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Financial Sanctions Notice Libya 26 October 2021

Published byExternal Relations
TypeSanctions
Date published
26 October 2021

Introduction

1. On 25 October 2021, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya approved the addition of one 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 Libya Sanctions Committee have immediate effect in Jersey.

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

3. The following entry has been added and is subject to an asset freeze:
  • Osama Al Kuni IBRAHIM

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 Libya 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 Libya 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: LIBYA
ADDITION
Individual
1. IBRAHIM, OSAMA AL KUNI
Name (original script): أسامة الكوني ابراهيم Title: Manager of Al Nasr Detention Center in Zawiyah  DOB: 04 April 1976 POB: Tripoli, Libya  a.k.a.: a)Osama Milad b) Osama al-Milad c) Osama Zawiya d) Osama Zawiyah e) Osama al Kuni  Nationality: Libya  Address: Zawiyah, Libya  Other information: As de facto manager of the Al Nasr detention center the person concerned has directly, and/or through subordinates engaged in or provided support to acts that violate applicable international human rights law, or acts that constitute human rights abuses in Libya.  The Person concerned has acted for or on behalf of or at the direction of two listed individuals intrinsically linked to the human trafficking activities of the Zawiyah network, namely Mohamed Kashlaf (LYi.025) and Abdulrahman al Milad (LYi.026).  Listed pursuant to paragraphs 15 and 17 of resolution 1970 (Travel Ban, Asset Freeze) INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link:  https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals.

Ministry of External Relations
26 October 2021



Financial Sanctions Notice Libya 26 October 2021
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