The warning site of the Italian regulator Consob has not been available over the last 10 days without any reasons given. In a press release, Consob informed that it has ordered the blackout of n new nine websites that offer financial services/financial products illegally. Eight of them are illegal financial intermediation websites and one website through which an offer of financial products is carried out in the absence of a prospectus. Most of the scams the Consob ordered to be blacked-out we have already warned against.
Italian Consob has returned after the X-Mas break. The regulator made the last warnings and black-out orders on Dec 27 last year. On Jan 17, 2020, the regulator issued the order to black out the websites of five providers of illegal financial services bringing the total number of websites blacked out since July 2019 to 605. It would be desirable if, in 2020, other regulators were authorized by their legislators to issue such black-outs. This would be an important step in the fight against cybercrime and scams.