Today, Swiss regulators updated a lot of their Bin Landen/Al-Qaida/Taliban counter terrorism sanctions – it’s a 27 page PDF. While I have not reviewed all of the updated listings, they seem to all have the same update – adding the following boilerplate to all of them: Review pursuant to Security […]
Notice of Changes to the Consolidated List Autonomous Sanctions (Designated and Declared Persons—Former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Amendment (Continuation of Effect) Instrument 2020 Following registration of the Legislative Instruments made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, DFAT has updated the Consolidated List. The Instrument can be found at: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2021L00059 […]
Earlier today, UK officials removed the following 2 persons: 1. AL-CHERIF, Said Ben Abdelhakim Ben Omar DOB: (1) 25/01/1970. (2) 25/01/1971. (3) 12/12/1973. POB: (1) Manzil Tmim (2) Sosa (3) Solisse (4) Tunis (5) – (6) Aras (7) – , (1) to (5) Tunisia (6) to (7) Algeria a.k.a: (1) […]
Swiss authorities have changed the following individual listing under the Bin Laden/Al-Qaida/Taliban counter terrorism sanctions: SSID: 10-16693 Foreign identifier: QI.S.208.05. Name: Radulan Sahiron DOB: a) 1955 b) 1952 (approximately) POB: Kaunayan, Patikul, Jolo Island, Philippines Good quality a.k.a.: a) Radullan Sahiron b) Radulan Sahirun c) Radulan Sajirun Low quality a.k.a.: […]
On Tuesday, OFAC revoked Counter Terrorism General Licenses 9 (Official US Government Business), 10 (Official International Organization Activities), 11 (Support of NGO Activities in Yemen), 12 (Export/Re-export of Agricultural Commodities, Medicine, Medical Devices, Replacement Parts and Components or Software Updates) and 13 (Transactions involving Ansrallah). Along with that, FAQs 875, […]
Mr. Watchlist wonders why this couldn’t continue to be handled with General Licenses and Statements of Licensing Policy… Revocation of the Terrorist Designations of Ansarallah PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 12, 2021 Share Effective February 16, I am revoking the designations of Ansarallah, sometimes referred to […]
OFAC issued Counter Terrorism General License 13, which authorizes transactions with Ansrallah until February 26th, but doesn’t permit transactions otherwise barred under the various counter-terror regulations, other SDNs, or transactions which involved already-blocked property. And they updated Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) 876 to include references to the new General License. […]
State Department Terrorist Designation Reviews and Amendments MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 14, 2021 Share The Department of State has amended the terrorist designations of Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ) and ISIL Sinai Peninsula (ISIL-SP) to include additional aliases. These aliases have been added to LJ and ISIL-SP’s designations […]
State Department Terrorist Designations of HASM and Its Leaders and Maintenance of PIJ FTO Designation MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON JANUARY 14, 2021 Share The Department of State has increased sanctions against Harakat Sawa’d Misr – also known as HASM – by designating the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization […]
OFAC added the following persons: AL-SAMAHI, Alaa Ali Ali Mohammed (a.k.a. AL-SAMAHY, Allaa), Turkey; DOB 08 Sep 1976; alt. DOB 1981; Gender Male (individual) [SDGT]. MUSA, Yahya al-Sayyid Ibrahim (a.k.a. MOHAMMAD, Yahia ElSayed Ibrahim; a.k.a. MOUSSA, Yahya Alsayed Ibrahim Mohamed; a.k.a. “IBRAHIM, Basim”), Istanbul, Turkey; DOB 05 May 1984; alt. DOB […]
