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Financial Sanctions Notice Mali 10 October 2022

Published byExternal Relations
TypeSanctions
Date published
10 October 2022

Introduction  

1. The Mali (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (the “UK Regulations”) were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 and provide for...

2. On 10 October 2022 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.

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

5. The following designations have been amended and remain subject to an asset freeze:
  • Mahri Sidi Amar BEN DAHA (UK Consolidated Group ID: 13801)
  • Mohamed Ben Ahmed MAHRI (UK Consolidated Group ID: 13802)
  • Mohamed Ould MATALY (UK Consolidated Group ID: 13803)

What you must do   

6. 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 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.

7. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for designated persons, they are not required to report these details again.

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 Mali 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. A copy of the UK Sanctions List can be found here.

14. A copy of the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Consolidated List can be found here.

Enquiries  

15. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, 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 Notice Mali 10 October 2022
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