documents that have been issued in the Commission’s name and used in support of an advance fee fraud scheme. The fake documents are titled “Financial Regulatory Due Diligence / Financial Provenance Clearance”. The fraud scheme involves a fake law firm using the name Flaven Law Chambers and a fake bank using the name ApexKrest Bank...

Please be advised that the Security Council Committee pursuant to Resolution 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida have approved the addition of the following entry to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by the Security Council and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations: Hamidah NABAGALA...

Please be advised that the following individuals have been designated under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK regulations) and are now subject to an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo: SAMI JASIM MUHAMMAD JAATA AL-JABURI (AQD0389) ABD EL HAMID SALIM IBRAHIM BRUKAN AL-KHATOUNI (AQD0390) The individuals referred to above appear on the...

The Commission notes that the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment relating to the Commission’s powers to issue a public statement. The Court of Appeal allowed the Commission’s appeal on five of the six grounds advanced. The Court of Appeal set aside the Royal Court’s judgment and reinstated the Senior Decision Maker’s decision to issue the public statement in the terms originally proposed.