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Financial Sanctions Notice Central African Republic 20 July 2023

Published byExternal Relations
TypeSanctions
Date published
20 July 2023

Introduction 

1. The Central African Republic (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (the "UK Regulations") were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and provide for the imposition of financial sanctions, namely the freezing of funds and economic resources of persons involved in the commission of a serious human rights violation or abuse, or a violation of international humanitarian law, in the Central African Republic; an attack against, or obstruction of the activities of diplomatic personnel, regional or international monitoring and peace-support missions and mechanisms, or personnel undertaking humanitarian assistance activity in the Central African Republic; obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance in the Central African Republic; the provision of support for armed groups or criminal networks in the Central African Republic; or any other action, policy or activity which undermines or threatens the peace, stability and security of the Central African Republic.

2. On 20 July 2023 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List to reflect changes to those persons designated under the UK Regulations. A link to the UK Sanctions List can be found below.

3. The Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the "Order"), made under the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 ("SAFL"), links to the UK Regulations.

4. Any changes to asset-freeze designations made under the UK Regulations are effective immediately by virtue of the ambulatory provisions in Jersey's sanctions legislation.

5. An asset freeze now applies to the entries listed in the Annex to this Notice under Part 3 of SAFL.

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

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

  • Alexander Alexandrovich IVANOV (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16036

  • Aleksandr Grigorievitch MALOLETKO (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16030)

  • Vitalii Viktorovitch PERFILEV (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16031)

  • Konstantin Aleksendrovitch PIKALOV (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16032)

  • Dimitri SYTII (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16035)

  • LOBAYE INVEST SARLU (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16033)

  • SEWA SECURITY SERVICES (UK Consolidated Group ID: 16034)

What you must do   

7. 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. 

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

Further Information

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

10. Jersey guidance on the Central African Republic sanctions regime is available on JFSC website.

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

12. A copy of the UK Regulations can be obtained from legislation.gov.uk and other relevant information about this regime can be found on gov.uk.

13. The UK Sanctions List.

14. The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Consolidated List.

Enquiries 

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

Financial Sanctions Implementation Unit

sanctions@gov.je

Annex

16. Annex to Financial Sanctions Notice Central African Republic 20 July 2023 

Financial Sanctions Notice Central African Republic 20 July 2023
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