News Release
Financial Sanctions: Terrorist Financing
2 March 2007
This news release is issued in respect of the financial measures taken against terrorism.
The Bank of England, as agent for Her Majesty's Treasury, has today issued a Notice to publicise generally a direction given by Her Majesty's Treasury that the individuals named below are "designated persons" for the purposes of the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006. This means that:
- any funds (meaning financial assets and benefits of every kind) or economic resources belonging to, owned or held by the individuals and entities must be frozen; and
- no funds, economic resources or financial services are to be made available, directly or indirectly, to the individuals;
except under the authority of a licence.
Individuals
1. ELASMAR, Hamid
DOB: 9 September 1963
POB: Casablanca, Morocco
a.k.a: Abu Tariq
Nationality: British
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom, B5
National Insurance no: JG 12 14 58 C [UK]
2. IQBAL, Zahoor
DOB: 28 August 1977
POB: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Nationality: British
Passport Details: 033344264 (British)
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom, B6
National Insurance no: JW 04 03 34 C [UK]
3. IRFAN, Mohammed
DOB: 14 December 1976
POB: Mirpur, Pakistan
Nationality: British
Passport Details: 015564526 (British)
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom, B8
National Insurance no: JH 15 37 56 A [UK]
4. KHAN, Parviz
DOB: 17 October 1970
POB: Mirpur, Pakistan
Nationality: British
Passport Details: 459027340 (British)
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom, B8
National Insurance no: NW 43 40 26 B [UK]
5. MAHMOOD, Amjad
DOB: 5 August 1975
POB: Choha Khalsa, Pakistan
Nationality: British
Passport Details: 454014837 (British)
Address: Birmingham, United Kingdom, B8
National Insurance no: JE 10 28 69 B [UK]
Financial institutions and other persons are requested to check whether they maintain any accounts or otherwise hold any funds or economic resources for, or provide financial services to, the individuals named above and, if so, they should freeze the accounts or other funds or economic resources, suspend the provision of any financial services (unless licensed by HM Treasury) and report their findings to the Bank of England.
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.
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