Italian CONSOB Blacks out Five New Unauthorized Financial Websites

The Italian financial watchdog CONSOB on Tuesday (October 10, 2023) announced the addition of another 5 websites offering financial services without the proper authorization to its blacklist, bringing the total number of websites blacked out to 950.

The 5 new websites blacklisted by CONSOB are as follows:

• "Global News" - (website https://globalnews.icu and related page https://webtrader.glblnwstrd.info);

• Cryptonoid Ltd - (website https://cryptonoid.co and related page https://account.cryptonoid.co);

• "Alphascrypto" - (website www.alphascrypto.com);

• "Afex Market" - (website www.afexmarket.com and related page https://client.afexmarket.com);

• "Tradeontop Limited" - (website https://tradeontop.com and related page https://platform.tradeontop.com).

The regulator explained that it can take several days for the black-out of these websites due to technical reasons.

Shortly before, CONSOB has blocked access to 5 financial websites​.