Financial Sanctions: Al-Qaida

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network.

The European Commission has amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 881/2002 ("the 2002 Regulation") with effect from 3 August 2012. Annex I of the 2002 Regulation lists the persons, groups and entities covered by the freezing of funds and economic resources under that Regulation. The amendments reflect the decisions made on 20 July 2012 by the United Nations Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) to remove one individual from the UN Al-Qaida list and amend the identifying information of two existing entries.

The individual removed from Annex I is therefore no longer subject to the asset freeze imposed by the 2002 Regulation.

DELETIONS

Individuals

EL HEIT, Ali, Mohamed

DOB:

1. 20/03/1970
2. 30/01/1971

POB:

1. Rouiba
2. -, (1)-(2) Algeria

a.k.a.:

1. DI ROMA, Ali
2. IL BARBUTO, Ali
3. MOHAMED, Kamel

Address: No 3 Via Ajraghi, Milan, Italy

Other Information: UN Ref QI.E.159.04. Mother's name is Hamadche Zoulicha.

Group ID: 8014

AMENDMENTS

Deleted information appears in square brackets [ ]. Additional information appears in italics.

Individuals

ESSAADI, Moussa, Ben Omar, Ben Ali

DOB: 04/12/1964

POB: Tabarka, Tunisia

Nationality: Tunisian

Passport Details: L335915 (Tunisian). Issued in Milan, Italy on 8 Nov 1996. Expired on 7 Nov 2001.

Address: [Sudan] Tunisia

Other Information: UN Ref QI.E.96.03. Also referred to as Abdelrahmman, Bechir and Dah Dah. Considered a fugitive from justice by the Italian authorities (as of Nov 2009). Left Sudan to Tunisia in 2011

Group ID: 7798

ALI AL-BADRI AL-SAMARRAI, Ibrahim, Awwad, Ibrahim

Title: Dr

DOB: --/--/1971

POB:

1. Samarra, Iraq
2. Iraq

a.k.a.:

1. AL-BADRI AL-SAMARRAI, Ibrahim, 'Awad, Ibrahim
2. AL-BAGHDADI, Abu Bakr
3. 'ALI AL-BADRI AL-SAMARRAI, Ibrahim, 'Awwad, Ibrahim
4. AL-QURAISHI, Abu Bakr, al-Baghdadi, al-Husayni
5. AL-SAMARRA'I, Ibrahim, 'Awad, Ibrahim
6. AL-SAMARRA'I, Ibrahim, Awwad, Ibrahim

Nationality: Iraqi

Address: Iraq

Other Information: UN Ref QI.A.299.11. Also referred as Abu Du'a, Abu Duaa' and Dr Ibrahim. Leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq. Currently based in Iraq. Responsible for managing and directing AQI large scale operations.

Group ID: 12157

Further details of the sanctions regime related to Al-Qaida and links to the Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to other financial regimes may be found on the Customs and Excise pages of the Isle of Man Government website.