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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...

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)...

​ Yesterday an update was rolled out to the Online Submissions Portal to add new forms and improve functionality. The new forms that have been added and are now available to submit online are: 100. Generic Upload 131. Insurance Intermediary Annual Return 201a. Change to Designated Person (Part 1) 201b. Change to Designated Person (Part 2) 203. Change of Name (Registered) 204. Change of Year End or...

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...

​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...

The Commission is delighted to announce that the States of Guernsey have appointed Mrs Wendy Dorey as a new Commissioner. The vacancy arose following the retirement of Mrs Susie Farnon, the Commission’s former Vice-Chairman. Mrs Dorey is a Director of the investment consultancy firm Dorey Financial Modelling. She has over 15 years’ experience within the financial services industry including as...

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)...