Financial Sanctions: Tunisia

This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against certain persons and entities associated with the Tunisian regime.

Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 101/2011 has been amended with effect from 31 July 2013, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 735/2013. The identifying information of three individuals has been changed.

AMENDMENTS

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

Individuals

TRABELSI, Mohamed, Ben Moncef, Ben Mohamed

DOB: 07/01/1980

POB: Sabha-Lybie

Nationality: Tunisian

National Identification no: 04524472

Address: Residence de l'Etoile de Nord, Suite B, 7th Floor, Apt. No 25, Centre urbain du nord, Cite El Khadra, Tunis, Tunisia

Other Information: Managing director. Son of Yamina Souiei. Spouse of Ines Lejri. Subject to judicial investigation by Tunisian authorities [re acquisition of property, opening of bank accounts and holding of financial assets in several countries as part of money laundering operations] for complicity in the misuse of office by a public office-holder (i.e. a former CEO of Société Tunisienne de Banque and former CEO of Banque Nationale Agricole) to procure an unjustified advantage for a third party and to cause a loss to the administration.

Group ID: 11587

MATERI, Fahd, Mohamed Sakher, Ben Moncef, Ben Mohamed, Hfaiez

DOB: 02/12/1981

POB: Tunis, Tunisia

Nationality: Tunisian

National Identification no: 04682068

Other Information: Son of Naima Boutiba. Spouse of Nesrine Ben Ali. Subject to judicial investigation by Tunisian authorities [re acquisition of property, opening of bank accounts and holding of financial assets in several countries as part of money laundering operations] for exerting wrongful influence over a public office-holder (ex-President Ben Ali) with a view to obtaining directly or indirectly an advantage for another person, complicity in the misuse of office by a public office-holder (ex-President Ben Ali) to procure an unjustified advantage for a third party and to cause a loss to the administration, and complicity in the misappropriation of Tunisian public monies by a public office-holder (ex-President Ben Ali).

Group ID: 11588

CHIBOUB, Mohamed, Slim, Ben Mohamed, Hassen, Ben Salah

DOB: 13/01/1959

Nationality: Tunisian

National Identification no: 00400688

Address: rue du Jardin, Sidi Bousaid, Tunis, Tunisia

Other Information: CEO. Son of Leila Chaibi. Spouse of Dorsaf Ben Ali. Subject to judicial investigation by Tunisian authorities [re acquisition of property, opening of bank accounts and holding of financial assets in several countries as part of money laundering operations] for exerting wrongful influence over a public office-holder (ex-President Ben Ali) with a view to obtaining directly or indirectly an advantage for another person, complicity in the misuse of office by a public office-holder to procure an unjustifiedadvantage for a third party and to cause a loss to the administration.

Group ID: 11630

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 Tunisia and links to the Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to these and other financial sanctions regimes may be found on the Customs and Excise pages of the Isle of Man Government website.