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 871.

The five sites blacklisted by CONSOB are as follows:

"Aquilafx" (https://client.aquilafx.com) website, https://aquilafx.com and related web page;

Pine Consulting LTD e BestProducts Ltd (website https://ltd-fx.com and related homepage https://panel.ltdfx.com)

"MTinvesting" (www.mtinvesting.io)

MFS Securities Corporation (www.mfssecurities.com and related websites) https://client.mfssecurities.com, https://trade.mfssecurities.com)

"EuroCryptoFX" (net station https://eurocryptofx.net and related web page https://account.tradingplattform26.com).

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