# Bogus blacklist not published by ICC<\/p>\n
The International Chamber of Commerce’s Commercial Crime Services division has issued a warning after discovering several fraudulent blacklists circulating among shipping companies and trading firms. ICC-CCS clarified that these documents do not originate from the organization or any of its subsidiaries, and urged the maritime community to disregard them.<\/p>\n
The emergence of counterfeit blacklists represents a growing concern within maritime security operations, where legitimate vessel and company screening mechanisms are critical to preventing fraud, sanctions violations, and illicit trade. Fraudulent lists attempting to impersonate official ICC-CCS guidance could deceive companies into making incorrect business decisions or inadvertently blocking legitimate trading partners. The ICC-CCS maintains recognized databases and advisory services that the industry relies upon for due diligence and compliance verification. Counterfeits undermine confidence in authentic risk assessment tools and divert attention from genuine threats.<\/p>\n
The incident highlights the need for maritime firms to verify all blacklist and warning notifications directly through official ICC channels before taking action. Companies should cross-reference any suspicious documentation against authenticated ICC-CCS publications and contact the organization directly if authenticity is in question. As cyber-fraud tactics become increasingly sophisticated, maritime operators must remain vigilant about document verification procedures and establish clear protocols for validating information from purported industry authorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A number of fictitious \u2018blacklists\u2019, recently circulated to several trading companies, do not originate from ICC Commercial Crime Services (ICC-CCS) or any of its divisions. ICC-CCS have become aware of several such \u2018blacklists\u2019 in circulation, featuring the contact details of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/icc-ccs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Blacklist2.png","fifu_image_alt":"Bogus blacklist not published by ICC","footnotes":""},"categories":[9007],"tags":[9008,9050],"class_list":["post-49538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritime-security","tag-breaking-news","tag-icc-imb-piracy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50737,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49538\/revisions\/50737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maritimehub.co.uk\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}