News Release
Financial Sanctions: Al-Qa’ida and Taliban
19 July 2005
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, issues this news release to advise that on 15 July 2005 the United Nations Sanctions Committee added a further entity to the UN Consolidated List maintained under Resolution 1390 (2002). The entity therefore falls within the UK financial sanctions regime under the Al-Qa’ida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/111, as amended by S.I. 2002/251).
Financial institutions and other persons are required to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds, other financial assets, economic benefits and economic resources for the entity named below. If so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds and report their findings to the Bank of England.
Entity
1. MOVEMENT FOR REFORM IN ARABIA
a.k.a: (1) Al Islah (Reform)
(2) Al-Harakat al-Islamiyah lil-Islah
(3) Islamic Movement for Reform
(4) MIRA
(5) Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia
(6) Movement for (Islamic) Reform in Arabia Ltd
(7) Movement for Reform in Arabia Ltd
(8) MRA
Address: (1) BM Box: MIRA, London, WC1N 3XX, United Kingdom
(2) Safiee Suite, EBC House, Townsend Lane, London, NW9 8LL,
United
Kingdom
Other Information: Email address: info@islah.org, Tel: 020 8452
0303, Fax: 020 8452 0808. UK Company number 03834450
The Bank of England Notice issued on 24 December 2004, concerning
the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia Ltd, remains in force.
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 of the Bank of
England’s website.
