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Financial Sanctions Notice Yemen 11 November 2021

Published byExternal Relations
TypeSanctions
Date published
11 November 2021

Introduction

1. On 9 November 2021, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to resolutions 2140 (2014) concerning Yemen approved the addition of 3 entries 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 Yemen Sanctions Committee have immediate effect in Jersey.

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

3. The following entries have been added and are subject to an asset freeze:
  • Muhammad Abd Al-Karim AL-GHAMARI
  • Yusuf AL-MADANI
  • Saleh Mesfer Saleh AL SHAER

What you must do

4. You must:
  • 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.
  • 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 and Financial Services (“MERFS”).
  • report any findings to MERFS, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with SAFL.
  • provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that MERFS may request. Information reported to MERFS 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 Yemen 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 Yemen 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, reports and licence applications should be addressed to:
Head of International Compliance
Office of the Chief Executive
External Relations
sanctions@gov.je

ANNEX TO NOTICE

FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: YEMEN
ADDITIONS
Individual
1. AL-GHAMARI, Muhammad Abd Al-Karim
DOB: --/--/1979 POB: Izla Dhaen, Wahha District, Hajjar Governorate, Yemen a.k.a: ALGHAMARI, Mohammad Address: Yemen. Position: Major General, Houthi Chief of General Staff Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): YEM0007 (UN Ref): YEi.008. (Further Identifying Information): Al-Ghamari is listed for his involvement in and leadership of Houthi military campaigns that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Yemen thereby meeting the criteria for designation as laid out in Paragraph 17 of Resolution 2140 (2014). Al-Ghamari, as Houthi Military Chief of General Staff, plays the leading role in orchestrating the Houthis’ military efforts that are directly threatening the peace, security and stability of Yemen, as well as cross-border attacks against Saudi Arabia. He most recently took charge of the large-scale Houthi offensive against Yemeni government-held territory in Marib governorate. The Marib offensive is exacerbating Yemen’s humanitarian crisis, as it puts approximately one million vulnerable internally displaced people at risk of being displaced yet again, lead to the deaths of civilians, and is triggering broader escalation of the conflict. Listed on: 10/11/2021 Last Updated: 10/11/2021 UK Consolidated List Group ID: 14143.

2. AL-MADANI, Yusuf
DOB: --/--/1977. POB: Muhatta Directorate, Hajjah Province, Yemen Nationality: Yemen Address: Yemen. Position: Commander of the Houthi’s Fifth Military Region Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): YEM0008 (UN Ref): YEi.009 (Further Identifying Information): Al-Madani is listed for his involvement in and leadership of Houthi military campaigns that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Yemen thereby meeting the criteria for designation as laid out in Paragraph 17 of Resolution 2140 (2014). Al-Madani is a prominent leader of Houthi forces and is the commander of forces in Hudaydah, Hajjah, Al Mahwit, and Raymah, Yemen. As of 2021, Al-Madani was assigned to the offensive targeting Marib. Persistent Houthi repositioning and other violations of the ceasefire provisions of the Hudaydah Agreement have destabilized a city that serves as a critical thoroughfare for humanitarian and essential commercial commodities. Additionally, there are regular reports of Houthi attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure in and around Hudaydah, further exacerbating the situation for Yemenis facing some of the highest levels of humanitarian need in the country. Listed on: 10/11/2021 Last Updated: 10/11/2021 UK Consolidated List Group ID: 14144.

3. AL SHAER, Saleh Mesfer Saleh
POB: Al Safrah, Sa’dah Governorate, Yemen a.k.a: (1) AL SHA’IR, Saleh (2) AL SHAE, Saleh (3) AL SHAER, Saleh, Mesfer (4) AL SHAER, Saleh, Mosfer, Saleh (5) AL SHAER, Saleh, Musfer, Saleh (6) YASSER, Abu Nationality: Yemen Passport Details: (1) 05274639 (Yemen, issued on 7 Oct. 2013. Expiration date: 7 Oct 2019) (2) 00481779 (Yemen, issued on 9 Dec. 2000. Expiration date: 9 Dec 2006) National Identification no: (1) 1388114 (Yemen) (2) 10010057512 (Yemen) Address: Yemen. Position: Assistant Minister of Defence for Logistics Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref): YEM0009 (UN Ref): YEi.007. (Further Identifying Information): With reference to the UN Panel of Experts’ Statement of Case of 28 August 2019, Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Yemen thereby meeting the criteria for designation as laid out in Paragraph 17 of Resolution 2140 (2014). Serving as the Houthis’ Assistant Minister of Defence for Logistics, Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer assisted the Houthis in acquiring smuggled arms and weapons. He is also listed in connection with his direct involvement since early 2018 in the widespread and unlawful appropriation of assets and entities owned by private individuals under arrest by the Houthis or forced to take refuge outside of Yemen, in his capacity as ‘Judicial Custodian’ and in violation of international humanitarian law. Al Shaer has used his authority and a Sana'a based network comprising members of his family, a special criminal court, the national security bureau, the central bank, the registrar services of the Yemeni Ministry of Trade and Industry, and some private banks in order to arbitrarily dispossess selected private individuals and entities of their wealth without any due judicial process or a possibility of redress. Listed on: 10/11/2021 Last Updated: 10/11/2021 UK Consolidated List Group ID: 14141.

Ministry of External Relations
11 November 2021



Financial Sanctions Notice Yemen 11 November 2021
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