This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the Al-Qaida network.
Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 has been amended with effect from 29 May 2014, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 583/2014.
The amendment reflects the decisions made on 29 April, 14 May and 22 May 2014 by the United Nations Sanctions Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1267 (1999) to add two entities to and remove one entity from the UN Al-Qaida list, and to amend the identifying information of two existing entries.
ADDITIONS
Entities
1.AL-NUSRAH FRONT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LEVANT
a.k.a:
(1) AL-NUSRA FRONT
(2) AL-NUSRAH FRONT
(3) ANSAR AL-MUJAHIDEEN NETWORK
(4) JABHAT AL-NUSRAH
(5) JABHET AL-NUSRA
(6) LEVANTINE MUJAHIDEEN ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF JIHAD
(7) THE VICTORY FRONT
Address: Syria.
Other Information: UN Ref. QE.A.137.14. Operates in Syria.
Group ID: 12981.
2.JAMA'ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA'AWATI WAL-JIHAD
a.k.a:
(1) BOKO HARAM
(2) JAMA'ATU AHLUS-SUNNAH LIDDA'AWATI WAL JIHAD
(3) WESTERN EDUCATION IS A SIN
Address: Nigeria.
Other Information: UN Ref QE.B.138.14. Affiliate of Al-Qaida and the Organisation of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Associated with Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The leader is Abubakar Shekau.
Group ID: 12982.
The entities added to the list are now subject to the asset freeze
DELETION
Individual
Amendment
1.UR REHMAN, Wali
DOB: --/--/1970.
POB: Pakistan
Nationality: Pakistani
Other Information: UN Ref QI.U.287.10. Reportedly born in South Waziristan, Pakistan. Believed to be residing in Pakistan. Emir of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for South Waziristan Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.
Group ID: 11273.
The individual removed from Annex I is therefore no longer subject to the asset freeze imposed by the 2002 Regulation.
Entity
Deleted information appears in square brackets [ ]. Additional information appears initalics.
Individuals
1.DWIKARNA, Agus DOB: 11/08/1964.
POB: Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nationality: Indonesian
National Identification Number: Indonesian travel document number XD53038.
Other Information: UN Ref QI.D.111.03.[Arrested 13 Mar 2002, sentenced 12 July 2002 in the Philippines]. Physical description: height 165 cm.
Group ID: 7842.
2.AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ
a.k.a:
(1) AL-NUSRAH FRONT
(2) [AL-NUSRAH FRONT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LEVANT]
(3) Al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers
(4) al-Tawhid
(5) al-Zarqawi network
(6) AQI
(7) ISI
(8) ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT
(9) Islamic State of Iraq
(10) JABHAT AL NUSRAH
(11) JABHET AL-NUSRAH
(12) Jama'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al-Jihad
(13) JTJ
(14) Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers
(15) Tanzeem Qa'idat al Jihad/Bilad al Raafidaini
(16) Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
(17) The Monotheism and Jihad Group
(18) The Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the Two Rivers
(19) The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia
(20) The Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers
(21) THE VICTORY FRONT
Other Information: UN Ref QE.J.115.04.
Group ID: 8441.
Financial institutions and other persons are requested to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold funds or economic resources for, or provide financial services to, the designated persons or entities. If so, they must freeze such accounts or other funds and, unless licensed by the Treasury, refrain from dealing with said funds or economic resources, and suspend the provision of any financial services. They must also report their findings to the Sanctions Officer at the Customs and Excise Division of the Treasury. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated persons or entities, they are not required to report these details again.
Further details of the sanctions regime related to Al-Qaida and links to the Consolidated List of Individuals and entities subject to other financial sanctions regimes may be found on the Customs and Excise pages of the Isle of Man Government website.
