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Suspicious activity​ reports

  1. This Directive applies:
    1. where a member of the Honorary Police receives a disclosure pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999 (the "POCL"), or receives information from any person (“Person A”) of Person A’s knowledge, suspicion, reasonable grounds for suspecting or belief that another person (“Person B”) is engaged in money laundering or that any property constitutes or represents the proceeds of criminal conduct (Articles 32, 34A and 34D POCL); or
    2. where a member of the Honorary Police receives information from Person A of:
      1. Person A’s suspicion or belief that a financial service is being or is to be provided for the purposes of terrorism or the support of a terrorist entity pursuant to Article 18 of the Terrorism (Jersey) Law 2002 (the "TJL");
      2. Person A’s knowledge, suspicion, reasonable grounds for suspecting or belief that Person B has committed an offence under Article 15 TJL (use and possession etc of terrorist property) or Article 16 TJL (dealing with terrorist property) (Articles 19 and 21, TJL); or
      3. Person A’s knowledge, suspicion or reasonable grounds for suspecting that any property is or may be terrorist property (Articles 18 and 21 TJL).
  2. If a member of the Honorary Police does receive such disclosure or information, whether or not they are on duty at the time, the Honorary Police Officer must immediately take the following action:
    1. request Person A to make disclosure of the same information to the Joint Financial Crimes Unit at the States of Jersey Police Headquarters; and
    2. in addition, make an accurate note of the disclosure or receipt of information and provide a copy of that note to the Joint Financial Crimes Unit at Police Headquarters.
  3. The Honorary Police Officer is not permitted to disclose the information received as described above any further unless expressly permitted to do so by Articles 34 POCL or Articles 24 and 25 TJL.
  4. The terms used in these Directions which are in bold are defined in the POCL and TJL.
  5. If there are any queries about this Directive, Honorary Police Officers are asked to contact a Legal Adviser at the Law Officers’ Department in order to obtain further guidance.

Issued: 16 March 2017

Reviewed: 20 August 2025