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Unmasking the Cyprus Connection: The trade1.payments.shop Shadow Rail

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Despite widespread regulatory warnings across the EU, offshore brokers are still seamlessly processing retail deposits using stealth payment architecture....

Cyprus-Supervised Card Infrastructure Identified in EU-Facing Offshore Broker Deposits Despite Multiple Regulatory Warnings

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A February 2026 compliance review confirms that offshore brokers PU Prime, Vantage Markets, and RoboForex continue onboarding EU retail clients and processing card deposits despite repeated regulatory warnings across the EU. Technical analysis of the payment flows identifies Cyprus-supervised payment infrastructure facilitating these transactions, raising supervisory questions under PSD2 and AMLD frameworks.

Italian Consob Orders Black-Out Of 7 Illegal Financial Websites

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On 2 February 2023, Italian regulator Consob announced that it ordered five abusive financial websites to black out. The total number of black-out orders increase to 833. Consob has been authorized by the so-called “Growth Decree” to order ISPs to inhibit access from Italy to illegal financial websites. The black-out by Italian Internet service providers is ongoing, but it can take several days for the black-out to come into effect. Below are the websites Consob has ordered to be blacked out: