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

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

This news release is issued to publicise the removal of 1 entry under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Regime.

The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/466) were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) and provide for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities or bodies associated with ISIL (Da’esh) or Al-Qaida. The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 have effect in the Isle of Man by the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (Application) Regulations 2020 [S.D. 2020/0478].

On 25 January 2022 the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions list

The following entry has been removed and is no longer subject to an asset freeze:

JARRAYA, Khalil Ben Ahmed Ben Mohamed

DOB: (1) 08/02/1969. (2) 15/08/1970. POB: (1) Sfax (2) Sereka, (1) Tunisia (2) former Yugoslavia a.k.a: (1) AZIZ, Ben Narvan, Abdel (2) BEN NARVAN, Abdel, Aziz (3) YARRAYA, Khalil

Nationality: Tunisian Passport Details: K989895 (Tunisian). Issued on 26 July 1995 in Genoa, Italy. Expired on 25 July 2000.

Address: Nuoro, Italy.

Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): AQD0216 (UN Ref): QDi.099. Also referred to as Amr, Amro, Amrou and Omar. (Further Identifying Information): Detained in Italy since 9 Aug. 2008 for his implication in a case related to terrorism. Deported from Italy to Tunisia on 24 Feb.2015. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec.2019.INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

Listed on: 27/06/2003 Last Updated: 25/01/2022 Group ID: 7808.

Consequently the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the Consolidated List. This list provides details of those designated under sanctions legislation.

Further details on the UN measures in respect of ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida can be found on the relevant UN Sanctions Committee webpage: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/

Financial institutions and other persons are required to check whether you maintain any accounts or otherwise hold funds or economic resources for, or provide financial services to, the designated individual. If so, you must freeze such accounts or other funds and, unless licensed by the Treasury, not deal with those funds or economic resources, and suspend the provision of any financial services.  You must also report your findings to the FIU.  

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

Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated person, you are not required to report these details again.

Further details of the sanctions regime related to ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida and links to other financial sanctions regimes may be found on the Customs and Excise pages of the Isle of Man Government website.

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