Category Archives: Al-Qaida Sanctions

Al-Qaida Sanctions

01.22.16
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January 19, 2016: EU, HMT remove 1, change a few Al-Qaida sanctions listings

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, Faraj
DOB: (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, Ibrahim
Title: 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, Rajapovich
DOB: 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.

Links:

HMT Notice

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/47

 

01.22.16
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January 21, 2016: UN, OSFI amend one Al-Qaida sanctions listing

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) Jordan Listed 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.

Links:

OSFI Notice

UN Notice

 

01.21.16
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January 19, 2016: SECO amends ISIS financier under Al Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions

On Tuesday, Swiss authorities amended the listing for an ISIS financier:

SSID: 10-14435 Foreign identifier: QI.A.276.10. Name: Akram Turki Hishan Al-Mazidih
DOB: a) 1974 b) 1975 Good quality a.k.a.: Akram Turki Al-Hishan Low quality a.k.a.: a)
Abu Jarrah b) Abu Akram Address: a) Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syrian Arab Republic b)
Iraq c) Jordan

Relation: a) Cousin of Ghazy Fezza Hishan Al-Mazidih (QI.A.277.10., SSID 10-14446) b)
Financial facilitator of Al-Qaida in Iraq (QE.J.115.04., SSID 10-17311) Other information:
Other possible date of birth: 1979. He is a cousin of Ghazy Fezza Hishan Al Mazidih
(QI.A.277.10). Financial facilitator of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-
Qaida in Iraq (AQI) (QE.J.115.04) as of 2015. Modifications: Amended on 17 Dec 2015, 19
Jan 2016

on its Consolidated List, under its Al-Qaida/Bin Laden/Taliban sanctions program.

Links:

FINMA Notice

Data files of updates – PDF, XML

 

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

 

01.13.16
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January 12, 2016: UN, DFAT, OSFI remove ABD AL WAHAB ABD AL HAFIZ from Al-Qaida sanctions list

Yesterday, Australian and Canadian regulators removed the following person from their anti-terror sanctions:

QDi.157 Name: 1: ABD AL WAHAB 2: ABD AL HAFIZ 3: na 4: na

Name (original script): عبد الوهاب عبد الحافظ

Title: na Designation: na DOB: 7 Sep. 1967 POB: Algiers, Algeria Good quality a.k.a.: a) Mouloud Ferdjani, born 7 Sep. 1967 in Algeria b) Abdelwahab Abdelhafid, born 30 Oct. 1968 in Algeria c) Abdel Wahab Abdelhafid, born 30 Oct. 1968 in Algeria d) Abdewahab Abdel Hafid, born 30 Oct. 1968 in Algeria e) Abedel Wahad Abdelhafio, born 30 Oct. 1968 in Algeria f) Abdelouahab Abdelhafid, born 30 Oct. 1968 in El Harrach, Algeria (appears in Algerian passport number 3525282) Low quality a.k.a.: a) Mourad b) Saidc) Rabah Di Roma Nationality: Algerian Passport no.: Algerian passport number 3525282 (issued under name Abdelouahab Abdelhafid (good quality a.k.a. f)) National identification no.: na Address: na Listed on: 17 Mar. 2004 (amended on 26 Nov. 2004, 9 Sep. 2005, 21 Dec. 2007, 25 Jan. 2010, 16 May 2011, 17 Aug. 2015 ) Other information: Sentenced in absentia in Italy to 5 years of imprisonment. Arrest warrant issued by the Italian authorities on 19 May 2005, cancelled on 18 March 2008. Linked to support for the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QDe.014). Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 30 Jul. 2009.

After his removal by the United Nations Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.

Links:

OSFI Notice

UN Notice – PDF (DFAT), HTML (OSFI)

 

01.08.16
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December 18, 2015: HK SFC AML/CTF Circular

Only about a week since the previous circular, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HK SFC) issued another AML/CTF circular to publicize changes to the lists published by the United Nations Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee. A PDF of the UN web notices is attached.

Links:

HK SFC Notice

HK SFC Circular

UN Web Notices