Counter-Terrorist Asset Freezing Regime: January-March 2017
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The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Stephen Barclay)
Under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (TAFA 2010), the Treasury is required to report to Parliament, quarterly, on its operation of the UK’s asset-freezing regime mandated by UN Security Council resolutions 1373 and 1452.
This report covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017. This report also covers the UK implementation of the UN’s ISIL (Daesh) and al-Qaeda asset-freezing regime (ISIL-AQ) and the operation of the EU asset-freezing regime in the UK under EU regulation (EC) 2580/2001 which implements UNSCR 1373 against external terrorist threats to the EU.
Under the ISIL-AQ asset-freezing regime, the UN has responsibility for designations and the Treasury, through its Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), has responsibility for licensing and compliance with the regime in the UK under the ISIL (Daesh) and al-Qaeda (asset-freezing) regulations 2011.
Under EU regulation 2580/2001, the EU has responsibility for designations and OFSI has responsibility for licensing and compliance with the regime in the UK under part 1 of TAFA 2010.
A new EU asset-freezing regime under EU regulation (2016/1686) was implemented on 22 September 2016. This permits the EU to make autonomous al-Qaeda and ISIL (Daesh) listings. Once a designation is made under this regime it will appear in the table available online.
Annexes A and B to this statement provide a breakdown, by name, of all those designated by the UK and the EU in pursuance of UN Security Council resolution 1373.
The table, available as an attachment online, sets out the key asset-freezing activity in the UK during the quarter.
Annex A: Designated persons under TAFA 2010 by name1
Individuals
Hamed ABDOLLAHI*
Imad Khalil AL-ALAMI
Abdelkarim Hussein AL-NASSER*
Ibrahim Salih AL-YACOUB*
Manssor ARBABSIAR*
Usama HAMDAN
Hasan IZZ-AL-DIN*
Mohammed KHALED
Musa Abu MARZOUK
Khalid MISHAAL
Khalid Sheikh MOHAMMED*
Abdul Reza SHAHLAI*
Ali Gholam SHAKURI*
Qasem SOLEIMANI*
Entities
Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)*
Hizballah Military Wing, including external security organisation*
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Command (PFLP-GC)*
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)*
Sendero Luminoso (SL)*
Annex B: Persons designated by the EU under Council Regulation (EC) 2580/20012
Persons
Hamed ABDOLLAHI*
Abdelkarim Hussein AL-NASSER*
Ibrahim Salih AL-YACOUB*
Manssor ARBABSIAR*
Mohammed BOUYERI
Hassan Hassan EL HAJJ
Hasan IZZ-AL-DIN*
Farad MELIAD
Khalid Sheikh MOHAMMED*
Dalokay SANLI
Abdul Reza SHAHLAI*
Ali Gholam SHAKURI*
Qasem SOLEIMANI*
Groups and entities
Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO)
Al-Aqsa E.V.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade
Babbar Khalsa
Communist Party of the Philippines, including New People’s Army (NPA), Philippines
Devrimci Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi—DHKP/C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army/Front/Party)
Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army)*
Gama’a al-Islamiyya (a.k.a. Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya) (Islamic Group—IG)
Hamas, including Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem
Hizballah Military Wing, including external security organisation
Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)
Hofstadgroep
Islami Büyük Doğu Akincilar Cephesi (IBDA-C) (Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front)
Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) (a.k.a. Kongra-Gel)
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Command (PFLP-GC)*
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)*
Sendero Luminoso (SL) (Shining Path)*
Teyrbazen Azadiya Kurdistan (TAK)
1For full listing details please refer to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-list-of-designated-persons-terrorism-and-terrorist-financing.
2For full listing details please refer to: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-list-of-designated-persons-terrorism-and-terrorist-financing.
*EU listing rests on UK designation under TAFA 2010.
Attachments can be viewed online at: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-11-29/HCWS285/.
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