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Terrorist Financing: List of Suspects

18 October 2002

The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty's Treasury, has today directed all financial institutions that any funds which they hold for or on behalf of the Global Relief Foundation (full identifying details provided below) must be frozen. This is because the Treasury have reasonable grounds for suspecting that the Global Relief Foundation is or may be a person who commits, attempts to commit, facilitates or participates in the commission of acts of terrorism. Financial institutions are requested to check whether they maintain any accounts for the Global Relief Foundation and, if so, they should freeze the accounts and report their findings to the Bank of England.

Entity

Global Relief Foundation, Inc
a.k.a. Fondation Secours Mondial
a.k.a. Fondation Secours Mondial - Belgique a.s.b.l.
a.k.a. Fondation Secours Mondial vzw
a.k.a. FSM
a.k.a. Stichting Wereldhulp - Belgie, v.z.w.
a.k.a. Fondation Secours Mondial - Kosova
a.k.a. Fondation Secours Mondial 'World Relief'

Offices:

1) 9935 South 76th Avenue, Unit 1, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455, USA
2) PO Box 1406, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455, USA
3) Vaatjesstraat, 29, 2580 Putte, Belgium
4) Rue des Bataves 69, 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels, Belgium
5) PO Box 6, 1040 Etterbeek 2, Brussels, Belgium
6) Mula Mustafe Baseskije Street No. 72, Sarajevo, Bosnia
7) Put Mladih Muslimana Street 30/A, Sarajevo, Bosnia
8) Rr. Skenderbeu 76, Lagjja Sefa, Gjakova, Kosova
9) Ylli Morina Road, Djakovica, Kosova
10) Rruga e Kavajes, Building No. 3, Apartment No. 61, P.O. Box 2892, Tirana, Albania
11) House 267 Street No. 54, Sector F - 11/4, Islamabad, Pakistan
12) Saray Cad. No 37 B Blok, Yesilyurt Apt. 2/4, Sirinevler, Turkey

Other Locations

13) Afghanistan
14) Azerbaijan
15) Bangladesh
16) Chechnya (Russia)
17) China
18) Eritrea
19) Ethiopia
20) Georgia
21) India
22) Ingushetia (Russia)
23) Iraq
24) Jordan
25) Kashmir
26) Lebanon
27) West Bank and Gaza
28) Sierra Leone
29) Somalia
30) Syria

US Federal Employer Identification Number: 36-3804626
US VAT Number: BE 454,419,759

This is in addition to those listed in:

  • The Bank's Notices dated 14 August 2002, 18 July 2002, 19 April 2002, 9 January 2002, 28 December 2001, 21 December 2001 and 6 December 2001 - each entitled NOTICE CONTAINING A DIRECTION UNDER ARTICLE 4 OF THE TERRORISM (UNITED NATIONS MEASURES) ORDER 2001 (S.I. 2001/3365).
  • The Bank's Notices dated 19 April 2002 and 11 March 2002 - each entitled NOTICE CONTAINING A DIRECTION UNDER ARTICLE 8 OF THE AL-QA'IDA AND TALIBAN (UNITED NATIONS MEASURES) ORDER 2002 (S.I. 2002/111);
  • For an up to date list of all those currently subject to the UK sanctions regime against Terrorism, Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban see the Bank of England's consolidated list

Note to Editors

The Bank has previously issued notices and news releases concerning Terrorism, Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban on 11 October, 1 October, 12 September, 5 September, 14 August, 18 July, 19 April, 11 March, 9 January 2002, 28 December, 21 December and 6 December 2001. Earlier relevant Notices were issued on 3 May 2000, 23 February, 2 April, 10 & 12 October, 2 & 8 November 2001.

Key Resources

October 2002: Bank of England Notice
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