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 4 February 2015, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/167 (“the amending Regulation”).
The amending Regulation reflects the decision made 23 January 2015 by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee in UNSCR 2178 (2014) to add 4 individuals to the UN Al-Qaida list.
ADDITIONS
Individuals
AL-BAKR, Ibrahim, ‘Isa Hajji, Muhammad
DOB: 12/07/1977
POB: Qatar
a.k.a.:
- ALBAKER, Ibrahim, Issa Hijji, Mohd
- AL-BAKAR, Ibrahim, ‘Issa
- AL-BAKER, Ibrahim, Issa Hijji, Muhammad
- AL-BAKR, Ibrahim
- AL-BAKR, Ibrahim, ‘Isa Haji
- AL-BAKAR, Ibrahim, ‘Issa Haji, Muhammad
Nationality: Qatar
Passport Details: Qatar passport no. 01016646
Other Information: UN Ref: QI.A.344.15. Facilitator who provides financial support for and financial services to and in support of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01). Also referred to as ABU-KHALIL.
Group ID: 13195
BATIRASHVILI, Tarkhan, Tayumurazovich
DOB:
- 11/01/1986
- 1982
POB: Akhmeta, Villiage Birkiani, Georgia
a.k.a.:
- BATIRASHVILI, Tarkhan
- BATYRASHVILI, Tarkhan, Tayumurazovich
Nationality: Georgian
Passport Details: Georgian passport no. 09AL14455 expires 26 June 2019
National Identification no: Georgian id no. 08001007864
Address: Syrian Arab Republic (located in as at Dec 2014)
Other Information: UN Ref: QI.B.345.15. As of mid-2014, Syria-based senior military commander and shura council member of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QE.J.115.04). Also known as (low level a.k.a.) (1) Omar SHISHANI (2) Umar SHISHANI (3) Abu Umar AL-SHISHANI (4) Omar AL-SHISHANI (5) Chechen OMAR (6) OMAR THE CHECHEN (7) OMER THE CHECHEN (8) UMAR THE CHECHEN (9) Abu UMAR (10) Abu HUDHAYFAH
Group ID: 13196
‘UTHMAN ‘ABD AL-SALAM, ‘Abd Al-Malik, Muhammad, Yusuf
DOB: 13/07/1989
a.k.a.: ‘ABD-AL-SALAM, ‘Abd Al-Malik, Muhammad, Yusuf
Nationality: Jordanian
Passport Details: Jordanian passport no. K475336 issued on 31 Aug 2009 and expired on 30 Aug 2014
National Identification no: Qatar national id no. 28940000602
Other Information: UN Ref: QI.U.346.15. Facilitator who provides financial, material, and technological support for Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) and Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14). Also referred to as ‘UMAR AL-QATARI and ‘UMAR AL-TAYYAR
Group ID: 13197
‘UTHMAN ‘ABD AL-SALAM, Ashraf, Muhammad, Yusuf
DOB: --/--/1984
POB: Iraq
a.k.a.:
- ‘ABD AL-SALAM, Ashraf, Muhammad, Yusuf
- ‘ABD-AL-SALAM, Ashraf, Muhammad, Yusif
- ‘ABD AL-SALAM, Ashraf, Muhammad
Nationality: Jordanian
Passport Details: Jordanian passport numbers (1) K048787 (2) 486298
National Identification no: Qatar national id no. 28440000526
Address: Syrian Arab Republic (located in as at Dec 2014)
Other Information: UN Ref: QI.U.343.15. A member of Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01) as of 2012 and a fighter in the Syrian Arab Republic since early 2014. Provided financial, material, and technological support for Al-Qaida, Al-Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant (QE.A.137.14) and Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QE.J.115.04). Also referred to as KHATTAB and Ibn AL-KHATTAB
Group ID: 13194
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 individuals. If so, they must freeze such accounts or other funds and, unless licenced 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.
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.