July 1, 2015: SECO updates Bin Laden/Taliban/Al-Qaida sanctions

On Wednesday, Swiss regulators amended the following 3 individuals:

SSID: 10-13793 Foreign identifier: QI.A.201.05. Name: Yasser Mohamed Ismail Abu
Shaweesh

DOB: 20 Nov 1973 POB: Benghazi, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: Yasser Mohamed Abou
Shaweesh Address: Germany (In prison in Germany) Identification document: a)
Passport No. C00071659, Germany (Passport substitute) b) Passport No. 0003213, Egypt
c) Travel document No. 939254, Egypt d) Passport No. 981358, Egypt

Other information: Stateless Palestinian. Sentenced to 5 years and 6 months imprisonment
in Germany on 6 Dec 2007. His brother is Ismail Mohamed Ismail Abu Shaweesh
(QI.A.224.06.). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded
on 24 Nov 2009. Modifications: Amended on 21 Jan 2015, 1 Jul 2015

SSID: 10-13973 Foreign identifier: QI.A.291.11. Name: Ibrahim Hassan Tali Al-Asiri
DOB: a) 19 Apr 1982 b) 18 Apr 1982 c) 24/6/1402 (Hijri calendar) POB: Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia Good quality a.k.a.: a) Ibrahim Hassan Tali Asiri b) Ibrahim Hasan Talea Aseeri c)
Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri d) Ibrahim Hasan Tali Asiri e) Ibrahim Hassan Tali Assiri f) Ibrahim
Hasan Tali ‘A ‘Asiri g) Ibrahim Hasan Tali al-‘Asiri h) Ibrahim al-‘Asiri i) Ibrahim Hassan Al
Asiri Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Saleh b) Abu-Salaah c) Abosslah Address: Yemen
Nationality: Saudi Arabia Identification document: a) Passport No. F654645, Saudi
Arabia, Date of issue: 30 Apr 2005, Expiry date: 7 Mar 2010 (Issue date in Hijri Calendar
24/06/1426. Expiry date in Hijri Calendar 21/03/1431.) b) ID card No. 1028745097, Saudi
Arabia

Relation: a) Associated with Nasir ‘Abd-Al-Karim ‘Abdullah Al-Wahishi (QI.A.274.10., SSID
10-14723) b) Associated with Qasim Yahya Mahdi Al-Rimi (QI.A.282.10., SSID 10-14546) c)
Associated with Anwar Nasser Abdulla Al-Aulaqi (QI.A.283.10., SSID 10-13998) d)
Operative and principal bomb maker of Al-Qaida In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
(QE.A.129.10., SSID 10-17330) Other information: Operative and principal bomb maker of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) (QE.A.129.10.). Believed to be hiding in Yemen
as at Mar 2011. Wanted by Saudi Arabia. INTERPOL Orange Notice (file
#2009/52/OS/CCC, #81) has been issued for him. Also associated with Nasir ‘abd-al-Karim
‘Abdullah Al-Wahishi (QI.A.274.10.), ~~Said Ali al-Shihri (QI.A.275.10.),~~ Qasim Yahya Mahdi
al-Rimi (QI.A.282.10.), and Anwar Nasser Abdulla Al-Aulaqi (QI.A.283.10.). Modifications:
Amended on 25 Mar 2015, 1 Jul 2015

SSID: 10-14723 Foreign identifier: QI.A.274.10. Name: Nasir ‘Abd-Al-Karim ‘Abdullah Al-
Wahishi

DOB: a) 1 Oct 1976 b) 8/10/1396 (Hijri calendar) POB: Yemen Good quality a.k.a.: a)
Nasir al-Wahishi b) Abu Basir Nasir al-Wahishi c) Naser Abdel Karim al-Wahishi d) Nasir
Abd al-Karim al-Wuhayshi e) Abu Basir Nasir Al-Wuhayshi f) Nasser Abdul-karim Abdullah
al-Wouhichi g) Abu Baseer al-Wehaishi h) Abu Basir Nasser al-Wuhishi i) Abdul Kareem
Abdullah Al-Woohaishi j) Nasser Abdelkarim Saleh Al Wahichi Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abu
Basir b) Abu Bashir Nationality: Yemen Identification document: Passport No. 40483,
Yemen, Date of issue: 5 Jan 1997

