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September 24, 2003
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 77-03
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 64-03
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 38-03
MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 55-03
PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 77-03
TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 87-03
RE: OFAC UPDATE
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a bulletin today adding a
number of names to its list of specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs).1 Their assets must
be blocked immediately.
The following entries have been added to the SDGT list:
ABU DHESS, Mohamed (a.k.a. “Abu Ali;” a.k.a. HASSAN,
Yaser), “last known address,” Holdenweg 76, 45143, Essen,
Germany; DOB 1 Feb 1966; POB Hashmija, Iraq; nationality
possibly Palestinian; arrested 23 Apr 2002 (individual) [SDGT]
ABDALLAH, Shabdi (a.k.a. ABDELHADI, Emad; a.k.a. “Al
Falistini;” a.k.a. “Emad the Palestinian;” a.k.a. “Zidan”), “last
known address,” George-C-Marshall-Strasse 200, 47 809 Krefeld,
Germany; DOB 27 Sep 1976; POB Irbid, Jordan; nationality
stateless or possibly Palestinian; arrested 23 Apr 2002 (individual)
[SDGT]
AL-DAGMA, Aschraf (a.k.a. “Noor”), “last known address,”
Clemens-August Strasse 10, Kolpinghaus 59269 Beckum,
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
Germany; Leipziger Strasse 64, 04600 Altenburg, Germany; DOB
28 Apr 1969; POB Abasan, Gaza Strip; nationality possibly
Palestinian; arrested 23 Apr 2002 (individual) [SDGT]
AL-ZARQAWI, Abu Mus’Ab (a.k.a. ’ABD AL-KARIM; a.k.a.
ABU AL-MU’TAZ; a.k.a. AL-HABIB; a.k.a. AL-KHALAYLAH,
Ahmad Fadil Nazzal; a.k.a. AL-MUHAJIR; a.k.a. GHARIB; a.k.a.
KHALAILAH, Ahmed Fadeel; a.k.a. KHALAYLEH, Fedel Nazzel;
a.k.a. “MOUHANAD;” a.k.a. “MOUHANNAD;” a.k.a.
“MUHANNAD;” a.k.a. “RASHID”); DOB 20 Oct 1966; POB Zarqa,
Jordan; Passport No. Z264968 (Jordan); citizen Jordan; National
No. 9661031030 (Jordan) (individual) [SDGT]
MOUSTFA, Djamel (a.k.a. “Ali Barkani;” a.k.a. “Moustafa;” a.k.a.
KALED, Belkasam); “last known address,” c/o Birgit Melani
Schroeder, Kuehlungsborner Strasse 30, 22147 Hamburg,
Germany; DOB 28 Sep 1973; alt. DOB 31 Dec 1979; alt. DOB 22
Aug 1973; POB Tiaret, Algeria; alt. POB Morocco; nationality
Algerian; arrested 23 Apr 2002; currently in remand at 20355
Hamburg Holstenglacis 3, Germany (individual) [SDGT]
“Ali Barkani” (a.k.a. “Moustafa;” a.k.a. MOUSTFA, Djamel; a.k.a.
KALED, Belkasam), “last known address,” c/o Birgit Melani
Schroeder, Kuehlungsborner Strasse 30, 22147 Hamburg,
Germany; DOB 22 Aug 1973; alt. DOB 28 Sep 1973; alt. DOB 31
Dec 1979; POB Morocco; alt. POB Tiaret, Algeria; nationality
Algerian; arrested 23 Apr 2002; currently in remand at 20355
Hamburg Holstenglacis 3, Germany (individual) [SDGT]
KALED, Belkasam (a.k.a. “Ali Barkani;” a.k.a. “Moustafa;” a.k.a.
MOUSTFA, Djamel), “last known address,” c/o Birgit Melani
Schroeder, Kuehlungsborner Strasse 30, 22147 Hamburg,
Germany; DOB 31 Dec 1979; alt. DOB 28 Sep 1973; alt. DOB 22
Aug. 1973; POB Tiaret, Algeria; alt. POB Morocco; nationality
Algerian; arrested 23 Apr 2002; currently in remand at 20355
Hamburg Holstenglacis 3, Germany (individual) [SDGT]
SHALABI, Ismail Abdallah Sbaitan, “last known address,”
Wilhelm-Strasse 45, 59269, Beckum, Germany; DOB 30 Apr 1973;
POB Beckum, Germany; nationality Jordanian; possible alt.
nationality Palestinian; arrested 23 Apr 2002 (individual) [SDGT]
All of OFAC’s SDN material has been updated, as has OFAC’s program brochure on
Terrorism.
Robert C. Grohowski
Associate Counsel