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The UN imposes sanctions targeting terrorism under two regimes, one of which targets terrorist actors and organisations generally, and the other specifically targets ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida. It imposed its general terrorism sanctions, on all those participating in terrorist acts or supporting terrorists, in September 2001 by UN Security Council Resolution 1373 following the 9/11 attacks on the US.
Today, OFAC designated Alex Adrianus Martinus Peijnenburg (Peijnenburg), Martinus Pterus Henri De Koning (De Koning), Matthew Simon Grimm (Grimm), and nine entities for supplying illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs through internet cells to US markets. (Press release) It also designated two individuals, Mohamad Irshad Mohamad Haris Nizar and Musab Turkmen, who conducted businesses activities to assist al-Qa’ida financial facilitator Ahmed Luqman …
OFAC yesterday designated 6 people and 17 entities and blocked 11 vessels that comprise an international oil smuggling network which has facilitated oil trades and generated revenue for Hizballah and the IRGC-QF, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as amended. Some of those listed are alleged to have been involved in the blending of oil to conceal its Iranian origins. …
On 28 October 2022, OFAC designated Iranian 15 Khordad Foundation, which maintains a bounty on author Salman Rushdie in support of the fatwa calling for his execution issued by former Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989. This bounty was increased to a total of $3.3 million in 2012. 15 Khordad Foundation has been listed pursuant to Executive Order 13224 …
The US yesterday listed 7 people and 1 entity linked to a weapons trafficking network that is closely integrated with the Islamic State in Somalia (ISIS-Somalia), pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224. The trafficking network operate primarily between Yemen and Somalia and has strong ties to al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula and al-Shabaab. OFAC Press Release & Notice. Those listed: …
Jonathan Hall QC, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, released his annual report in April 2022. Notice. In addition to analysis of other terrorism legislation and measures, the report discusses terrorism sanctions in the context of the “fall of the Afghan government” in 2021 and says that: UK government communications concerning humanitarian aid and sanctions on the Taleban (also …
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