August 20, 2015: DFAT adds Mostafa Mahamed under its

At the same time DFAT issued updated promulgated by the UN, they also issued the following notice:

Counter-terrorism sanctions (UN Security Council resolution 1373)

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has listed the following Australian citizen under Part 4 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945 (“the Act”):

Primary Name: Mostafa Mahamed

Aliases: Mostafa Mohamed Abdel Hamid, Mostafa Mohamed Farag, Mostafa Farag, Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, Abu Sulayman al Australi, Abu Sulayman al Ustrali

Date of birth: 14 February 1984

Place of birth: Port Said, Egypt

Address: Syria

Citizenship: Australian (acquired 22 January 1985), Egyptian

Additional information: Australian Passport number M1898709 (cancelled 11 October 2012). Drivers Licence number 13652517 (NSW) (expired 19 April 2014)

The decision came into effect upon publication in the Commonwealth Government Notices Gazette today (20 August 2015). The Gazette notice is attached for your reference.

The listing makes it a serious criminal offence under s. 20 of the Act to:

• use or deal with a freezable asset

• allow a freezable asset to be used or dealt with, or

• facilitate the use of a freezable asset or dealing with a freezable asset

without authorisation from the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

‘Freezable asset’ is defined in s. 14 of the Act as an asset that is:

• owned or controlled by a [listed person or entity]

• a listed asset, or

• derived from or generated from the above assets.

It is also an offence under s. 21 of the Act to make an asset (of any kind) available, directly or indirectly, to a listed person or entity without authorisation from the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

You must immediately notify the Department at asset.freezing@dfat.gov.au and the Australian Federal Police at AOCC-Client-Liaison@afp.gov.au if you hold, or suspect that you hold, assets (including real property) that are owned or controlled by a listed person or entity.