September 21, 2015: DFAT, UN modify 1 Yemen listing
Last Monday, Australian regulators made amendments to the folliowing Yemen sanctions listing, after those changes were made by the UN Sanctions Committee for that program: YEi.005 Name: 1: AHMED 2: ALI...
View ArticleSeptember 21-22, 2015: UN, DFAT, OSFI add 4 to Al-Qaida sanctions
Early last week, both the Canadian and Australian regulators incorporate 4 new individual listings: QDi.379 Name: 1: ABD AL-AZIZ 2: ADAY 3: ZIMIN 4: AL-FADHIL Name (original script): عبدالعزیز عدي زمین...
View ArticleSeptember 22, 2015: 1 deleted, lots changed under EU, HMT Ukraine program
Last Tuesday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1514 by removing the following person from the Ukraine sanctions program on their Consolidated List:...
View ArticleOFAC’s CACR changes FAQ, part 7: Third Party Effects
VIII. Third-Country Effects Are Cuban nationals located outside of Cuba still considered blocked? Yes, but any individual Cuban national who can establish that he or she has taken up permanent...
View ArticleSeptember 25, 2015: SECO updates Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh for Yemen sanctions
On Friday, Swiss authorities updated the information for the following person sanctioned under its Yemen program: SSID: 85-31222 Foreign identifier: YEi.005 Name: Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh Title: a)...
View ArticleOFAC’s CACR changes FAQ, part 8: Miscellany
IX. Miscellaneous 69. Are specific licenses still required for transactions relative to the administration of a Cuban estate? Previously, a specific license was required for certain estate-related...
View ArticleNotice to Exporters 2015/22: ECO publishes licensing statistics
Beyond the raw statistics, ECO's release states: For the first time, these statistics have been produced to be compliant with the UK Statistics Authority’s code of practice for official statistics. In...
View ArticleSeptember 29, 2015: Ending Q3 with a bang at OFAC (not a bomb)
On Tuesday, OFAC designated 25 individuals: AL-HARBI, Nasir Muhammad 'Awad al-Ghidani (a.k.a. AL-HARBI, Nasir Muhammad 'Iwad al-Ghaydani; a.k.a. “AL-GHAYDANI, Abu-Bilal”; a.k.a. “AL-HARBI, Abu-Bilal”;...
View ArticleSeptember 30, 2015: Mohammad Nidal Al-Shaar removed from EU, HMT’s Syrian...
On July 3rd, the General Court of the European Union annulled the designation of the following person, designated under the EU's (and HMT's) Syrian sanctions: AL-SHAAR, Mohammad, Nidal Title: Dr DOB:...
View ArticleOctober 1, 2015: HMT wants to see your assets!
First time I've seen this from HM Treasury (in an email, anyway) – they're requesting everyone who has frozen assets to fill out a spreadsheet listing all those assets and send them to HM Treasury...
View ArticleOctober 2, 2015: EU, HMT implement sanctions on Burundi
On Friday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1755, which establishes the following persons: 1. Name: BIZIMANA 1: GODEFROID DOB: 23/04/1968. POB:...
View ArticleOctober 6, 2015: DFAT catches up a day late…
Australian regulators added those 6 persons from the UN Sanctions Committee for Al-Qaida sanctions that OSFI added on the 5th… QDi.363 Name: 1: MAGHOMED 2: MAGHOMEDZAKIROVICH 3: ABDURAKHMANOV 4: na...
View ArticleOctober 7, 2015: OFAC is Unlucky for 13 Kingpins
On Wednesday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the following 3 individuals: ROSENTHAL COELLO, Yankel Antonio, Contiguo Rio Santa Ana, Lote Residencial Fina Vieja, San Pedro Sula,...
View ArticleSeptember 30-October 1: Al-Qaida Triple Play!
Last Wednesday and Thursday, DFAT and OSFI implemented a trio of UN updates to the Al-Qaida sanctions lists – all additions. They added the following persons: QDi.375 Name: 1: BOUBAKER 2: BEN HABIB 3:...
View ArticleOctober 7, 2015: HMT ends Liberia sanctions
On Wednesday, Her Majesty's Treasury implemented Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/1776 by terminating the sanctions against Liberia. Links: HMT Notice Council Regulation (EU) No 2015/1776 Posted with...
View ArticleOctober 1, 2015: EU, HMT add 4, delist 1 from Al-Qaida sanctions
On October 1, Her Majesty's Treasury implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1740 by adding the following 4 individuals to the Consolidated List under its Al-Qaida sanctions...
View ArticleOctober 10, 2015: EU, HMT add 20, remove 2 from Al-Qaida lists
On Saturday, Her Majesty's Treasury (HMT) implemented Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/1815, by adding the following 18 persons (Aseel and Nasser Ahmed Muthana were previously sanctioned...
View ArticleOctober 6, 2015: SECO updates Ukraine sanctions
On October 6th, Swiss regulators delisted the following person from their Ukraine-related sanctions program: SSID: 175-28172 Name: Mozgovy Oleksiy Borisovych Spelling variant: a) Мозговий Олексій...
View ArticleOctober 6, 2015: SECO updates Al-Qaida sanctions
On October 6th, Swiss regulators added the following persons: SSID: 10-32020 Foreign identifier: QDi.379 Name: Abd al-Aziz Aday Zimin al-Fadhil DOB: 27 Aug 1981 POB: Kuwait Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abd...
View ArticleNo job is complete without the paperwork
Her Majesty's Treasury has updated its breach form – for when you have a sanctions violation on your hands. Since Mr. Watchlist didn't know what was in the old one, he can't say what changed. But he...
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