URGENT/ACTION REQUESTED
[15703]
February 28, 2003
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 17-03
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 20-03
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 11-03
MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 15-03
PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 20-03
TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 23-03
RE: OFAC UPDATE
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added the entities named below to its
list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons as a specially designated global
terrorists (SDGTs). Their assets must be blocked immediately.1
THE RIYADUS-SALIKHIN RECONNAISSANCE AND SABOTAGE
BATTALION OF CHECHEN MARTYRS (a.k.a. RIYADH-AS-SALIHEEN; a.k.a.
RIYADUS-SALIKHIN RECONNAISSANCE AND SABOTAGE BATTALION OF
SHAHIDS (MARTYRS); a.k.a. RIYADUS-SALIKHIN RECONNAISSANCE AND
SABOTAGE BATTALION; a.k.a. THE SABOTAGE AND MILITARY
SURVEILLANCE GROUP OF THE RIYADH AL-SALIHIN MARTYRS) [SDGT]
THE SPECIAL PURPOSE ISLAMIC REGIMENT (a.k.a. ISLAMIC REGIMENT
OF SPECIAL MEANING; a.k.a. THE AL-JIHAD-FISI-SABILILAH SPECIAL
ISLAMIC REGIMENT; a.k.a. THE ISLAMIC SPECIAL PURPOSE REGIMENT)
[SDGT]
THE ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE (a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL
BATTALION; a.k.a. ISLAMIC PEACEKEEPING INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE;
a.k.a. PEACEKEEPING BATTALION; a.k.a. THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE;
1 OFAC regulations require US persons, including investment companies, to block all accounts and assets of persons
or entities named by OFAC. For an overview of OFAC regulations and a description of the various measures that
mutual fund organizations may wish to consider adopting to ensure compliance with those regulations, refer to the
Institute’s paper entitled “Foreign Assets Control Compliance for Mutual Funds.” This paper is available on the
Institute’s members’ website at http://members.ici.org. The members’ website is password-protected; staff at
Institute member firms may request access codes by filling out the enrollment form on the website.
2
a.k.a. THE ISLAMIC PEACEKEEPING ARMY; a.k.a. THE ISLAMIC
PEACEKEEPING BRIGADE) [SDGT]
The OFAC guidelines summarizing its terrorism sanctions regulations have been revised
and republished to reflect this addition, and are available on the OFAC web site,
www.treas.gov/ofac.
Robert C. Grohowski
Associate Counsel