Public Databases

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Consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions

The correct application of financial sanctions is crucial in order to meet the objectives of the Common Foreign and Security Policy and especially to help prevent the financing of terrorism. The application of financial sanctions constitutes an obligation for both the public and private sector. In this regard, the EU assigns particular responsibility to credit and financial institutions, since they are involved in the bulk of financial transfers and transactions affected by the relevant Regulations.
In order to facilitate the application of financial sanctions, the European Banking Federation, the European Savings Banks Group, the European Association of Co-operative Banks and the European Association of Public Banks ("the EU Credit Sector Federations") and the Commission recognized the need for an EU consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to CFSP related financial sanctions. It was therefore agreed that the Credit Sector Federations would set up a database containing the consolidated list for the Commission, which would host and maintain the database and keep it up-to-date. This database was developed first and foremost to assist the members of the EU Credit Sector Federations in their compliance with financial sanctions.

Disclaimer: While every effort is made to ensure that the database and the consolidated list correctly reproduce all relevant data of the officially adopted texts published in the Official Journal of the European Union, neither the Commission nor the EU credit sector federations accepts any liability for possible omissions of relevant data or mistakes, and for any use made of the database or of the consolidated list. Only the information published in the paper editions of the Official Journal of the EU is deemed authentic.

Source: European Commission.

U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control

Our Mission
The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national security, foreign policy or economy of the United States. OFAC acts under Presidential national emergency powers, as well as authority granted by specific legislation, to impose controls on transactions and freeze assets under US jurisdiction. Many of the sanctions are based on United Nations and other international mandates, are multilateral in scope, and involve close cooperation with allied governments.

Our History
The Treasury Department has a long history of dealing with sanctions. Dating back prior to the War of 1812, Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin administered sanctions imposed against Great Britain for the harassment of American sailors. During the Civil War, Congress approved a law which prohibited transactions with the Confederacy, called for the forfeiture of goods involved in such transactions, and provided a licensing regime under rules and regulations administered by Treasury.
OFAC is the successor to the Office of Foreign Funds Control (the ``FFC''), which was established at the advent of World War II following the German invasion of Norway in 1940. The FFC program was administered by the Secretary of the Treasury throughout the war. The FFC's initial purpose was to prevent Nazi use of the occupied countries' holdings of foreign exchange and securities and to prevent forced repatriation of funds belonging to nationals of those countries. These controls were later extended to protect assets of other invaded countries. After the United States formally entered World War II, the FFC played a leading role in economic warfare against the Axis powers by blocking enemy assets and prohibiting foreign trade and financial transactions.
OFAC itself was formally created in December 1950, following the entry of China into the Korean War, when President Truman declared a national emergency and blocked all Chinese and North Korean assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

Source: U.S. Office of Foreign Asset Control

UN consolidated list

The Consolidated List consists of four sections, specified below:

1. Individuals associated with the Taliban (135 individuals)
2. Entities and other groups and undertakings associated with the Taliban (none)
3. Individuals associated with Al-Qaida (257 individuals)
4. Entities and other groups and undertakings associated with Al-Qaida (92 entities)

All names and identifying information on the Consolidated List have been submitted to the Committee by United Nations Member States and international organizations. Individuals are listed alphabetically by their family name/surname/last name as it appears in Latin script. Entities are also arranged in alphabetical order. All geographical locations are reproduced as submitted and are cited without prejudice to their political or legal status. Narrative summaries of reasons for listing, where available, can also be found on the Committee’s website. Members States are strongly encouraged, wherever possible, to submit to the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee, through their Permanent Missions to the United Nations in New York, any relevant information not currently included on the Consolidated List.

Source: United Nations.

Interpol Wanted

An Interpol Red Notice is not an international arrest warrant.
These Interpol 'Red Notices' represent only a tiny fraction of the number of red notices issued by Interpol.
The persons concerned are wanted by national jurisdictions (or the International Criminal Tribunals, where appropriate) and Interpol's role is to assist the national police forces in identifying or locating those persons with a view to their arrest and extradition.
These red notices allow the warrant to be circulated worldwide with the request that the wanted person be arrested with a view to extradition.
A distinction is drawn between two types of red notice: the first type is based on an arrest warrant and is issued for a person wanted for prosecution; the second type is based on a court decision for a person wanted to serve a sentence.

Warning: The person should be considered innocent until proven guilty.
If any member of the public has any information about one of the wanted persons, they should not contact the General Secretariat directly, but contact the police in the place where the person has been located or identified.

An official Interpol Wanted Fugitives list is maintained on the Interpol website. This information may be copied and distributed. However, it must be clearly stated that this list represents a very small proportion of the full list - only those notices approved for public dissemination appear on the web site. Any unauthorized alteration of any portion of Interpol Wanted Fugitives notices is considered as a violation and subject to legal prosecution.

Source: Interpol


Consolidated list for DFAT

The Reserve Bank of Australia administers financial sanctions on behalf of the Australian Government. Information about the implementation of autonomous and UNSC sanctions in Australia is also available on DFAT’s website.

United Nations Security Council Sanctions
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has responsibility for implementing legislation giving effect to sanctions-related decisions of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), including with respect to the freezing of terrorist assets.

Australian Autonomous Financial Sanctions
The Reserve Bank administers financial sanctions implemented via the Banking (Foreign Exchange) Regulations 1959. The sanctions are implemented by varying the existing exemptions to Regulations 5, 6(1) and 8(1)(a). The various legislative instruments used to implement the sanctions are published in the Australian Government Gazette (links provided below) and can also be found on the ComLaw website. The sanctions are aimed at prohibiting international funds transfers and other transactions using foreign currency involving sanctioned persons and entities listed in annexes to the legislative instruments, without the specific pre-approval of the Reserve Bank. Transactions involving persons or entities suspected of matching persons or entities on the sanctions lists should be referred to the Reserve Bank at sanctions@rba.gov.au

Source: Reserve Bank of Australia.

 
Her Majesty’s Treasury (U.K.)

Financial sanctions
The Asset Freezing Unit in the Treasury is responsible for the implementation and administration of international financial sanctions in effect in the UK, for domestic designations (principally under the Terrorism Order) and licensing exemptions to financial sanctions.

The Treasury’s Asset Freezing Unit became operational from 24 October 2007.
Prior to this date, the Bank of England had acted as the Treasury’s agent for the purpose of administering financial sanctions and had maintained its own Financial Sanctions Unit.  With the setting up of the new Asset Freezing Unit in the Treasury, the Bank of England’s role in financial sanctions was transferring over to the Treasury.

Source: Her Majesty’s Treasury.