Financial Sanctions: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations.

Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 has been amended with effect from 24 June  2016, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1018

The amendment reflects the decision made on 20 June 2016 by the United Nations Sanctions Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1267 (1999) and 2253 (2015) to remove one individual from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.

DELETION

Farid AIDER

DOB: 12/10/1964.

POB: Algiers, Algeria

a.k.a: (1) ALI, Achour (2) FARID, Terfi

National Identification no: Italian Fiscal Code DRAFRD64R12Z301C

Other Information: UN Ref QI.A.161.04. Also referred to as Abdallah. Sentenced in Italy in Mar 2002 to 8 years of imprisonment. Arrest warrant issued by the Italian authorities on 16 Nov 2007. Considered a fugitive from justice by the Italian authorities as of 14 Dec 2007.

Listed on: 19/03/2004 Last Updated: 24/06/2016 Group ID: 8010

The individual whose name has been removed from Annex I is therefore no longer subject to the asset freeze imposed by the 2002 Regulation.

Further details of the sanctions regime related to ISIL/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.