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Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking
- Last revised:22 October 2025
Purpose of the Sanctions Regime
This sanctions regime aims to disrupt and deter organised immigration crime and people smuggling networks that facilitate irregular migration to the UK. The purposes of the regime are to prevent and combat:
- people smuggling
- trafficking in persons
- the instrumentalisation of migration for the purpose of destabilisation
Overview of sanctions measures
Current financial sanctions measures implemented in Jersey in relation to this regime include:
- asset freezes and restrictions on making funds, financial services, and economic resources available to and for the benefit of designated persons
- travel bans
- director disqualification sanctions
Latest News
22 October 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 Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking) (Jersey) Amendment Order 2025 (the Jersey Order) gives effect to The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 (the UK Regulations) in Jersey.
Article 3 of the Jersey Order applies the asset-freeze provisions in Part 3 of the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (the SAFL) to any person designated under the UK Regulations. These provisions 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:
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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
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it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect that the person:
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is a designated person, or
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has committed, is committing or intends to commit an offence under this Law, and
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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 multiple 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.
Legal Acts
Jersey
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Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019
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Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021
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Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking) (Jersey) Amendment Order 2025
United Kingdom
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Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons (Sanctions) Regulations 2025
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Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018
Further information
Government of Jersey:
Useful information about financial sanctions and the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons regime is provided on GOV.UK
Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking sanctions guidance
Financial Sanctions, Global irregular migration and trafficking in persons - GOV.UK
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