Operational taskforce instructions (FOI)Operational taskforce instructions (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
04 October 2024.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
In a "Statement on Ukraine" made on 1 March 2022, Senator Ian Gorst said:
“I have instructed officials and agencies to establish an operational taskforce to ensure that all relevant agencies, including the Jersey Financial Services Commission and Financial Intelligence Unit of the States of Jersey Police, are coordinated in actively identifying and investigating relevant Russian assets in Jersey.”
Statement on Ukraine (gov.je)
Please provide a copy of the instructions referred to.
Response
The instruction referred to in the "Statement on Ukraine" made on 1 March 2022 was a verbal direction given to officers. The Government of Jersey does not hold a written copy of the instruction and does not therefore hold the requested information. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
Article applied
Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.
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