Category Archives: Taliban Sanctions

Taliban Sanctions

01.18.16
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January 15, 2016: SECO delists ABD AL WAHAB ABD AL HAFIZ from terror sanctions

Last Friday, Swiss regulators removed the following person from their Consolidated List, where he had been listed under the Al Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions program:

SSID: 10-13511 Foreign identifier: QI.A.157.04. Name: Abd Al Wahab Abd Al Hafiz

DOB: a) 7 Sep 1967 b) 30 Oct 1968 POB: Algiers, Algeria Good quality a.k.a.: a) MouloudFerdjani b) Abdelwahab Abdelhafid c) Abdel Wahab Abdelhafid d) Abdelwahab Abdel Hafide) Abedel Wahad Abdelhafio f) Abdelouahab Abdelhafid Low quality a.k.a.: a) Mourad b)Said c) Rabah Di Roma Identification document: Passport No. 3525282, Algeria (issuedunder name Abdelouahab Abdelhafid (good quality a.k.a. f))

Other information: a) Sentenced in absentia in Italy to 5 years of imprisonment. Arrestwarrant issued by the Italian authorities on 19 May 2005, cancelled on 18 Mar 2008. Linkedto support for the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Photoavailable for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Reviewpursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 30 Jul 2009. b) a.k.a.a) Mouloud Ferdjani, born 7 Sep 1967 in Algeria; b) Abdelwahab Abdelhafid, born 30 Oct1968 in Algeria; c) Abdel Wahab Abdelhafid, born 30 Oct 1968 in Algeria; d) AbdewahabAbdel Hafid, born 30 Oct 1968 in Algeria; e) Abedel Wahad Abdelhafio, born 30 Oct 1968 inAlgeria; f) Abdelouahab Abdelhafid, born 30 Oct 1968 in El Harrach, Algeria (appears inAlgerian passport number 3525282). Modifications: Amended on 28 Aug 2015, de-listed on15 Jan 2016

Links:

FINMA Notice

Data files of updates – PDF, XML

 

01.18.16
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January 12, 2016: SECO amends 2 on Al-Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions list

Last Tuesday, Swiss regulators modified the following 2 anti-terror sanctions listings:

SSID: 10-13998 Foreign identifier: QI.A.283.10. Name: Anwar Nasser Abdulla Al-Aulaqi
DOB: a) 21 Apr 1971 b) 22 Apr 1971 POB: Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States Good
quality a.k.a.: a) Anwar al-Aulaqi b) Anwar al-Awlaki c) Anwar al-Awlaqi d) Anwar Nasser
Aulaqi e) Anwar Nasser Abdullah Aulaqi f) Anwar Nasser Abdulla Aulaqi Nationality: a)
United States b) Yemen

Other information: Confirmed to have died on 30 Sep 2011 in Yemen. Modifications:
Amended on 12 Jan 2016

SSID: 10-32572 Foreign identifier: QDi.365 Name: Akhmed Rajapovich Chataev Spelling
variant: Ахмед Ражапович Чатаев (Russian)

DOB: 4 Jul 1980 POB: Vedeno Village, Vedenskiy Districk, Republic of Chechnya, Russian
Federation Good quality a.k.a.: a) Akhmad Shishani (Ахмад Шишани) b) David Mayer
(Давид Майер) c) Elmir Sene (Эльмир Сене) Low quality a.k.a.: Odnorukiy (Однорукий)
Address: a) Syrian Arab Republic (located in as at Aug 2015) b) Iraq (possible alternative
location as at Aug 2015) Nationality: Russian Federation Identification document:
Passport No. 9600133195, Russian Federation, Place of issue: Vedensiky District, Republic
of Chechnya, Russian Federation (issued by Department of Internal Affairs)

Justification: As at Aug 2015, one of the leaders of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
(ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115), commanding directly 130 militants. 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. Wanted by the authorities of the Russian Federation for terrorist crimes
committed in its territory. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council
Special Notice. Modifications: Listed on 16 Oct 2015, amended on 17 Dec 2015, 12 Jan
2016

Links:

