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January 22, 2004
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 8-04
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 6-04
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 4-04
MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 4-04
PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 6-04
TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 9-04
RE: OFAC UPDATE
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a bulletin today adding four
branches of Al-Haramain to its list of specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs).1 Their
assets must be blocked immediately. As a result, the following entities have been added to the
SDGT list:
AL-HARAMAIN : Indonesia Branch (a.k.a. AL HARAMAIN; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. YAYASAN AL HARAMAIN; a.k.a.
YAYASAN AL HARAMAINI; a.k.a. YAYASAN AL-MANAHIL-
INDONESIA), Lembaga Pelayanan Pesantren & Studi Islam, Jalan Jati
Padang II, No. 18-A, Jakarta Selatan 12540 Indonesia; Jalan Laut Sulawesi
Blok DII/4, Kavling Angkatan Laut Duren Sawit, Jakarta Timur 13440
Indonesia [SDGT]
AL-HARAMAIN : Kenya Branch (a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
AL-HARAMAYN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN; a.k.a.
AL-HARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN
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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HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN ISLAMIC
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN; a.k.a.
ALHARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN
HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN ISLAMIC
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAIN AL-
KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAYN AL-KHAYRIYYA;
a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMEIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. VAZIR;
a.k.a. VEZIR), Daddb, Kenya; Garissa, Kenya; Nairobi, Kenya [SDGT]
AL-HARAMAIN : Pakistan Branch (a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
AL-HARAMAYN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN; a.k.a.
AL-HARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN
HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN ISLAMIC
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN; a.k.a.
ALHARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN
HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN ISLAMIC
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAIN AL-
KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAYN AL-KHAYRIYYA;
a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMEIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. VAZIR;
a.k.a. VEZIR), House #279, Nazimuddin Road, F10/1, Islamabad,
Pakistan [SDGT]
AL-HARAMAIN : Tanzania Branch (a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
AL-HARAMAYN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-
HARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN; a.k.a.
AL-HARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN
HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN ISLAMIC
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
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ALHARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a.
ALHARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN; a.k.a.
ALHARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN
HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN ISLAMIC
FOUNDATION; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAIN AL-
KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAYN AL-KHAYRIYYA;
a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMEIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. VAZIR;
a.k.a. VEZIR), P.O. Box 3616, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Singida, Tanzania;
Tanga, Tanzania [SDGT]
All of OFAC’s SDN material has been updated accordingly, as has OFAC’s program
brochure on Terrorism.
Robert C. Grohowski
Associate Counsel
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