URGENT/ACTION REQUESTED
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August 22, 2003
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 62-03
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 54-03
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 34-03
MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 51-03
PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 66-03
TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 77-03
RE: OFAC UPDATE
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added the entities named below to its
list of specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs). Their assets must be blocked
immediately.1
AL-ALAMI, Imad Khalil; DOB 1956; POB Gaza (individual)
[SDGT]
ASSOCIATION DE SECOURS PALESTINIENS (a.k.a. ASP;
a.k.a. ASSOCIATION SECOUR PALESTINIEN; a.k.a.
ASSOCIATION FOR PALESTINIAN AID; a.k.a. HUMANITARE
HILFSORGANISATION FUR PALASTINA; a.k.a. LAJNA AL-
IGHATHA AL-FILISTINI; a.k.a. PALESTINE RELIEF
COMMITTEE; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN AID COUNCIL; a.k.a.
PALESTINIAN AID ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN
RELIEF SOCIETY; a.k.a. RELIEF ASSOCIATION FOR
PALESTINE), c/o Faical Yaakoubi, 7 rue de l’Ancien Port, CH-
1201 Geneva, Switzerland; Gartnerstrasse 55, CH-4019 Basel,
Switzerland; Postfach 406, CH-4019 Basel, Switzerland [SDGT]
COMITE’ DE BIENFAISANCE ET DE SECOURS AUX
PALESTINIENS (a.k.a. AL AQSA ASSISTANCE CHARITABLE
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.
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COUNCIL; a.k.a. AL-LAJNA AL-KHAYRIYYA LIL MUNASARA
AL-AQSA; a.k.a. BENEVOLENCE COMMITTEE FOR
SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. BENEVOLENT
COMMITTEE FOR SUPPORT OF PALESTINE; a.k.a. CBSP; a.k.a.
CHARITABLE COMMITTEE FOR PALESTINE; a.k.a.
CHARITABLE COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY WITH
PALESTINE; a.k.a. CHARITABLE COMMITTEE FOR
SUPPORTING PALESTINE; a.k.a. CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATION IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE; f.k.a. COMITE’
DE BIENFAISANCE POUR LA SOLIDARITE’ AVEC LA
PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMMITTEE FOR AID AND SOLIDARITY
WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMMITTEE FOR ASSISTANCE AND
SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a. COMMITTEE FOR
CHARITY AND SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINE; a.k.a.
COMPANIE BENIFICENT DE SOLIDARITE AVEC PALESTINE;
a.k.a. COUNCIL OF CHARITY AND SOLIDARITY; a.k.a. DE
BIENFAISANCE ET DE COMMITE LE SOLIDARITE AVEC LA
PALESTINE; a.k.a. RELIEF COMMITTEE FOR SOLIDARITY
WITH PALESTINE), 68 Rue Jules Guesde, 59000 Lille, France; 10
Rue Notre Dame, 69006 Lyon, France; 37 Rue de la Chapelle,
75018 Paris, France [SDGT]
HAMDAN, Usama, Haret Hreik, Lebanon; DOB 1964
(individual) [SDGT]
INTERPAL (a.k.a. AL-SANDUQ AL-FILISTINI LIL-IGHATHA;
a.k.a. AL-SANDUQ AL-FILISTINI LIL-IGHATHA WA AL-
TANMIYA; a.k.a. PALESTINE DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF
FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINE RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND;
a.k.a. PALESTINE RELIEF FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN AID
AND SUPPORT FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN RELIEF AND
DEVELOPMENT FUND; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN RELIEF FUND;
a.k.a. PALESTINE AND LEBANON RELIEF FUND; a.k.a. PRDF;
a.k.a. RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PALESTINE;
a.k.a. WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR
PALESTINE; a.k.a. WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT FUND OF
PALESTINE), P.O. Box 3333, London, NW6 1RW, England;
Registered Charity No: 1040094 [SDGT]
MISHAAL, Khalid, Damascus, Syria; DOB 1956; POB Silwad,
Ramallah, West Bank (Palestinian Authority) (individual) [SDGT]
PALESTINIAN ASSOCIATION IN AUSTRIA (a.k.a.
PALAESTINAENSER VEREIN; a.k.a.
PALAESTINAENSERVEREIN OESTERREICH; a.k.a.
