CONSOB, Italy's financial watchdog, blacklisted five more websites yesterday for providing unauthorised financial services. So far, the total number of illegal websites blocked has reached 850.

The five sites blacklisted by CONSOB are as follows:

A Flack Consulting, LLC (https://webtrader.aktrade.cc) website, https://arkcoin.live and related web page;

Shlack Consulting LLC (website https://tradegenics.co);

Florishing Group LLC (web site https://bstrade.world and related web page https://webtrader.bstrade.top);

Broker Capitals Ltd (web site https://brokercapcfd24.com and related web page https://platform2.brokercapcfd24.com);

"VirtuFinance" (web site www.virtufinance.come and related web page https://webtrader.virtufinance.com).

The regulator explained that blocking the sites could take several days due to technical reasons. Earlier this month CONSOB banned six websites for illegally providing financial services.