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Italien Consob Orders Block-Out Of Five Abusive Financial Websites

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On 20 March 2023, Italian regulator Consob announced that it ordered five abusive financial websites to be blacked out. The total number of black-out orders increase to 855. The Italian financial watchdog has the authority to order ISPs to inhibit access from Italy to illegal financial websites. So far, the Italian regulator is, unfortunately, the only one in Europe with this authority. Below are the websites Consob has ordered to be blacked out:

The number of sites blacked out since July 2019, when Consob got the power to order the black-out of websites of fraudulent financial intermediaries, has thus risen to 855.