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Omar al-Bashir

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN HL15969, tabled on 4 June 2019

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) locate, (2) identify, and (3) freeze, any UK bank accounts which are being used to hold funds embezzled by Omar al-Bashir.

Answered on

17 June 2019

​Omar al-Bashir is not subject to financial measures in the UK. The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation, part of Her Majesty's Treasury, maintains a list of entities subject to such measures which is publically available. The onus is on financial institutions to comply with all bilateral and multilateral measures.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office