This news release is issued in respect of the restrictive measures directed against Turkey for illegal drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.
Annex I to Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1890 has been amended with effect from 27 February 2020, following the publication of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2020/274.
The following two individuals been added to the UK’s Consolidated List and are now subject to an asset freeze.
Additions
Individuals
KALIN, Mehmet Ferruh
DOB: 09/12/1960.
Nationality: Turkish
Passport Details: Passport No or ID: 13571379758
Position: Vice-President (Assistant General Manager) and member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO)
Other Information: Head of TPAO’s Exploration, R&D Centre and Information Technologies Departments. Unauthorised TPAO drilling vessels include 'Yavuz' and 'Fatih'.
Listed on: 28/02/2020 Last Updated: 28/02/2020 Group ID: 13829.
NAMOGLU, Ali Coscun
DOB: 27/11/1956.
Nationality: Turkish
Passport Details: Passport No or ID: 11096919534
Position: Deputy Director of the Exploration Department of the Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO).
Other Information: Unauthorised TPAO drilling vessels include 'Yavuz' and 'Fatih'.
Listed on: 28/02/2020 Last Updated: 28/02/2020 Group ID: 13828.
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. 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.
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 Turkey can be found in Sanctions Notice 52. Links to the UK’s 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.
