Global Anti-Corruption

Purpose of the Sanctions Regime

This sanctions regime puts in place sanctions measures to prevent and combat serious corruption. It replaces and builds upon a previous regime concerning misappropriation of State funds from any country outside the UK.

Overview of sanctions measures

Current sanction measures implemented by Jersey in relation to the Global Anti-Corruption sanctions regime include:

• assets freezing
• prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available for the benefits of designated person, directly or indirectly
• travel ban
• director disqualification sanctions

Latest news

18 June 2025

The UK Sanctions List has been updated. All current asset-freezing sanctions designations effective in Jersey are available on the OFSI Consolidated List of financial sanctions targets. Further information can be found on Jersey Gazette.

*All published Latest News notices relating to financial sanctions, including those extending beyond the last 30 days, may be obtained from the Jersey Gazette

Jersey Regime

The Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the Jersey Order) implements the UK Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 ( the UK Regulations).

For the purposes of the UK Regulations, corruption means:

• bribery; or
• misappropriation of property.

Article 3 of the Jersey Order imposes the asset-freeze provisions in Part 3 of the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (the SAFL) on any person listed by or under the UK Regulations. The Part 3 provisions also include, but are not limited to, Articles 15-17 of the SAFL on exceptions, licences, and circumventing prohibitions etc.

Offences

The offences for this regime are set out in both the SAFL and the Jersey Order.

Reporting obligations

Reporting obligations are set out at Article 32 of the SAFL and apply to all regimes in force. These obligations include requirements for a relevant financial institution to inform the Minister if:

• it holds an account of a person, has entered into dealings or an agreement with a person or has been approached by or on behalf of a person, and
• it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the person:
  • is a designated person, or;
  • has committed, is committing or intends to commit an offence under this Law, and  
• the information or other matter on which the knowledge or reasonable cause for suspicion is based came to it in the course of carrying on its business.

Licences and exceptions

A Jersey General Licence, granted by the Minister, allows multiply parties to conduct specified activities that would otherwise be restricted by sanctions measures. Supervised persons must ensure that their activities are within the scope of the General Licence's terms and that they adhere to all its conditions.

The Minister may also grant a specific licence under the SAFL and/or the Jersey Order.

To apply for a specific sanctions licence a supervised person must complete the relevant Sanctions form and return the completed form to [email protected].

The FSIU provides guidance on sanctions licences and exceptions  on the Government of Jersey website Sanctions.

Legal acts

Jersey

• Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019
• Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021

United Kingdom

• The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021

Further information

Global Anti-Corruption sanctions guidance 

Financial Sanctions, Global Anti-Corruption - GOV.UK