Month: November 2023

The aftermath of the Supreme Court decision on the Law which governs the controversial mining contract continues. The mining company is said to have suspended the contracts of 7,000 employees.

In another related story, the education ministry has suspended the decision to withhold teachers’ salary for the latter half of November, when they were on strike. This is an effort to get the teachers back to the schools for Monday, 4 December.

30 NOVEMBER 2023

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On 30 November, a Notice from HM Treasury advised that the existing entry had been amended.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65686fc6cc1ec500138eef89/Notice_Russia_301123.pdf

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On 29 November, the UN announced that the relevant Sanctions Committee had granted humanitarian exemption to Safia Farkash al-Barassi and Mohammed Muammar Qadhafi, to run from 1 December to 31 May 2024.

https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15507.doc.htm

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On 30 November, a Notice from HM Treasury advised that 5 existing entries on the Libyan sanctions list had been amended.  The Isle of Man followed suit the same day.  This followed changes announced by the UN.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/656896c82ee693001360cb85/Notice_Libya_301123.pdf

https://globalsanctions.co.uk/2023/11/un-amends-5-entries-on-libya-sanctions-list-and-grants-humanitarian-travel-exemption-to-2-individuals/

https://www.gov.im/news/2023/nov/30/financial-sanctions-libya/

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On 30 November, OFAC advised that it had sanctioned 3 Mexican individuals and 13 Mexican companies.  These individuals and companies are linked, directly or indirectly, to timeshare fraud led by the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG). CJNG, a violent Mexico-based organisation, traffics a significant proportion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs that enter the US.

https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231130

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1936

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On 30 November, OFAC advised that, in coordination with foreign partners, it has sanctioned 8 foreign-based DPRK agents that facilitate sanctions evasion, including revenue generation and missile-related technology procurement that support the DPRK’s WMD programs.  Additionally, OFAC sanctioned cyber espionage group Kimsuky for gathering intelligence to support the DPRK’s strategic objectives.

https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20231130_33

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1938

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The UN Office on Drugs & Crime has published this report as a threat assessment, saying that porous borders enable gold to be easily moved within the Sahel countries and smuggled out of the region, including to the UAE.

https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/tocta_sahel/TOCTA_Sahel_Gold_v5.pdf

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On 29 November, the UN announced that the relevant Security Council Committee had amended 5 entries on its sanctions list imposed under UN SCR 1970.

https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15508.doc.htm

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The Order Paper for the December sitting of the Island’s parliament included this Strategy, which covers the combatting of money laundering, terrorist financing, and financing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

https://www.tynwald.org.im/spfile?file=/business/opqp/sittings/20212026/2023-GD-0126.pdf

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On 24 November, ENACT Africa has released the latest version of this Index, which ranks the 54 countries on the continent according to their levels of criminality on a score from 1 to 10 (lowest to highest levels of criminality) and according to their levels of resilience to organised crime from 1 to 10 (lowest to highest resilience levels).

https://enactafrica.org/research/organised-crime-index

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