Financial Sanctions Notice Somalia 31 May 2023

​Introduction 

1.On 30 May 2023, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) concerning Somalia approved the addition of the entry to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to an asset freeze.

2. In accordance with the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 ("SAFL") and the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the "Sanctions Order"), any new asset-freeze designations made by the UNSC 751 Sanctions Committee have immediate effect in Jersey.    

Notice summary (Full details are provided in the Annex to this Notice) 

3. The following designation has been added and is subject to an asset freeze:

• Abdullah Osman Mohamed CADDOW

What you must do   

4. You must:  

• immediately check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice.

• freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources without notice and without delay.

• refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations ("MER").

• report any findings to MER, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with SAFL.

• provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MER may request. Information reported to MER may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement. 
  

5. Failure to comply with sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Further information

6. Further information on sanctions can be found on the Government of Jersey website and the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) website.

7. Jersey guidance on the Somalia sanctions regime is available on JFSC website.

8. Copies of Jersey sanctions legislation, including SAFL and the Sanctions Order, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.

9. Further details on the UN measures in respect of Somalia can be found on the relevant UN Sanctions Committee webpage.

10. A copy of the UK Sanctions List can be found here.

11. A copy of the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Consolidated List can be found here.

Enquiries 

12. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, and licence applications should be addressed to: 

Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit
sanctions@gov.je 

Annex

13. Annex to Financial Sanctions Notice Somalia 31 May 2023