News Release
Financial Sanctions: Al-Qa'ida and Taliban
24 December 2004
This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against Al-Qa'ida and the Taliban.
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 entity named below must be frozen. This is because Her Majesty's Treasury have reasonable grounds for suspecting that the entity is or may be a person acting on behalf of Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih who is a listed person under UN Security Council Resolution 1390.
Financial institutions are requested to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds for the entity named below and, if so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds and report their findings to the Bank of England.
Entity
- MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM IN ARABIA LTD
a.k.a.: (1) MIRA (2) Movement for (Islamic) Reform in Arabia Ltd (3) Movement for Reform in Arabia Ltd
Address: Safiee Suite, EBC House, Townsend Lane, London, NW9 8LL, United Kingdom
Other Information: Company no. 03834450
The above name is 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).
Previous Notices and 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.
Note to Editors
The Bank's news release dated 24 December 2004 advised that Saad Rashed Mohammad Al-Faqih had been added to the UN Consolidated List.
Key Resources
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Bank of England Notice United Nations Act 1946 Notice containing a direction under article 8 of the Al-Qa'ida and Taliban (United Nations measures) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/111) 24 December 2004 Download PDF (85k) |
