UN, OFSI, SECO add Sanaullah Ghafari to ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions
UK and Swiss regulators added Sanaullah Ghafari to their counter terrorism sanctions list after the United Nations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee did so. Here are the listings from...
View ArticleCounter Terrorism updates: OFAC giveth (to Afghanistan)…
OFAC today has issued 3 new Afghanistan-related General Licebses for the counter terrorism sanctions program: General License 17 (Authorizing Official Business of the United States Government)General...
View ArticleCounter Terrorism: …and OFAC taketh away (from Brazil)
OFAC today also designated the following persons: AL-KHATIB, Ahmad (a.k.a. AL KHATIB, Ahmad; a.k.a. EL KHATIB, Ahmad), Sao Paulo, Brazil; DOB 03 Jul 1969; nationality Egypt; alt. nationality Lebanon;...
View ArticleDFAT institutes UN changes to CAR, Counter Terror sanctions
Notice of Changes to the Consolidated List Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 2127 (2013) concerning Central African Republic Following advice from the United Nations Security Council...
View ArticleGuilty, Guilty, Guilty!
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, December 10, 2021 Leading ISIS Media Figure and Foreign Fighter Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Material Support to...
View ArticleUN, SECO add 2 to counter terror sanctions
News 31 December 2021 Financial sanction 2021 Updated sanctions report The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has amended Annex 2 to the Ordinance of 2. October 2000 on measures against...
View ArticleSECO also amends a large number of counter terrorism listings
Earlier today, Swiss authorities published an extensive set of amendments to its bin Laden/Al Qaida/Taliban counter terrorism listings – the 20-page PDF contains 47 amended individual listings and 15...
View ArticleUN, OFSI removes 5, adds 2 to counter terror list
ISIL (Daesh) & Al-Qaida regime amended Two entries has been added to the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida financial sanctions regime. The following entries have been added to the consolidated list and...
View ArticleSECO also removes 5 from bin Laden/Al Qaida/Taliban sanctions
News 04 January 2022 Financial sanction 2022 Updated sanctions report The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has amended Annex 2 to the Ordinance of 2. October 2000 on measures against...
View ArticleUN, OFSI amend counter terror listings
UK authorities amended 62 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions listings modified by the corresponding United Nations Sanctions Committee (UNSC), and 2 others on the UK Sanctions List. Here are the 2...
View ArticleOFAC adds Hizballah financiers to counter terror program
OFAC has added the following persons: 'ALAMAH, Jihad Salim (Arabic: جهاد سالم علامه) (a.k.a. ALAME, Jihad Salem), Lebanon; DOB 02 Jul 1956; nationality Lebanon; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk:...
View ArticleSECO updates counter terror sanctions – 1 updated listing, 3 removed (as per...
News 18 January 2022 Financial sanction 2022 Updated sanctions report The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has amended Annex 2 to the Ordinance of 2. October 2000 on measures against...
View ArticleGuilty, guilty, guilty – of concealing material support for Syrian terror group
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Middle District of Tennessee FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, January 18, 2022 Sparta Woman Pleads Guilty To Concealing Material Support Intended For a...
View ArticleFollow the leader: OFSI removes 3 Al-Haramain foundations from counter terror...
As per the United Nations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, and as already updated yesterday by SECO in Switzerland, UK regulators have removed the following entities: 1. AL-HARAMAIN...
View ArticleClosing out OFAC’s week with some counter terror designations
Today, OFAC added the following persons: AYAD, Adnan (a.k.a. ADNAN, Ali Ayad; a.k.a. 'IYAD, Adnan 'Ali (Arabic: عدنان علي عياد)), Lebanon; Germany; Morocco; Ethiopia; Iraq; Ghana; Nigeria; Turkey; DOB...
View ArticleState Department Statement on today’s OFAC counter terrorism designations
Sanctioning International Hizballah Network PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE JANUARY 21, 2022Share The United States is designating Hizballah-affiliated financial facilitator...
View ArticleUN, SECO, OFSI remove Khalil Ben Ahmed Ben Mohamed Jarraya from counter...
News 25 January 2022 Financial sanction 2022 Updated sanctions report The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has amended Annex 2 to the Ordinance of 2. October 2000 on measures against...
View ArticleUS-Norway Joint Statement on Afghanistan
U.S.-Europe Joint Statement on Afghanistan MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 27, 2022Share The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of...
View ArticleCriminal Charges for woman who led ISIS Battalion
Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, January 29, 2022 American Woman Who Led ISIS Battalion Charged with Providing Material Support...
View ArticleNew counter-terror FAQs from OFAC – 7 of them!
The Newly Added FAQ page lists these in newest first order… 963. Can humanitarian organizations ship cash into Afghanistan for use in delivering humanitarian assistance? Yes, cash shipments to...
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