FINMA Notice

Data files of updates – PDF, XML

 

12.14.15
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December 11, 2015: SECO adds Emrah Erdodan to Al-Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions

On Friday, Swiss regulators added the following person:

SSID: 10-33403 Foreign identifier: QDi.362 Name: Emrah Erdogan

DOB: 2 Feb 1988 POB: Karliova, Turkey Low quality a.k.a.: a) Imraan Al-Kurdy b) Imraanc) Imran d) Imran ibn Hassan e) Salahaddin El Kurdy f) Salahaddin Al Kudy g) SalahaddinAl-Kurdy h) Salah Aldin i) Sulaiman j) Ismatollah k) Ismatullah l) Ismatullah Al KurdyAddress: Werl Prison, Germany (since May 2015) Nationality: Germany Identificationdocument: Other No. C700RKL8R4, Germany, Date of issue: 18 Feb 2010, Expiry date: 17Feb 2016 (German BPA)

Relation: affiliated with Al-Qaida (QE.A.4.01., SSID 10-17297) Other information: a)Former foreign terrorist fighter affiliated with Al-Qaida (QDe.004) in North Waziristan,Pakistan (2010-2011) and with Harakat Al-Shabaab Al-Mujaahidiin (Al-Shabaab) in Somalia(2011-2012). Convicted to seven years of imprisonment by the Higher Regional Court inFrankfurt/Main, Germany in 2014. Physical description: eye colour brown, hair colour brown,build: strong, weight: 92 kg, height: 176 cm, birthmark on right back. b) Mother’s name:Emine Erdogan. Father’s name: Sait Erdogan. Modifications: Listed on 11 Dec 2015

to their Al-Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions list.

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FINMA Notice

Data files of updates – PDF, XML

 

11.18.15
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Who is Torek Agha?

Sanctioned on November 2nd by the United Nations:

In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008), paragraph 13 or resolution 1988 (2011), and subsequent related resolutions, the 1988 Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the 1988 Sanctions List.

TAi.174
Torek Agha
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee's website:
02 November 2015
Date(s) on which the narrative summary was updated:
02 November 2015
Reason for listing:

Torek Agha was listed on 2 November 2015 pursuant to paragraph 2 of resolution 2160 (2014) for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” and “otherwise supporting acts or activities of” those designated and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with the Taliban in constituting a threat to the peace, stability and security of Afghanistan.

Additional information:

A senior Taliban leader as of late 2014, Torek Agha (Torek) has served on the Taliban's “Quetta shura“, a regional body that directs Taliban activities in southern and western Afghanistan, and played a role in raising funds from Gulf-based donors.

As of late 2014, Torek was a member of a group responsible for the Taliban leadership's strategic planning and logistics operations and also operated as a key commander and member of the Taliban's military council, and authorized and facilitated Taliban military operations. The Taliban military council is one of three command level councils and is responsible for overseeing Taliban operations and approving appointments of Taliban military leadership.

Over the years, Torek was involved in authorizing the assassination of numerous Afghan Government officials and tribal elders. Additionally, as early as 2012, he was one of four senior Taliban commanders who authorized the use of an unidentified chemical powder to assassinate senior Afghan Government officials.

After being instructed in mid-2011 by a Taliban senior leader to travel to Saudi Arabia during Ramadan to arrange external funding, in 2012 Torek and several other several other Taliban “Quetta shura” members selected mullahs to travel to Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries to collect financial donations on the Taliban's behalf from both Afghan businessmen and smugglers. As of early 2012, Torek received a donation from an unidentified Arab donor with instructions to pass the money to the Taliban's provincial shadow governor of Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan, for assassination operations.

Torek collected approximately $4 million from Gulf-based donors for the Taliban in 2010, the majority of which he provided to fellow senior leader and Taliban finance collector Gul Agha Ishakzai (Gul Agha) (TAi.147) The amounts and sources of Torek's multiple 2010 Taliban fundraising transfers to Gul Agha were as follows: $1 million from associates in Saudi Arabia; $2 million from donors in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia; and $600,000 from various Arab donors obtained on a fundraising trip to Qatar.

