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Financial Sanctions: Syria

Thursday, 21 May 2015

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Syria.

Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 36/2012 has been amended with effect from 21 May 2015, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/780.

The identifying information for four individuals and two entities listed in the Annex has been amended.

A separate entry has been made for the entity TRI-OCEAN ENERGY which was previously listed as an a.k.a. of TRI-OCEAN TRADING.

ADDITIONS

Entity

TRI-OCEAN ENERGY

Address:  35b Saray El Maadi Tower, Corniche El Nile, Maadi, Cairo, PO Box 1313, Egypt, 11431

Other Information:  Organises covert shipments of oil to the Syrian regime.  Listed on: 20/05/2015  Last updated: 20/05/2015

Group ID:  13251

AMENDMENTS

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

Individuals

ABDULKARIM, Wael

a.k.a.:  AL KARIM, Wael

Position:  Managing Director of Pangates International Corp Ltd and also holds a senior position in the Al Karim Group, which is Pangates’ parent company

Address:

  1. Al Karim for Trade and Industry, PO Box 111, Damascus, Syria, 5797
  2. [Morgan Additives Office no 2206, 22nd Floor, Jafza View 19, Besides Jafza View 18, Sheikh Zayed Road, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, Dubai, UAE]
  3. Pangates International Corp Ltd, PO Box Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, United Arab Emirates

Other Information:  [Managing Director of the PANGATES INTERNATIONAL CORP LTD and also holds a senior position in AL KARIM GROUP, which is PANGATES parent company.]  Listed on: 09/03/2015.  Last Updated: 20/05/2015

Group ID:  13230

ARMANAZI, Amr

DOB:  07/02/1944

a.k.a.:

  1. AL-ARMANAZI, Amr, Muhammad, Najib
  2. AL-ARMANAZY, Amrou
  3. ARMANAZI, Amr, Najib

Position:  Director General of the [designated entity, the] Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC).  Listed on: 23/07/2014  Last updated:  20/05/2015

Group ID:  13024

BARQAWI, Ahmad

a.k.a.:  BARQAWI, Ahmed

Position:  General Manager of Pangates International Corp Ltd and manager of Al Karim Group

Address:

  1. Al Karim for Trade and Industry, PO Box 111, Damascus, Syria, 5797
  2. [Morgan Additives Office No 2206, 22nd Floor, Jafaza View 19, Besides Jafza View 18, Sheikh Zayed Road, Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, Dubai, UAE]
  3. Pangates International Corp Ltd, PO Box Sharja Airport International Free Zone, United Arab Emirates

Other Information:  [General Manager of Pangates International Corp Ltd.  Manager of Al Karim Group.]  Listed on: 09/03/2015.  Last Updated: 20/05/2015

Group ID:  13231

HAMSHO, Samir

DOB:  01/03/1972

a.k.a.:

  1. HAMCHO, Samir
  2. HAMCHU, Samir
  3. HAMISHO, Samir
  4. HEMASHO, Samir
  5. HMEISHO, Samir
  6. HMICHO, Samir
  7. HMISHO, Samir

Address: 

  1. Hamsho Building, 31 Baghdad Street, Damascus, Syria
  2. 16 Martello Road, Poole, BH13 7DH, United Kingdom
  3. 290 Qura Al Assad, Damascus, Syria

Position:  Owner and chairman of Al Buroj and Syria Steel/Hmisho Steel

Passport Details:

  1. NO08803455 (Syrian)
  2. YA056959 (Brazilian)

Other Information:  Also known as Samer or Sameer. Prominent Syrian businessman.  [Owner and chairman of] Al Buroj and Syria Steel/Hmisho Steel are subsidiaries of Hamsho Trading, a subsidiary of Hamsho International.  [HMISHO, HAMCHU, HAMCHO, HAMISHO, HMEISHO and HEMASHO.]  Listed on: 09/03/2015.  Last Updated: 20/05/2015

Group ID:  13234

Entities

CENTRE D’ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES SYRIEN (CERS)

a.k.a.:

  1. Centre de Recherche de Kaboun
  2. Centre d’Etude et de Recherche Scientifique (CERS)
  3. Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC)

Address:  Barzeh Street, PO Box 4470, Damas

Other Information:  Government entity responsible for developing and producing non-conventional weapons, including chemical weapons, and the missiles to deliver them.  Listed on: 02/12/2011  Last updated: 20/05/2015

Group ID:  12426

[TRI OCEAN TRADING] TRI-OCEAN TRADING

[a.k.a.: Tri-Ocean Energy]

Address:

  1. George Town, Cayman Islands
  2. 35b Corniche El Nile, Cairo, Egypt
  3. [35b Saray El Maadi Tower, Corniche El Nile, Cairo, P.O. Box 1313, Maadi, Egypt, 11431]

Other Information:  Subsidiary of Tri-Ocean Energy.  Organises covert shipments [of oil] to the Syrian regime.  Listed on: 23/07/2014  Last updated: 20/05/2015

Group ID:  13027

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 and 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 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 Syria 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 web site.

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