Defence Ministry issues clarification on blacklisting and delisting of persons and organizations

Wednesday, 17 August 2022 - 14:57

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The Defence Ministry issuing a clarification on Sri Lanka lifting the ban imposed on several Tamil diaspora organisations, saying that such inclusions and exclusions for blacklisted individuals and organizations are routinely carried out by relevant authorities after observation and careful study over a continuous period of time.

According to the blacklisting and delisting of persons, 577 individuals and 18 organizations were blacklisted in the year 2021 for financing terrorism under the United Nations Regulation No. 01 of 2012. A decision was made to delist 316 individuals and 06 organizations since they no longer continue to fund terrorist activities. 

Meanwhile, it has been decided to blacklist 55 individuals and 03 organizations those recently recognized as active in financing terrorism during the period, it said in a communiqué today.

After a series of discussions and careful study conducted at the Ministry of Defence by a committee consisting of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Attorney General’s Department, key Intelligence Agencies, Law Enforcing Agencies and Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and based on reports and evidences with regard to the financing terrorism by individuals and organizations, recommendations were submitted for the listing and delisting, it said.






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