Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2018/417 of 16 March 2018 implementing Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia
Date: 2018-03-16
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU restrictive measure, Somalia, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2018/417
of 16 March 2018
         
implementing Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2010/231/CFSP of 26 April 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Somalia and repealing Common Position 2009/138/CFSP (1), and in particular Article 7 thereof,


Having regard to the proposal of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 26 April 2010 the Council adopted Decision 2010/231/CFSP.












(2)


On 8 March 2018 the United Nations Security Council (‘UNSC’) Committee established pursuant to UNSC Resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) added two persons to the list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.












(3)


Annex I to Decision 2010/231/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2010/231/CFSP is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 16 March 2018.


For the Council


The President

E. ZAHARIEVA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 17.




ANNEX
The persons listed below shall be added to the list set out in Annex I to Decision 2010/231/CFSP:
I.   Persons








16.


Ahmad Iman Ali (aka: a) Sheikh Ahmed Iman Ali; b) Shaykh Ahmad Iman Ali; c) Ahmed Iman Ali; d) Abu Zinira)
Date of birth: a) Approximately 1973; b) Approximately 1974
Place of birth: Kenya
Nationality: Kenya
Date of UN designation: 8 March 2018
            
Other information: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/
Ahmad Iman Ali was listed on 8 March 2018 pursuant to resolution 1844 (2008). Ahmad Iman Ali is a prominent Kenyan Al-Shabaab commander who has served as the group's leader in Kenya since 2012. He is director of the group's Kenyan branch operations and routinely targets Kenyan AMISOM troops in Somalia, such as a January 2016 attack on Kenyan AMISOM troops in El Adde, Somalia. Ali is also responsible for Al-Shabaab propaganda targeting the Kenyan government and civilians, such as a July 2017 video in which he issues threats to Muslims serving in Kenya's security forces. In addition to these activities, Ali has at times also served as an Al-Shabaab recruiter, focusing on poor youth in Nairobi slums, as well as a Shabaab fundraiser who utilizes mosques in an effort to secure resources. His overall goal is to destabilize Kenya by threatening, planning, and executing attacks, and to encourage young Muslims to participate in fighting against Kenyan security forces.












17.


Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi (aka: Musa Muhajir)
Date of birth: 15 April 1982
            
Place of birth: Somalia
Nationality: Somalia
Address: a) Somalia; b) Mombasa, Kenya
Date of UN designation: 08 March 2018
            
Other information: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/un/
Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi was listed on 8 March 2018 pursuant to resolution 1844 (2008). In 2015, Abdifatah Abubakar Abdi was put on the Kenyan government's wanted list of terrorists known or suspected to be members of Al-Shabaab. Kenyan police report that Abdi recruits members for Al-Shabaab who provide support to Al-Shabaab, an entity listed on the United Nations Security Council Somalia and Eritrea sanctions list, inside Somalia and engages in acts that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia. Among these recruits were three women arrested by Kenyan police while attempting to cross into Somalia. Abdi is wanted in connection with the June 2014 attack in Mpeketoni, Kenya that claimed numerous lives, and was believed to be planning further attacks. While Abdi may be focused on operations outside of Somalia, he is known to reside in Somalia and recruit individuals for Al-Shabaab who intend to cross the border between Kenya and Somalia.