20 August 2004

With the publication of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2004 in the Official Journal of the European Union on 19 August 2004, the Commission of the European Communities has amended the list of those subject to the financial sanctions applicable to the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, Jewell Howard Taylor and Charles Taylor Jr., other immediate family members, his former senior officials and other close allies and associates as designated by the Committee of the Security Council established pursuant to paragraph 21 of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003). The list of targeted persons set out in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2004 amends the list of targeted persons in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1149/2004.

The Bank of England, on behalf of Her Majesty's Treasury, therefore announces that with effect from 19 August 2004 all funds and economic resources belonging to the persons listed in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1149/2004 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2004, must be frozen. No funds or economic resources are to be made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of the listed persons. Financial institutions must check whether they maintain any account or otherwise hold any funds for the individuals named and, if so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds and report the accounts and amounts frozen to the Bank of England.

Copies of this Commission Regulation and previous Regulations, and the related Bank Notices, regarding the financial sanctions regime against Liberia are available from the Financial Sanctions pages.

The amendments made by the Commission of the European Communities, which take the form of additional or amended information in relation to certain individuals who were already subject to the Liberia financial sanctions regime, are set out below:

Amendments
(Added information appears in italics. Deleted information appears in strikethrough)

1. JOBE, Baba
Nationality: Gambian
Other Information: Former Director of Gambia New Millenium Air Company. Former Member of Parliament of Gambia

2. KOUVENHOVEN, Gus KOUWENHOVEN, Gus
DOB: 15/09/1942
a.k.a: (1) KOUENHAVEN (2) KOUENHOVEN (3) KOUVENHOVEN
Other Information: Owner of Hotel Africa. President of the Oriental Timber Company

3. MININ, Leonid
DOB: (1) 14/12/1947 (2) 18/10/1946
a.k.a: (1) BLAVSTEIN (2) BLUVSHTEIN (3) BLYAFSHTEIN (4) BLYUFSHTEIN (5) BLYUVSHTEIN (6) BRESLAN, Wulf (7) KERLER, Vladimir, Abramovich (8) OSOLS, Igor (9) POPELA, Vladimir, Abramovich (10) POPELO, Vladimir, Abramovich (11) POPILOVESKI, Vladimir, Abramovich
Nationality: Ukrainian Israeli
Passport Details: (1) 5280007248D [Forged German] [Minin] (2) 18106739D [Forged German] [Minin] (3) 6019832 [6/11/94-5/11/99] [Israeli] (4) 9001689 [23/1/97-22/1/02] [Israeli] (5) 90109052 [26/11/97] [Israeli] (6) KI0861177 [Russian] (7) 65118 [Bolivian] (8) Greek passport - no details
Other Information: Owner of Exotic Tropical Timber Enterprises

Note to Editors

On 12 March 2004, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1532 (2004). On 29 April 2004, the Council of the European Union adopted Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004, which, inter alia, had the effect of freezing the funds and economic resources of the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor and certain individuals associated with him. All such targeted persons were listed in Annex I of that Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 30 April 2004 (O.J. L162, p.32). The list of targeted persons in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 was first amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1149/2004 which was published in the Official Journal of the European Union and entered into force on 23 June 2004 (O.J. L222, p.17).

Key Resources

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1478/2004 18 August 2004 Download PDF (36k)