On Monday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/74 by delisting the following firms previously subjected to Iran's nuclear proliferation sanctions:
BANK SEPAHOther Information: UN Ref E.47.A.8. Provides support for the AIO andsubordinates, including SHIG and SBIG. Group ID: 9042BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONALOther Information: UN Ref E.47.A.8. Group ID: 9043.
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Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/74
This time, DFAT eschewed including the PDF version of the UN update of an Iranian sanctions change and just sent an email with a link:
Notice of Changes to the Consolidated ListIran sanctions changesIn light of the provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231 (2015), the UN has revoked the listing of a designated entity for Iran (see http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sc12209.doc.htm). In addition, some corrections have been made to the Consolidated List to reconcile some typographical errors. Accordingly, on 22 January 2016, DFAT updated the Consolidated List.The updated Consolidated List can be downloaded from the following page:
On Tuesday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/47 by removing the following person:
ABD AL HAFIZ, Abd, Al Wahab
DOB: (1) 07/09/1967. (2) 30/10/1968. POB: (1) Algiers, (2) El Harrach, (1) Algeria
(2) Algeria a.k.a: (1) ABDEL HAFID, Abdewahab (2) ABDELHAFID, Abdel,
Wahab (3) ABDELHAFID, Abdelwahab (4) ABDELHAFID,
Adelouahab (5) ABDELHAFIO, Abedel, Wahad (6) DI ROMA, Rabah (7) FERDJANI,
Mouloud
Wahab (3) ABDELHAFID, Abdelwahab (4) ABDELHAFID,
Adelouahab (5) ABDELHAFIO, Abedel, Wahad (6) DI ROMA, Rabah (7) FERDJANI,
Mouloud Nationality: Algerian Passport Details: No.3525282 (Algerian
passport. Issued under name Abdelouahab ABDELHAFID) Other Information: UN
Ref QI.A.157.04. Also referred to as Mourad and Said. Photo available for
inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Listed on:
19/03/2004 Last Updated: 28/08/2015 Group ID: 8018.
and amending the following 3 listings:
1. AHMAD, Najmuddin, FarajDOB: (1) 07/07/1956. (2) 17/06/1963. POB: Olaqloo Sharbajer, Al-Sulaymaniyah
Governorate, Iraq a.k.a: (1) FARRAJ, Fateh, Najm, Eddine (2) NAJMUDDIN, Faraj,
Ahmad Nationality: Iraqi National Identification no: Ration Card No.0075258 Address: Heimdalsgate 36-V, 0578, Oslo, Norway. Other Information:
UN Ref QI.A.226.06. Also referred to as Mullah Krekar. Mother's name: Masouma
Abd al-Rahman. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security
Council Special Notice. Listed on: 08/12/2006 Last Updated: 19/01/2016 Group
ID: 8970.2. ALI AL-BADRI AL-SAMARRAI, Ibrahim, Awwad, IbrahimTitle: Dr DOB: –/–/1971. POB: (1) Samarra, (1) Iraq (2) Iraq a.k.a: (1) AL-BADRI
AL-SAMARRAI, Ibrahim, 'Awad, Ibrahim (2) AL-BAGHDADI, Abu Bakr (3) 'ALI AL-
BADRI AL-SAMARRAI, Ibrahim, 'Awwad, Ibrahim (4) AL-QURAISHI, Abu Bakr, al-
Baghdadi, al-Husayni (5) AL-SAMARRA'I, Ibrahim, 'Awad, Ibrahim (6) AL-
SAMARRA'I, Ibrahim, Awwad, Ibrahim Nationality: Iraqi National Identification no: Ration card no. 0134852 Address: (1) Syria. (2) Iraq. Other Information: UN
Ref QI.A.299.11. Also referred as Abu Du'a, Abu Duaa' and Dr Ibrahim. Currently
based in Iraq and Syria. Wifes name: Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi, second wifes name:
Asma Fawzi Mohammed al-Kubaissi. Description: Height:1.65m Weight: 85 kg.
Black Hair and eyes. White skin. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN
Security Council Special Notice. Listed on: 17/10/2011 Last Updated: 19/01/2016
Group ID: 12157.3. CHATAEV, Akhmed, RajapovichDOB: 14/07/1980. POB: Vedeno Village, Vedenskiy District, Republic of Chechnya,
Russia a.k.a: (1) MAYER, David (2) SENE, Elmir (3) SHISHANI,Akhmad Nationality: Russian National Identification no: National identification
No.: 9600133195 (Russian national passport number) Address: (1) b) Iraq,
possible alternative location. (2) Syrian Arab Republic, located in as at August
2015. Other Information: a) Physical description: eye colour: brown, hair colour:
black, build: solid, distinguishing marks: oval face, beard, missing a right hand
and left leg, speaks Russian, Chechen and possibly German and Arabic. b) Photo
available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Also
referred to as: Odnorukiy. Listed on: 09/10/2015 Last Updated: 19/01/2016
Group ID: 13300.
under the Al-Qaida sanctions program (now including ISIS/ISIL/Da'esh/etc.). The Notice also notes that the listings include background information from the UN Sanctions Committees not noted in the Regulation.
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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/47
On Tuesday, Swiss regulators amended a whole slew of persons and entities sanctioned under the Syrian sanctions program – it's a 34-page PDF, so Mr. Watchlist will not list the contents here. However, he will note that many of the listings don't have any change notation, so it's not clear what changed.
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Data files of updates – PDF, XML
On Thursday, Canadian regulators followed the action of the United Nations Iran (2231) Sanctions Committee and removed the following listing:
IRe.007 Name: BANK SEPAH AND BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL
A.k.a.: na F.k.a.: na Address: na Listed on: 24 Mar. 2007 Other Information: Bank Sepah provides support for the Aerospace Industries Organisation (AIO) and subordinates, including Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) and Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG), both of which were designated under resolution 1737 (2006). [Old Reference # E.47.A.8]
listed under their RIUNRI (Regulations Implementing the United Nations Resolutions on Iran) program.
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Canadian regulators instituted the following amendments, made by the UN's Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee, to the following listing:
QDi.276 Name: 1: AKRAM 2: TURKI 3: HISHAN 4: AL-MAZIDIH
Name (original script): أكرم تركي ھاشم المزيده
Title: na Designation: na DOB: a) 1974 b) 1975 POB: na Good quality a.k.a.: Akram Turki Al-Hishan Low quality a.k.a.: a) Abu Jarrah b) Abu Akram Nationality: na Passport no.: na National identification no.: na Address: a) Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic b) Iraq
c)JordanListed on: 11 Mar. 2010 (amended on 10 Dec. 2015, 15 Jan.2016 Other information: Other possible date of birth: 1979. He is a cousin of Ghazy Fezza Hishan Al Mazidih (QDi.277). Financial facilitator of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QDe.115) as of 2015.
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On Thursday, OFAC designated:
ISIL KHORASAN (a.k.a. ISIL'S SOUTH ASIA BRANCH; a.k.a. ISIS WILAYAT KHORASAN; a.k.a. ISLAMIC STATE'S KHORASAN PROVINCE; a.k.a. SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER OF ISIL), Afghanistan; Pakistan [SDGT]. -to- ISIL KHORASAN (a.k.a. ISIL'S SOUTH ASIA BRANCH; a.k.a. ISIS WILAYAT KHORASAN; a.k.a. ISLAMIC STATE'S KHORASAN PROVINCE; a.k.a. SOUTH ASIAN CHAPTER OF ISIL), Afghanistan; Pakistan [FTO] [SDGT].
under its anti-terrorism sanctions program.
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