Financial Sanctions Notice Haiti 30 September 2024

Introduction 

1. On 27 September 2024, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti approved the addition of 2 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, any new asset-freeze designations made by the UNSC Resolution Number 2653 (2022) (Haiti) Sanctions Committee have immediate effect in Jersey.    

Notice summary

3. Find full details in the Annex to this notice.

4. The following designations have been made and are now subject to an asset freeze:

• Victor PROPHANE
  

• Elan LUCKSON
  

What you must do  

5. 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 prior 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. 

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

Further information

7. Find guidance on unfreezing assets for delisted persons or entities.

8. Further information on sanctions can be found on Government of Jersey and Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) websites.

9. Jersey guidance on the Haiti sanctions regime is available on JFSC Sanctions by country and category.

10. A copy of the UK Regulations can be obtained from legislation.gov.uk. Other relevant information about this regime can be found on financial sanctions targets by regime on GOV.UK.

11. The UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK.

12. The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Consolidated List on GOV.UK.

Enquiries 

13. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, and licence applications should be emailed to the Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit at sanctions@gov.je.

Annex

14. Annex to Financial Sanctions Notice Haiti 30 September 2024​

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