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Adel Ben Al-Azhar Ben Youssef Ben Soltane

Aliases

Zakariya; Adel Ben Al-Azhar Ben Youssef Hamdi

Nationality

TUN

DoB

1970-07-14

Address

TUN

Reg. ID

M408665 (passport-National passport)

Linked to

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2015:011:FULL&from=EN

Other Information

Deported from Italy to Tunisia on 28 February 2004. Serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tunisia for membership in a terrorist organisation abroad as at January 2010. Arrested in Tunisia in 2013. Legally changed family name from Ben Soltane to Hamdi in 2014.

Date of listing

2015-01-16

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures with respect to ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

Regime

UN, EU-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission, Prohibition to satisfy claims

Sanctions Portfolio

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - It is prohibited to grant claims to the persons or entities listed in Council Regulation (EU) 2016/1686. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of C...

Official Information

The UN Security Council has introduced two separate restrictive measures regimes to combat terrorism. On 15 October 1999, restrictive measures were introduced in relation to the Taliban through UN Security Council Resolution 1267 (1999). On 16 January 2002, the measures were extended to cover the Al-Qaida organization and other individuals, groups,...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02016D1693-20230610