Por: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
28/12/2022
Haiti
Introduction
1. The Haiti (Sanctions) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281) (the Regulations) were made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (the Sanctions Act) and
provide for the freezing of funds and economic resources of certain persons, entities or bodies responsible for, complicit in or engaged in acts which threaten the peace,
security or stability of Haiti.
2. On 28 December 2022 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List on GOV.UK. This list provides details of those designated under regulations made under the Sanctions Act. A link to the UK Sanctions List can be found below.
3. Following the publication of the UK Sanctions List, information on the Consolidated List has been updated.
Notice summary
4. The following entry has been added to the consolidated list and is now subject to an asset freeze.
• Jimmy CHERIZIER (Group ID: 15704)
What you must do
5. You must:
i. check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out in the Annex to this Notice; ii. freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources and any funds which are owned or controlled by persons set out in the Annex to the Notice; iii. refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI); iv. report any findings to OFSI, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with the Regulations; v. provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that OFSI may request. Information reported to OFSI may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement.
6. Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.
Further Information
7. Copies of recent notices, UK legislation and relevant guidance can be obtained from the Haiti financial sanctions page on the Gov.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-sanctions-regime-specificconsolidated-lists-and-releases
8. Further details on the UN measures in respect of Haiti can be found on the relevant UN Sanctions Committee webpage:
https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/
9. The Consolidated List can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-oftargets/consolidated-list-of-targets
10. The UK Sanctions List can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list
11. For more information please see our guide to financial sanctions:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-financial-sanctions-guidance
Enquiries
12. Non-media enquiries about the implementation of financial sanctions in the UK should be addressed to:
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
HM Treasury
1 Horse Guards Road
London
SW1A 2HQ
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13. Non-media enquiries about the sanctions measures themselves should be addressed to:
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14. Media enquiries about how financial sanctions are implemented in the UK should be addressed to the Treasury Press Office on 020 7270 5238.
15. Media enquiries about the sanctions measures themselves should be addressed to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Press Office on 020 7008 3100.
ANNEX TO NOTICE
FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: HAITI
THE HAITI (SANCTIONS) REGULATIONS 2022 (S.I. 2022/1281)
ADDITION
Individual
1. CHERIZIER, Jimmy
Low quality a.k.a: BARBEQUE Other Information: (UK Sanctions List Ref):HAI0001 (UN Ref):HTi.001 Jimmy Cherizier (AKA “Barbeque”) has engaged in acts that threaten
the peace, security, and stability of Haiti and has planned, directed, or committed acts that constitute serious human rights abuses. Jimmy Cherizier is one of Haiti’s most
influential gang leaders and leads an alliance of Haitian gangs known as the "G9 Family and Allies." Listed on: 28/12/2022 UK Sanctions List Date Designated: 28/12/2022
Last Updated: 28/12/2022 Group ID: 15704.
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
HM Treasury
28/12/2022
