This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against Yemen.
Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) No 1352/2014 has been amended with effect from 8 May 2018, following the publication of Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2018/689. This reflects the decision taken by the UN Security Council Committee on 23 April 2018 to amend the identifying information for one individual.
The following entry has been amended and is still subject to an asset freeze.
Amendment
Deleted information appears in square brackets [ ]. Additional information appears in italics.
Individual
SALEH Ali Abdullah
DOB: (1) 21/03/1945. (2) 21/03/1946. (3) 21/03/1942. (4) 21/03/1947.
POB: 1) Bayt al-Ahmar, Sana’a Governorate 2) Sana’a, 3) Sana'a, Sanhan, Al-Rib' al-Sharqi, Yemen
a.k.a: SALIH, Ali, Abdallah
Nationality: Yemen
Passport Details: 00016161 (Yemen)
National Identification no: 01010744444
Position: President of Yemen’s General People’s Congress party
Other Information: UN Ref YEi.003. Former President of the Republic of Yemen. Gender: Male. Date of UN designation: 7.11.2014. Reportedly deceased.
Listed on: 19/12/2014 Last Updated: [19/12/2014] 08/05/2018 Group ID: 13192
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 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 FIU. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated individual 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.
