Monthly Archives: May 2014

05.30.14
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May 29, 2014: EU, HMT modify 19 Ukraine-related listings

On Thursday, Her Majesty’s Treasury, in line with Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2014, modified the following 19 listings on their Consolidated List:

Individuals

BEZLER, Igor, Mykolaiovych
POB: Simferopol

a.k.a: BEZLER, Igor, Nikolaevich
Other Information: Militia leader.
Group ID: 12971.

BOLOTOV, Valeriy, Dmitrievich
DOB: 13/02/1970.

POB: Stachanov, Lugansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR

Other Information: One of the leaders of the separatist group ‘Army of the South-East’.
Group ID: 12960.

GALKIN, Aleksandr, Viktorovich
DOB: 22/03/1958.

Position: Commander, Russia Southern Military District
Group ID: 12932.

GIRKIN, Igor, Vsevolodovich
DOB: 17/12/1970.

a.k.a: STRELKOV, Igor

Passport Details: No. 4506460961

Other Information: Staff of Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the
Russian Federation (GRU).
Group ID: 12964.

KONSTANTINOV, Vladimir, Andreevich
DOB: 19/11/1956.

POB: Vladimirovca, Slobozia District, Republic of Moldova
Position: Speaker, Verkhovna Rada of Crimea

Group ID: 12923.

LYAGIN, Roman
DOB: 30/05/1980.

POB: Donetsk

Other Information: Head of the ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Central Electroral Commission.
Group ID: 12975.

MALYSHEV, Mikhail, Grigoryevich
DOB: 10/10/1955.

Position: Chair of the Crimean Electoral Commission
Group ID: 12933.

MEDVEDEV, Valery, Kirillovich
DOB: 21/08/1946.
POB: Russia
Group ID: 12934.

POB: Russia

Group ID: 12934.

MIZULINA, Elena, Borisovna
DOB: 09/12/1954.
POB: Buly, Kostroma Oblast

POB: Buly, Kostroma Oblast
Position: Deputy in the State Duma Group
ID: 12941.

PONOMARIOV, Viacheslav
DOB: 02/05/1965.

POB: Slovinsk

a.k.a: PONOMARIOV, Vyacheslav, Vladimirovich
Other Information: Self-declared Mayor of Sloviansk
Group ID: 12970.

PURGIN, Andriy, Yevgenevich
DOB: 26/01/1972.

Other Information: Head of the ‘Donetsk Republic’.
Group ID: 12961.

SIDOROV, Anatoliy, Alekseevich
DOB: 02/07/1958.

Position: Commander, Russia’s Western Military District
Group ID: 12931.

TSARIOV, Oleg, Anatolevich
DOB: 02/06/1970.

POB: Dnipropetrovsk Other Information: Member of the Rada.
Group ID: 12973.

TSYPLAKOV, Sergey, Gennadevich
DOB: 01/05/1983.

POB: Donetsk, Ukranian SSR

Other Information: One of the leaders of the People’s Militia of Dombas.
Group ID: 12963.

TURCHENYUK, Igor, Nikolaevich
Title: Lt. Gen
DOB: 05/12/1959.

POB: Kirghizia, Osh

Position: Commander of Russian Forces in Crimea
Group ID: 12938.

ZHEREBTSOV, Yuriy, Gennadyevich
DOB: 19/11/1965.

Position: Counsellor of the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea
Group ID: 12928.

ZIMA, Pyotr, Anatolyevych
DOB: 29/03/1965.

Position: Head of the Crimean Security Service (SBU) (Since 3 March 2014)
Group ID: 12927.


ENTITIES

FEODOSIA
a.k.a: Feodossyskoje Predprijatije po obespetscheniju nefteproduktami

Address: Feodosiya, Geologicheskaya str.2, Crimea, 98107.

Other Information: Company providing transhipment services for crude oil and oil products.
Group ID: 12980.

PJSC CHERNOMORNEFTEGAZ
a.k.a: Chornomornaftogaz Address: Prospekt Kirova/per., Sovarkomovskji 52/1, Simferopol, Crimea.
Group ID: 12979.

 

Links:

HMT Notice

Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 577/2014

 

05.30.14
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May 29, 2014: EU, HMT make changes to Al-Qaida designations

On Thursday, Her Majesty’s Treasury added the following two entities:

1. AL-NUSRAH FRONT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LEVANT
a.k.a: (1) AL-NUSRA FRONT

(2) AL-NUSRAH FRONT


(3) ANSAR AL-MUJAHIDEEN NETWORK


(4) JABHAT AL-NUSRAH


(5) JABHET AL-NUSRA


(6) LEVANTINE MUJAHIDEEN ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF JIHAD
(7) THE VICTORY FRONT

Address: Syria.


Other Information: UN Ref. QE.A.137.14. Operates in Syria.
Group ID: 12981.

2. JAMA’ATU AHLIS SUNNA LIDDA’AWATI WAL-JIHAD
a.k.a: (1) BOKO HARAM

(2) JAMA’ATU AHLUS-SUNNAH LIDDA’AWATI WAL JIHAD

(3) WESTERN EDUCATION IS A SIN
Address: Nigeria.

Other Information: UN Ref QE.B.138.14. Affiliate of Al-Qaida and the Organisation of Al-Qaida in the
Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Associated with Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan (Ansaru). The
leader is Abubakar Shekau.


Group ID: 12982.

removed this person:

UR REHMAN, Wali
DOB: –/–/1970.

POB: Pakistan


Nationality: Pakistani


Other Information: UN Ref QI.U.287.10. Reportedly born in South Waziristan, Pakistan. Believed to be
residing in Pakistan. Emir of Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for South Waziristan Agency, Federally
Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan.


Group ID: 11273.

and modified these two listings:

DWIKARNA, Agus
DOB: 11/08/1964.

POB: Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Nationality: Indonesian
National Identification Number: Indonesian travel document number XD53038.
Other Information: UN Ref QI.D.111.03. Arrested 13 Mar 2002, sentenced 12 July 2002 in the
Philippines. Physical description: height 165 cm.
Group ID: 7842.

AL-QAIDA IN IRAQ

a.k.a: (1) AL-NUSRAH FRONT

(2) AL-NUSRAH FRONT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LEVANT
(3) Al-Qaida of Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers


(4) al-Tawhid


(5) al-Zarqawi network

(6) AQI


(7) ISI


(8) ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT


(9) Islamic State of Iraq


(10) JABHAT AL NUSRAH


(11) JABHET AL-NUSRAH


(12) Jama’at Al-Tawhid Wa’al-Jihad


(13) JTJ


(14) Qaida of the Jihad in the Land of the Two Rivers


(15) Tanzeem Qa’idat al Jihad/Bilad al Raafidaini


(16) Tanzim Qa’idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn


(17) The Monotheism and Jihad Group


(18) The Organization Base of Jihad/Country of the Two Rivers


(19) The Organization Base of Jihad/Mesopotamia


(20) The Organization of Jihad’s Base in the Country of the Two Rivers
(21) THE VICTORY FRONT

Other Information: UN Ref QE.J.115.04.
Group ID: 8441.

in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 583/2014. The notice from HMT did not include the usual link to the EU regulation…. but it’s hidden somewhere in the EU site.

Links:

HMT Notice

05.29.14
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Notice to Exporters 2014/14 – Comment period for pre-licensing register closes Friday

On April 17th, the ECO (Export Control Organization) invited comment on the introduction of a pre-licensing register for arms brokers. Yesterday, Notice to Exporters 2014/14 announced that the comment period closes this Friday. You can submit your comment via the online survey link or by filling out a Response Form attached to the discussion paper below.