As of late 2009, Torek held $2 million from unidentified Qatar and Saudi Arabia donors intended for the Taliban's “Quetta shura” treasurer. The substantial donations Torek collected for the Taliban “Quetta shura” during Ramadan were held in unidentified Pakistani banks and were under the control of the Taliban's head treasurer.

In mid-2006, Torek assigned Taliban fighters to various operational Taliban commanders. He was one of the main links between the Taliban leadership and groups of Arab fighters arriving in Pakistan and Afghanistan to fight the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

Related listed individuals and entities:

Gul Agha Ishakzai (TAi.147), listed on 20 July 2010

As you can see, the UN has prettied up and enhanced the Narrative Summaries to make them easier to read. The list of related individuals and entities is a nice addition.

Link:

UN Narrative Summary for Torek Agha

 

11.13.15
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November 12, 2015: SECO updates anti-terror sanctions

On Wednesday, Swiss authorities added the following Taliban-affiliated person:

SSID: 10-33271 Foreign identifier: TAi.174 Name: Torek Agha

Title: Haji DOB: a) 1960 b) 1962 c) 1965 (approximately) POB: a) Kandahar Province,
Afghanistan b) Pishin, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Good quality a.k.a.: Sayed
Mohammed Hashan Low quality a.k.a.: a) Torak Agha b) Toriq Agha c) Toriq Agha Sayed
Address: Pashtunabad, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Identification document:
ID card No. 5430312277059, Pakistan (fraudulently obtained and since cancelled by the
Government of Pakistan)

Other information: Key commander for Taliban military council involved in fundraising from
Gulf-based donors. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council
Special Notice. Modifications: Listed on 12 Nov 2015

to their Consolidated List. Mr. Agha had previously been added by the United Nations, the EU, HMT, OSFI, DFAT and OFAC.

Links:

FINMA Notice

Data files of updates – PDF, XML

 

11.05.15
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November 3, 2015: DFAT also adds Torek Agha to Taliban sanctions

On Tuesday, Australian regulators added the following person:

TAi.174 Name: 1: TOREK 2: AGHA 3: na 4: na

Name (original script): آغا تورک

Title: Haji Designation: na DOB: a) 1960 b) 1962 c) approximately 1965 POB: a) Kandahar Province, Afghanistan b) Pishin, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Good quality a.k.a.: Sayed Mohammed Hashan Low quality a.k.a.: a) Torak Agha b) Toriq Agha c)Toriq Agha Sayed Nationality: na Passport no.: na National identification no.: Pakistani 5430312277059, fraudulently obtained and since cancelled by the Government of Pakistan Address: Pashtunabad, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Listed on: 2 November 2015 Other information: Key commander for Taliban military council involved in fundraising from Gulf-based donors. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.

to its Consolidated List under its Taliban sanctions program upon the change being made by the United Nations 1988 Sanctions Committee.

Note: The previous post referring to OSFI's addition has been corrected – it originally listed Agha as an Al-Qaida sanctions listing.

Link:

UN Notice (PDF)

 

11.03.15
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November 3, 2015: UN, OSFI add Torek Agha to Taliban sanctions

Canadian regulators added the following person today:

TAi.174 Name: 1: TOREK 2: AGHA 3: na 4: na

Name (original script): آغا تورک

Title: Haji Designation: na DOB: a) 1960 b) 1962 c) approximately 1965 POB: a) Kandahar Province, Afghanistan b) Pishin, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Good quality a.k.a.: Sayed Mohammed Hashan Low quality a.k.a.: a) Torak Agha b) Toriq Agha c)Toriq Agha Sayed Nationality: na Passport no.: na National identification no.: Pakistani 5430312277059, fraudulently obtained and since cancelled by the Government of Pakistan Address: Pashtunabad, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan Listed on: 2 November 2015 Other information: Key commander for Taliban military council involved in fundraising from Gulf-based donors. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.

to its sanctions list after the United Nations 1988 Sanctions Committee did the same.

Links:

OSFI Notice

UN Notice – HTML