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UN, OSFI remove Abdelhadi Ben Debka from terror listings
Thursday, OSFI removed the following person from its Consolidated List: QI.B.162.04. Name: 1: ABDELHADI 2: BEN DEBKA 3: na 4: na Name (original script): الهادي بن دبكة Title: na Designation: na DOB: 17...
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December 19, 2013: Swiss update Al-Qaida/Taliban, Belarus sanctions lists
On Thursday, SECO added: SSID: 10-27102 Foreign identifier: QI.A.320.13. Name: Abd-al-Hamid Al-Masli DOB: 1976 POB: a) Darnah, Libya b) Danar, Libya Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abd-al-HamidMuhammad...
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Burmese Carrots, Burmese Sticks
It made a lot of news when the military leaders of Myanmar released Aung San Suu Kyi, and made some initial steps towards democracy. So much so, that governments around the world made signfiicant...
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Breaking News: Turkish Scandal Expands to Include Iranian Oil
The Daily Beast reports that the ongoing corruption scandal in Turkey now includes massive sanctions breaches of the restrictions imposed on Tehran. Arrested were an Iranian businessman for allegedly...
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Specific UN Lists added to Watchlists page
Through the New Zealand regulator's page, I found a bunch of links to PDFs of a bunch of UN lists. You have to pore over the documents carefully, though – in some cases, the listed individuals are...
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Happy New Year! OSFI adds 2 to terror roles
On Monday, OSFI added the following 2 listings under its anti-terrorism sanctions: Boko Haram (also known among other names as Jama’atu AhlisSunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad (People of the Tradition of...
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Sweden Explains It All: EU Afghanistan (Taliban) sanctions
From government.se, some background on the EU's Taliban/Afghanistan sanctions program: UN sanctions against the Taliban in Afghanistan have been in place since 1999 as part of a sanctions regime...
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UN, DFAT update terror rolls
DFAT has added the following to its Consolidated List, based on changes by the UN: QI.A.237.08. Name: 1: JABER 2: ABDALLAH 3: JABER 4: AHMAD AL-JALAHMAH Title: na Designation: na DOB: 24 Sep. 1959...
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UN, DFAT remove two branches of International Islamic Relief Organization...
On Monday, DFAT removed the following two listings from its Consolidated List, based on changes by the United Nations to its list: QE.I.126.06. Name: INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION,...
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OFAC adds Qari Saifullah to terror sanctions
Earlier today, OFAC added the following person to the SDN List under the counter-terrorism sanctions program: SAIFULLAH, Qari (a.k.a. AL TOKHI, Qari Saifullah; a.k.a. SAHAB, Qari), Quetta, Pakistan;...
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Sweden Explains It All: Cote D’Ivoire
Here is the historical background on the UN and EU sanctions on Cote D'Ivoire: In recent years, Côte d'Ivoire has been marked by political turbulence, violence and human rights abuses. Following a...
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January 8, 2014: OSFI plays catch up – again
The Canadian regulator issued a pair of notices on Wednesday, announcing the changes to its Consolidated List based on recent UN changes to the Al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions. Rather than rehash them...
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January 8, 2014: “Chino Anthrax” now a Kingpin
On Wednesday, OFAC added the following person to the SDN List, under the Kingpin Act: ARECHIGA GAMBOA, Jose Rodrigo (a.k.a. “CHINO ANTRAX”), Calle Clavel 1487, Colonia Margarita, Culiacan, Sinaloa,...
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EU Export Control: The Catch-All
Turns out that merely ensuring that your products are not on the Control List isn't good enough. From the Danish Business Authority, we get an explanation of the catch-all provisions in EU export...
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January 10, 2014: OFAC Counter-Terrorism designations
On Friday, OFAC added the following new persons: HASSINE, Seifallah Ben (a.k.a. AAYADH, Abou; a.k.a. HASSAYN, Sayf Allah 'Umar bin; a.k.a. HASSINE, Saifallah Ben; a.k.a. HOCINE, Seif Allah Ben; a.k.a....
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Sweden Explains It All: Guinea-Bissau
This is the historical background of the EU sanctions against Guinea-Bissau: First the EU and subsequently the United Nations Security Council have imposed sanctions against Guinea-Bissau. In light of...
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Sweden Explains It All: Guinea (Conakry)
The historical background of EU sanctions on Guinea: Guinea's President Lansana Conté, who had been in office since 1984, died in late 2008. The military took control by means of a coup led by Captain...
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January 14, 2014: HMT removes 5 from terror sanctions
Based on Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 16/2014 & 21/2014, the following 3 individuals: BEN ATTIA, Nabil, Ben Mohamed, Ben AliDOB: 11/05/1966. POB: Tunis, Tunisia Nationality: Tunisian...
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Sweden Explains It All: EU Iraq sanctions
Here is the historical background of the EU's sanctions on Iraq: Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 and the suspicions that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction under Saddam Hussein's...
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January 16, 2014: OFAC Designates Jose Guadalupe Tapia Quintero as a Kingpin
On Thursday, OFAC designated the following person under the counter-narcotics trafficking sanctions program: TAPIA QUINTERO, Jose Guadalupe, Sinaloa, Mexico; DOB 19 Feb 1971; POB Sinaloa, Mexico;...
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