This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in Afghanistan.
The European Commission has amended Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No. 753/2011 ("the 2011 Regulation") with effect from 1 August 2015.
Annex I to the 2011 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 23 September 2014 and 27 March 2015 by the United Nations Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) to add 1 individual and 1 entity, and to delete 1 individual from the sanctions list.
ADDITIONS
Individual
NOORZAI, Abdul, Basir
Title: Haji
DOB:
- --/--/1965
- --/--/1960
- --/--/1963
POB: Baluchistan Province, Pakistan
a.k.a.:
- AL-BASIR, Haji, Abd
- BASEER, Abdul
- BASIR, Abdul
- BASIR, Haji, Abdul
- NOORZAI, Haji, Basir
Nationality: Afghan
Passport Details: Pakistani passport no. AA3829182
National Identification no: Pakistani national identification no. 5420124679187
Address: Chaman, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan
Other Information: Owner of HAJI BASIR AND ZARJMIL COMPANY HAWALA, which provides financial services to Taliban in the region. Listed on: 03/08/2015. Last updated: 03/08/2015.
Group ID: 13268
Entity
HAJI BASIR AND ZARJMIL COMPANY HAWALA
a.k.a.:
- Haji Abdul Basir and Zar Jameel Hawala
- Haji Abdul Basir Exchange Shop
- Haji Baseer Hawala
- Haji Bashir and Zarjmil Hawala Company
- Haji Basir and Zarjamil Currency Exchange
- Haji Basir Hawala
- Haji Zar Jamil, Haji Baseer Money Changer
Other Information: Known Addresses: (a) Branch Office 1: Sanatan (variant Sanatin) Bazaar, Sanatan Bazaar Street, near Trench (variant Tranch) Road, Chaman, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan; (b) Branch Office 2: Quetta, Pakistan; (c) Branch Office 3: Lahore, Pakistan; (d) Branch Office 4: Peshawar, Pakistan; (e) Branch Office 5: Karachi, Pakistan; (f) Branch Office 6: Islamabad, Pakistan; (g) Branch Office 7: Kandahar Province, Afghanistan; (h) Branch Office 8: Herat Province, Afghanistan; (i) Branch Office 9: Helmand Province, Afghanistan; (j) Branch Office 10: Dubai, United Arab Emirates; (k) Branch Office 11: Iran. Other Information: (a) Money service provider used by senior Taliban leaders to transfer funds to Taliban commanders in the region. (b) Owned by Abdul Basir Noorzai. Date of UN designation: 27.3.2015 Listed on: 03/08/2015 Last updated: 03/08/2015
Group ID: 13269
DELISTING
Individual
SHER MOHAMMAD, Sangeen, Zadran
Title: Maulavi/Maulvi/Mullah
DOB:
- --/--/1976
- --/--/1979
POB: Tang Stor Khel, Ziruk District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan
a.k.a.:
- ZADRAN, Sangeen, Khan
- ZADRAN, Sangin
Nationality: Afghan
Other Information: UN Ref: TI.Z.152.11. Taliban Shadow Governor for Paktika Province as of late 2012. Senior commander of the Haqqani Network. Senior lieutenant to Sirajuddin Jallaloudine Haqqani. Also referred to as Sangin, Sangeen and Fateh and Noori. Reportedly deceased September 2013. Listed on: 03/10/2011. Last Updated: 03/08/2015
Group ID: 12036
The individual removed from the Consolidated List is no longer subject to an asset freeze.
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. 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 they are not required to report these details again.
Further details of the sanctions regime related to Afghanistan 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.