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EU, HMT delist 6 Al-Qaida sanctions listings
In line with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/769, Her Majesty’s Treasury (HMT) today removed the following 6 individuals: AL-JELASSI, Riadh, Ben Belkassem, Ben Mohamed DOB: 15/12/1970....
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May 19, 2015: UN, DFAT, OSFI remove Abdul Rahim Al-Talhi from Al-Qaida...
On May 19, Australian and Canadian regulators delisted the following person: QDi.234 Name: 1: ABDUL RAHIM 2: na 3: na 4: AL-TALHI Name (original script): عبد الرحيم حماد أحمد الطلحي Title: na...
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Watch ‘Em Fly: OFAC adds aircraft, others, to multiple programs
Today, OFAC updated the Iran, counter-terrorism and counter-narcotics trafficking sanctions programs. They added the following 6 persons to the SDN List – all but the last under the Kingpin Act (last...
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May 5, 2015: Finland Regulatory Update
Finland released a summary of recent EU regulatory updates on the 5th, as well as a best practices paper for implementing restrictive measures. The links appear below. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
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What do you do when you can’t tell who the bad guys are?
If you are FINMA, the Swiss regulator, you issue a statement like the following (courtesy of Google Translate): In the context of the fight against terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS) is...
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May 25, 2015: UN, OSFI amend one Al-Qaida sanctions listing
Last Monday, Canadian authorities instituted a change promulgated by the UN Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee to the following listing: QDi.006 Name: 1: AIMAN 2: MUHAMMED 3: RABI 4: AL-ZAWAHIRI Name...
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May 27, 2015: DFAT removes Aiman Muhammed Rabi Al-Zawahiri from Al-Qaida...
Last Wednesday, Australian regulators adopted the changes promulgated by the UN, and previously adopted by OSFI, by removing the following person from their Consolidated List: QDi.006 Name: 1: AIMAN 2:...
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June 3, 2015: DFAT sanctions Neil Christopher Prakash
Under the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945, on June 3rd, Australia designated the following person under its anti-terror program: Primary Name: Neil Christopher Prakash Aliases: Abu Khalid...
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June 10, 2015: New Lebanese terrorism listings from OFAC
Yesterday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following people: FA'UR, Husayn Ali (a.k.a. FAOUR, Housein Ali); DOB 1966; POB Al-Khayam, Lebanon; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male...
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June 11, 2015: OFAC Balkans removals, counter-terrorism change
Yes, there still is an Balkans sanctions program over at OFAC. But, yesterday, the following listings were removed: PRIVREDNA BANKA SARAJEVO AD (a.k.a. PRIVREDNA BANKA AD SRPSKO SARAJEVO), Str Srpskih...
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June 16-17: UN, OSFI, DFAT update 8 on Al-Qaida sanctions lists
On Tuesday & Wednesday, Canadian and Australian regulators implemented changes to the following 3 individual listings: QDi.201 Name: 1: YASSER 2: MOHAMED 3: ISMAIL 4: ABU SHAWEESH Name (original...
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OFAC Enforcement Action: It’s not the size that matters…
It’s the risk in your operation. OFAC fined National Bank of Pakistan $28,800 for seven violations of anti-terrorism sanctions. The amount of the 7 funds transfers to Kyrgyz Trans Avia totalled...
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June 25, 2015: OFAC wins some, loses some of its drug traffickers and terrorists
Yesterday, OFAC added the following person to its terrorism sanctions: RASHID BALUCH, Abdul (a.k.a. RASHID BAHRAWI, Abdul; a.k.a. RASHID BALOCH, Abdul; a.k.a. RASHID, Abdul; a.k.a. RASHID, Hafiz Abdul;...
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June 25, 2015: HMT renews Nur Idiris Hassan Nur for another year
Yesterday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) renewed the Final Designation for the following individual: HASSAN NUR, Nur, Idiris DOB: 31/03/1993. POB: Kotka, Finland Nationality: Finnish Passport Details:...
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June 22, 2015: OSFI makes changes to its anti-terror list
Here’s the list of changes, straight from the Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities, as published in the Canada Gazette: Adding “Abdallah Azzam Brigades (AAB)” to the...
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June 26, 2015: UN, DFAT, OSFI update Adil Muhammad Mahmud Abd Al-Khaliq
On Monday, Australian and Canadian regulators made the following changes specified by the United Nations Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee to: QDi.255 Name: 1: ADIL 2: MUHAMMAD 3: MAHMUD 4: ABD AL-KHALIQ...
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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...
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July 2, 2015: HMT renews 4 TAFA Final Designations
On July 2, Her Majesty’s Treasury renewed the Final Designations of the following 4 individuals under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act of 2010 (TAFA) for an additional year: AMIN, Ruhul DOB:...
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July 13, 2015: Hong Kong SFC issues AML/CTF circular
Yesterday, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular containing information on 4 topics: FATF's statement on Iran, the DPRK, Algeria and Myanmar FATF's statement on...
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July 13, 2015: UN, DFAT, OSFI update Ibrahim Ali Abu Bakr Tantoush
On Monday, Australian and Canadian regulators changed the following Al-Qaida sanctions listing: QDi.057 Name: 1: IBRAHIM 2: ALI 3: ABU BAKR 4: TANTOUSH Name (original script): ابراهيم علي أبو بكر تنتوش...
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