News Release
Terrorist Financing: List of Suspects
24 March 2004
The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty's Treasury, has today directed financial institutions that any funds which they hold for or on behalf of the individuals named below must be frozen. This is because the Treasury have reasonable grounds for suspecting that the individuals are or may be persons who facilitate or participate in the commission of acts of terrorism or (in the case of Rantisi) may be a person who commits, facilitates or participates in the commission of acts of terrorism.
Financial institutions are requested to check whether they maintain any accounts for the individuals named below and, if so, they should freeze the accounts and report their findings to the Bank of England.
Individuals
1. AL-ALAMI, IMAD KHALIL
DOB: 1956
POB:
Gaza
Other Information: Senior HAMAS official
2. HAMDAN, USAMA
DOB: 1964
Other
Information: Senior HAMAS official. Based in Haret Hreik, Lebanon
3. MARZOUK, MUSA ABU
DOB:
09/02/1951
POB: Gaza, Egypt
A.K.A.: (1) ABU MARZOOK, Mousa Mohammed (2)
ABU-MARZUQ, Dr Musa (3) ABU-MARZUQ, Sa'id (4) ABU-'UMAR (5) MARZOOK, Mousa
Mohamed Abou (6) MARZUK, Musa Abu
Passport Details: No 92/664
(Egypt)
Other Information: Senior HAMAS official
4. MISHAAL, KHALID
DOB: 1956
POB:
Silwad, Ramallah, West Bank (Palestinian Authority)
Other Information:
Senior HAMAS official. Based in Damascus, Syria
5. RANTISI, ABDEL AZIZ
DOB:
23/10/1947
POB: Yubna, Gaza (Palestinian Authority)
Other Information:
Senior HAMAS official. Based in Gaza (Palestinian Authority)
The above names are in addition to those listed in previous Bank Notices containing directions under Article 4 of the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3365) and under Article 8 of the Al Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/111, as amended by S.I. 2002/251).
The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty's Treasury, today also advises of additional detail to that previously provided in relation to an entity listed under Article 4 of the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3365).
Kurdistan Workers' Party: Additional Details
On 2 November 2001, the Kurdistan Workers' Party a.k.a. PKK - Chairman Abdullah Ocalan - was added to the consolidated list held by the Bank of persons whose funds are to be frozen.
The Bank now advises that the entity is also known as:
- Kurdistan Freedom and Democracy Congress (KADEK)
- People's Congress of Kurdistan (KONGRA-GEL)
These aliases will be added to the consolidated list, which is maintained on the Bank's website.
Financial institutions are advised to check, in the light of this new information, whether they hold any accounts in these names.
Previous Notices, as well as news releases related to Terrorism, Al Qa'ida and the Taliban and a consolidated list of individuals and entities subject to these and other UK financial sanctions regimes are available from the Financial Sanctions pages.
Key Resources
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Bank of England Notice Notice Containing a Direction Under Article 4 of the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/3365) 24 March 2004 Download PDF (67k) |