Links:

Notice to Exporters 2014/14

Call for Evidence paper

Online survey link

Discussion paper

 

05.29.14
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May 27, 2014: New Executive Order on US Iraq-related sanctions

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama issued a new Executive Order modifying the Iraq-related sanctions that OFAC enforces:

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America,
have determined that the situation that gave rise to the actions
taken in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, to protect the
Development Fund for Iraq and certain other property in which
the Government of Iraq has an interest has been significantly
altered.  Recognizing the changed circumstances in Iraq,
including the Government of Iraq's progress in resolving and
managing the risk associated with outstanding debts and claims
arising from actions of the previous regime, I hereby terminate
the prohibitions contained in section 1 of Executive Order 13303
of May 22, 2003, as amended by Executive Order 13364 of
November 29, 2004, on any attachment, judgment, decree, lien,
execution, garnishment, or other judicial process with respect
to the Development Fund for Iraq and Iraqi petroleum, petroleum
products, and interests therein, and the accounts, assets,
investments, and other property owned by, belonging to, or held
by, in the name of, on behalf of, or otherwise for, the Central
Bank of Iraq.


So, basically, previously, the assets of the Central Bank of Iraq and Development Fund of Iraq were judgment-proof, in order to promote further stabilization of the Iraqi government. Now, as times have changed, claims against these institutions can now proceed.

As the OFAC notice notes, “The E.O. does not otherwise affect the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303, as expanded in scope by Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, which remains in place and continues as the basis for certain sanctions on the former Iraqi regime, its senior officials and their family members, and designated persons who threaten stabilization efforts in Iraq.”

Links:

OFAC Notice

Executive Order

 

05.29.14
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HKMA finds a fraudulent Wing Hang website

Press Releases
Fraudulent website: http://www.sdbfjt.com/search/www.whbhk.com/webpages/en-us/html/retail_banking/deposit/hkd_deposit_ac.html

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a fraudulent website with the domain name “http://www.sdbfjt.com/search/www.whbhk.com/webpages/en-us/html/retail_banking/deposit/hkd_deposit_ac.html”. The website purports to be the official website of Wing Hang Bank, Limited (Wing Hang Bank). Wing Hang Bank has clarified that it has no connection with the fraudulent website.

Anyone who has provided his or her personal information to the website or has conducted any financial transactions through the website should contact Wing Hang Bank at 3199 9188 and any local Police Station or the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority

29 May 2014

Link:

HKMA notice

 

05.29.14
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EU Extends Syria sanctions for another year

Here’s the press release:

Syria: EU economic sanctions extended until 1 June 2015

The Council has agreed to renew the restrictive measures against the Syrian regime, on the basis of a review of the original decision taken on 31 May 2013.

The measures will apply until 1 June 2015 and include a number of export and import
bans, e.g. an oil embargo, as well as restrictions on investments, financial activity and the
transport sector.

Two persons and one entity have been removed from the original list of persons and
entities subject to the restrictive measures. Thus leaving 179 persons associated with the
violent repression in Syria targeted with an asset freeze and a travel ban. 53 entities linked
to the repressive policies, including the Central Bank of Syria, will continue to have their
assets frozen within the EU.

The decision was adopted by written procedure on 28 May 2014 and the legal act will be
published in the EU Official Journal and come into force on 29 May 2014.

When Mr. Watchlist figures out where the changes are to the sanctions list, as alluded to in the press release, he will post them.

Link:

EU Press Release

 

05.28.14
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Mr. Watchlist is moving!

Not the blog, but I am…

Starting June 23rd, I will be Director of Business Product for Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. The role is a combination of product management, brand evangelism inside and outside of Dow Jones, and a touch of sales support.

I'll be working out of Princeton, NJ most of the time when I'm not on the road. I'll still be jetting around a lot, but probably more domestic day trips or overnights more so than international. Regular, but fairly infrequent, trips to our global offices (including London, Barcelona and Hong Kong) are also on tap.

I am really grateful to Accuity for all the opportunities they provided me over these years (just shy of 9 by the time I leave) – I couldn't get a position like this without all the exposure to the industry they provided me.

So the About page will get revamped… in a few weeks.