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 20 February 2015, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/274 (“the amending Regulation”).
The amending Regulation reflects the decision made on 10 February 2015 by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee in UNSCR 2178 (2014) to add one individual to the UN Al-Qaida list
ADDITION
Individual
CUSPERT, Denis, Mamadou, Gerhard
DOB: 18/10/1975.
POB: Berlin, Germany
a.k.a: AL-ALMANI, Abu Talha
Nationality: German National Identification no: 2550439611. German national identification number, issued in District Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg of Berlin, Germany, issued on 22.4.2010, expires on 21.4.2020
Address: Karl-Marx-Str. 210, 12055, Berlin, Germany.
Other Information: UN Ref QI.C.347.15. Physical description: eye colour: brown. Hair colour: black. Height: 178cm. Tattoos: BROKEN DREAMS in letters on back and landscape of Africa on right upper arm. Father's name: Richard Luc-Giffard. Mother's name: Sigrid Cuspert. Located at Syria/Turkey area (as at January 2015). European arrest warrant issued by investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice of Germany, dated 14 May 2014 and 5 Dec. 2014.
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 individual. 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.
