Financial Sanctions: Yemen

This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities who threaten the peace, security and stability of Yemen.

Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014 has been amended with effect from 1 October 2016, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1737.

The identifying information for the following individuals have been amended.

AMENDMENTS

Additional information appears in italics.

INDIVIDUALS

AL-HOUTHI, Abd Al-Khaliq

DOB: --/--/1984.

a.k.a: (1) ABU-YUNUS (2) AL HUTHI, Abd-al-Khaliq, Badr-al-Din (3) AL-HUTHI, ‘Abd al-Khaliq, Badr al-Din (4) AL-HUTHI, Abd-al-Khaliq Nationality: Yemen

Position: Huthi military commander

Other Information: Gender: Male. Date of UN designation: 7.11.2014 (amended on 20.11.2014, 26.8.2016). UN Ref No: YEi.001

Listed on: 19/12/2014. Last Updated: 04/10/2016 Group ID: 13191.

Al-HOUTHI, Abdulmalik

A.k.a: (1) AL-HUTHI, Abdulmalik Position: Leader of Yemen's Houthi Movement

Other Information: Al-Houthi assumed the leadership of Yemen's Houthi movement in 2004 after the death of his brother, Hussein Badredden al-Houthi. Has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security or stability of Yemen. Date of UN designation: 14.04.2015 (amended on 26.8.2016) UN Ref No. YEi.004.

Listed on: 09/06/2015 Last Updated: 04/10/2016 Group ID: 13253

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 person they are not required to report these details again.

Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Further details of the sanctions regime related to Yemen 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.