On Wednesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following persons to the Specially-Designated Nationals (SDN) list under the Syrian sanctions program: ABDULKARIM, Wael (a.k.a. ABDULKARIM, Mohammad Wael), Dubai, United Arab Emirates; DOB 1973; POB Damascus, Syria; nationality Syria; Managing Director, Pangates International Corp. Ltd.; General Manager, Pangates […]
On December 11, Swiss regulators corrected the following listing in the Consolidated List, under the Belarus sanctions program: SSID: 20-26393 Name: Kakunin Aliaksandr Aliaksandravich Spelling variant: a)КакунинKakunin Aliaxandr Aliaxandravich (BelarusianRussian) b) КакунiнKakuninAleksandr Aleksandravich (RussianBelarusian) c) Kakunin Alexandr Alexandrovich(Russian) d) KakuninКакунин Александр Александрович (Belarusian) e) KakuninКакунiнАляксандр Аляксандровiч (Russian) Justification: Responsible for […]
On December 10, OFAC sent out a reminder about the pending elimination of the independent files for the Foreign Sanctions Evaders (FSE), Non-SDN Palestinian Leadership Council (NS-PLC) and Sectoral Sanctions Identification (SSI) Lists. These are being rolled into a single Consolidated Non-SDN List (a change of name since the original […]
On Wednesday, December 10, Her Majesty’s Treasury modified its Consolidated List for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions program, in accordance with Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1275/2014. The following listing was added: 1. ADF a.k.a: (1) ADF/NALU (2) Forces Democratiques Alliees-Armee Nationale de Liberation de l’Ouganda (3) […]
A week ago today, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) renewed the Final Designations of the following two organizations under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA): POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE – GENERAL COMMANDa.k.a: PFLP – General Command Other Information: Both UK listing and EU listing. Group ID: 7399. […]
On Monday, December 8th, Swiss regulators added the following 3 persons to their Consolidated List under the Yemen sanctions program: SSID: 85-29611 Foreign identifier: YEi.001 Name: Abd al-Khaliq al-Huthi Sex: M DOB: 1984 Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abd-al-Khaliq al-Huthi b) Abd-al-Khaliq Badr-al-Din al Huthi c) ‘Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Huthi […]
Another fine kettle of phish… Press Releases Fraudulent website: http://bank.cncbnkintl.com The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members of the public to a fraudulent website with the domain name “http://bank.cncbnkintl.com”. The website purports to be the official website of China CITIC Bank International Limited (CNCBI). CNCBI has clarified […]
Financial Sanctions: Christmas Period Please be advised that the Sanctions and Illicit Finance Team will be operating with reduced staff during the Christmas period (Monday 22 December to Friday 2 January). We will continue to deal with urgent matters, but encourage you to submit licence requests at the earliest opportunity […]
Yesterday, Her Majesty’s Treasury updated the following 3 Central African Republic sanctions listings, in line with Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1276/2014: 1. BOZIZE, Francois, YangouvondaDOB: 14/10/1946.POB: Mouila, GabonAddress: POB: Mouila, GabonAddress: Ugandaa.k.a: BOZIZE, YangouvondaNationality: Gabonese Central African RepublicOther Information: Son of Mother’s name is Martine Kofio. Group ID: 12998. […]
In line with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1270/2014, on Wednesday, Her Majesty’s Treasury added the followin 13 individuals: 1. AIRAPETYAN, Larisa a.k.a: (1) AIRAPETYAN, Larysa (2) AYRAPETYAN, Larysa Position: Health Minister of the Luhansk People’s Republic Group ID: 13172. 2. AKIMOV, Oleg a.k.a: AKIMOV, Oleh Position: Deputy of the […]
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