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October 24, 2003
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 89-03
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 74-03
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 44-03
MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 59-03
PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 90-03
TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 97-03
RE: OFAC UPDATE
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a bulletin today adding five
names to its list of specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs).1 Their assets must be blocked
immediately.
The following entry has been added to the SDGT list:
AL-BAKOUN ALA AL-AHD ORGANIZATION (a.k.a.
FAITHFUL TO THE OATH), Algeria [SDGT]
BELMOKHTAR, Mokhtar; DOB 1 Jun 1972; POB Ghardaia,
Algeria (individual) [SDGT]
DHAMAT HOUMET DAAWA SALAFIA (a.k.a. DJAMAAT
HOUMAT ED DAAWA ES SALAFIYA; a.k.a. DJAMAAT
HOUMAT EDDAWA ESSALAFIA; a.k.a. DJAMAATT HOUMAT
ED DAAWA ES SALAFIYA; a.k.a. EL-AHOUAL BATTALION;
a.k.a. GROUP OF SUPPORTERS OF THE SALAFIST TREND;
a.k.a. GROUP OF SUPPORTERS OF THE SALAFISTE TREND;
a.k.a. GROUP PROTECTORS OF SALAFIST PREACHING; a.k.a.
HOUMAT ED DAAWA ES SALIFIYA; a.k.a. HOUMAT ED-
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
DAAOUA ES-SALAFIA; a.k.a. HOUMATE ED-DAAWA ES-
SALAFIA; a.k.a. HOUMATE EL DA’AWAA ES-SALAFIYYA;
a.k.a. KATIBAT EL AHOUAL; a.k.a. KATIBAT EL AHOUEL;
a.k.a. PROTECTORS OF THE SALAFIST CALL; a.k.a.
PROTECTORS OF THE SALAFIST PREDICATION; a.k.a.
SALAFIST CALL PROTECTORS; a.k.a. THE HORROR
SQUADRON), Algeria [SDGT]
EL HADI, Mustapha Nasri Ait; DOB: 5 Mar 1962; POB Tunis,
Tunisia (individual) [SDGT]
LOUNICI, Djamel; DOB 1 Feb 1962; POB Algiers, Algeria
(individual) [SDGT]
All of OFAC’s SDN material has been updated, as has OFAC’s program brochure on
Terrorism.
Robert C. Grohowski
Associate Counsel