PALAESTINENSISCH VERBAND OESTERREICH; a.k.a.
PALAESTINENSISCHE VEREINIGUNG; a.k.a.
PALAESTININIENSISCHE BEREINIGUNG; a.k.a. PALESTINE
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LEAGUE; a.k.a. PALESTINE UNION; a.k.a.
PALESTINENSISCHE VER IN STERREICH; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN
ASSOCIATION; f.k.a. PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION
IN AUSTRIA; f.k.a. PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC LEAGUE IN
AUSTRIA; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN LEAGUE IN AUSTRIA; a.k.a.
PALESTINIAN ORGANIZATION; a.k.a. PALESTINIAN UNION;
a.k.a. PALESTINIAN UNION IN AUSTRIA; a.k.a.
PALESTINISCHE VEREINIGUNG; a.k.a. PVOE), Novara g
36a/11, 1020 Wien, Austria [SDGT]
RANTISI, Abdel Aziz, Gaza (Palestinian Authority); DOB 23 Oct
1947; POB Yubna, Gaza (Palestinian Authority) (individual)
[SDGT]
SANABIL ASSOCIATION FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT
(a.k.a. AL SANABIL; a.k.a. AL-SANBAL; a.k.a. ASANABIL; a.k.a.
JA’MIA SANBLE LLAGHATHA WA ALTINMIA; a.k.a. JAMI’A
SANABIL; a.k.a. JAMI’A SANABIL LIL IGATHA WA AL-
TANMIYZ; a.k.a. SANABAL; a.k.a. SANABEL; a.k.a. SANABIL;
a.k.a. SANABIL AL-AQSA; a.k.a. SANABIL FOR AID AND
DEVELOPMENT; a.k.a. SANABIL FOR RELIEF AND
DEVELOPMENT; a.k.a. SANABIL GROUP FOR RELIEF AND
DEVELOPMENT; a.k.a. SANIBAL; a.k.a. SANNABIL; a.k.a.
SANNIBIL; a.k.a. SINABUL), Sidon, Lebanon [SDGT]
The following [SDT] entry has been changed and has also been designated as an [SDGT]:
YASIN, Shaykh Ahmad; Founder and Chief Ideological Figure of
HAMAS; DOB 1931 (individual) [SDT] -to- YASSIN, Sheik Ahmed
Ismail, Gaza (Palestinian Authority); DOB 1938; POB al-Jawrah,
al-Majdal District, Gaza (individual) [SDT][SDGT]
The following [SDT] entry had a new "a.k.a." added and has also been designated as an [SDGT]:
ABU MARZOOK, Mousa Mohammed (a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ,
Dr. Musa; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Sa’id; a.k.a. ABU-’UMAR; a.k.a.
MARZOOK, Mousa Mohamed Abou; a.k.a. MARZUK, Musa
Abu), Political Leader in Amman, Jordan and Damascus, Syria for
HAMAS; DOB 09 Feb 1951; POB Gaza, Egypt; SSN 523-33-8386
(U.S.A.); Passport No. 92/664 (Egypt) (individual) [SDT] -to- ABU
MARZOOK, Mousa Mohammed (a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Dr.
Musa; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Sa’id; a.k.a. ABU-’UMAR; a.k.a.
MARZOOK, Mousa Mohamed Abou; a.k.a. MARZOUK, Musa
Abu; a.k.a. MARZUK, Musa Abu), Leader in Amman, Jordan and
Damascus, Syria for HAMAS; DOB 09 Feb 1951; POB Gaza, Egypt;
SSN 523-33-8386 (U.S.A.); Passport No. 92/664 (Egypt)
(individual) [SDT][SDGT]
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Resulting in the following additional new entry:
MARZOUK, Musa Abu (a.k.a. ABU MARZOOK, Mousa
Mohammed; a.k.a. ABU-MARZUQ, Dr. Musa; a.k.a. ABU-
MARZUQ, Sa’id; a.k.a. ABU-’UMAR; a.k.a. MARZOOK, Mousa
Mohamed Abou; a.k.a. MARZUK, Musa Abu), Leader in Amman,
Jordan and Damascus, Syria for HAMAS; DOB 09 Feb 1951; POB
Gaza, Egypt; SSN 523-33-8386 (U.S.A.); Passport No. 92/664
(Egypt) (individual) [SDT][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