Relation: a) Leader of Al-Qaida In The Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) (QE.A.129.10., SSID 10-
17330) b) Associated with Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01., SSID 10-17297) Other information: Since
2007, leader of Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY). Since Jan 2009, leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian
Peninsula (QE.A.129.10.) operating in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. His deputy is Said Ali al-
Shihri (QI.A.275.10.). Associated with senior Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01.) leadership, claims he
was secretary to Usama Bin Laden prior to 2003. Arrested in Iran and extradited to Yemen in
2003, where he escaped from prison in 2006 and remains fugitive as at Jan 2010.
INTERPOL Orange Notice (file #2009/52/OS/CCC, #75) has been issued for him.
Modifications: Amended on 9 Mar 2013, 25 Mar 2015, 1 Jul 2015

and five entities on their Consolidated List under the Osama Bin Laden/Taliban/Al-Qaida sanctions program:

SSID: 10-17262 Foreign identifier: QE.A.72.02. Name: Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation
(Somalia)

Address: Somalia

Other information: The founder and former leader is Aqeel Abdulaziz Aqeel al-Aqeel
(QI.A.171.04). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded
on 22 Jun 2010. Modifications: Amended on 21 Jan 2015, 1 Jul 2015

SSID: 10-17267 Foreign identifier: QE.A.114.04. Name: Al-Haramain: The Netherlands
Branch

Good quality a.k.a.: Stichting Al Haramain Humanitarian Aid Address: Jan Hanzenstraat
114, Amsterdam, 1053SV, Netherlands (at time of listing)

Other information: The founder and former leader is Aqeel Abdulaziz Aqeel al-Aqeel
(QI.A.171.04) who was also chairman of its board of directors. Review pursuant to Security
Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 28 Jun 2010. Modifications: Amended on
21 Jan 2015, 1 Jul 2015

SSID: 10-17330 Foreign identifier: QE.A.129.10. Name: Al-Qaida In The Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP)

Good quality a.k.a.: a) Al-Qaida of Jihad Organization in the Arabian Peninsula b) Tanzim
Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Jazirat al-Arab c) Al-Qaida Organization in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
d) Al-Qaida in the South Arabian Peninsula e) Ansar al-Ahari’a (AAS) F.k.a.: Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY)

Relation: a) Leader is Nasir ‘Abd-Al-Karim ‘Abdullah Al-Wahishi (QI.A.274.10., SSID 10-
14723) b) Regional affiliate of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01., SSID 10-17297) Other information:
AQAP is a regional affiliate of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and an armed group operating primarily
in Arabian Peninsula. Location: Yemen. Alternative location: Saudi Arabia (2004 – 2006).
Formed in Jan 2009 when Al-Qaida in Yemen combined with Saudi Arabian Al-Qaida
operatives. Leader of AQAP is Nasir ‘abd-al-Karim ‘Abdullah Al-Wahishi (QI.A.274.10.) and
his deputy is Said Ali Al-Shihri (QI.A.275.10QI.A.274.10.). Ansar al-Shari’a was formed in
early 2011 by AQAP and has taken responsibility for multiple attacks in Yemen against both
government and civilian targets. Modifications: Amended on 25 Mar 2015, 1 Jul 2015

SSID: 10-17716 Foreign identifier: QE.R.70.02. Name: Revival of Islamic Heritage Society
Good quality a.k.a.: a) Revival of Islamic Society Heritage on the African Continent b)
Jamia Ihya ul Turath c) RIHS d) Jamiat Ihia Al-Turath Al-Islamiya e) Al-Furqan Foundation
Welfare Trust f) Al-Furqan Welfare Foundation Address: a) Pakistan b) Afghanistan
Relation: a) Associated with Abu Bakr Al-Jaziri (QI.A.58.02., SSID 10-14339) b) Associated
with Afghan Support Committee (ASC) (QE.A.69.02., SSID 10-17137) Other information:
NOTE: Only the Pakistan and Afghanistan offices of this entity are designated. Associated
with Abu Bakr al-Jaziri (QI.A.58.02) and Afghan Support Committee (ASC) (QE.A.69.02).
Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 8 Jun 2010.
Modifications: Amended on 1 Jul 2015

SSID: 10-17777 Foreign identifier: QE.T.132.11. Name: Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
Good quality a.k.a.: a) Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan b) Tehrik-e-Taliban c) Pakistani Taliban d)
Tehreek-e-Taliban

Other information: Tehrik-e Taliban is based in the tribal areas along the
Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Formed in 2007, its leader is Hakimullah Mehsud
(QI.M.286.10.).Maulana Fazlullah (QDi.352). Wali Ur Rehman is the Emir of TTP for South
Waziristan. Modifications: Amended on 6 Jun 2014, 25 Mar 2015, 1 Jul 2015