Financial Sanctions Notice ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida 22 May 2020

ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

Introduction

1. The United Nations Security Council’s sanctions list has been updated.

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

2. The following entry has been added and is subject to an asset freeze:
• Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman AL-MAWLA

What you must do

3. You must:
• check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the person 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 person unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations (“MER”)
• report any findings to MER, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (“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
  
4. Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Legislative details

5. On 21 May 2020, the United Nations Security Council Committee established by Resolutions 1267(1999), 1989(2011) and 2253(2015) concerning the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations approved the addition of 1 entry to its list of individuals and entities subject to an asset freeze.
   
6. In accordance with the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019, this asset-freeze designation was effective immediately in Jersey.

Further Information

7. Copies of Jersey sanctions Orders and other legislation, including SAFL, can be found on the Jersey Legal Information Board website.
   
8. Copies of recent Notices, certain EU Regulations, UNSC Resolutions and Jersey legislation can be obtained from the restrictive measures against ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida terrorist organisations page on the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) website.
   
9. Further details on the UN measures in respect of the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations can be found on the relevant UN Sanctions Committee webpage.
   
10. For more information please see the Jersey Financial Services Commission guidance on financial sanctions.

Enquiries

11. 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: ISIL (DA’ESH) and AL-QAIDA Organisations

Individual

1. AL-MAWLA, Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman DOB: a) 5 Oct. 1976 b) 1 Oct. 1976 POB: a) Tall’ Afar, Iraq b) Mosul, Iraq a.k.a.: a) Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi b) Hajji Abdallah c) Abu ‘Umar al-Turkmani d) Abdullah Qardash e) Abu ‘Abdullah Qardash f) al-Hajj Abdullah Qardash g) Hajji Abdullah Al-Afari h) `Abdul Amir Muhammad Sa'id Salbi i) Muhammad Sa'id `Abd-al-Rahman al-Mawla j) Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abd-al-Rahman Muhammad al-Mula a.k.a.: a) Al-Ustadh b) Ustadh Ahmad Nationality: Iraq Passport no: na National identification no: na Address: na Listed on: 21 May 2020 Other information: Leader of Islamic State in Iraq Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).