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Official Journal of the European Union
17.7.2012
DECISIONS
COUNCIL DECISION 2012/388/CFSP
of 16 July 2012
amending Decision 2010/231/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against Somalia
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
‘Article 1a
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, in particular
1. The
direct
or
indirect
import,
purchase
or
transport
of
Article 29 thereof,
charcoal from Somalia, whether or not such charcoal orig
inated in Somalia, shall be prohibited.
Whereas:
The Union shall take the necessary measures in order to
determine the relevant items to be covered by this provision.
(1) On
26
April
2010,
the
Council
adopted
Decision
2010/231/CFSP (
2. It
shall
be
prohibited
to
provide,
directly
or
indirectly,

1 ).
financing or financial assistance, as well as insurance and
(2) On
17
February
2012,
the
Security
Council
Sanctions
reinsurance, related to the import, purchase or transport of
Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 751 (1992)
charcoal from Somalia.’.
concerning Somalia (‘Sanctions Committee’) updated the
Article 2
list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures.
The person listed in the Annex to this Decision shall be added
(3) On
22
February
2012,
the
United
Nations
Security to the list of persons set out in Section I of the Annex to
Council adopted UNSCR 2036 (2012) deciding that
Decision 2010/231/CFSP.
Member States shall take the necessary measures to
Article 3
prevent the direct or indirect import of charcoal from
Somalia, whether or not such charcoal originated in
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its
Somalia.
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(4) Decision
2010/231/CFSP
should
be
amended
accord
ingly,
Done at Brussels, 16 July 2012.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
For the Council
Article 1
The President
In Decision 2010/231/CFSP, the following Article is inserted:
S. ALETRARIS
( 1 ) OJ L 105, 27.4.2010, p. 17.

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17.7.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
187/39
ANNEX
Person referred to in Article 2
Jim’ale, Ali Ahmed Nur (a.k.a. a) Jim’ale, Ahmed Ali; a.k.a., b) Jim’ale, Ahmad Nur Ali; a.k.a., c) Jim’ale, Sheikh Ahmed;
a.k.a., d) Jim’ale, Ahmad Ali; a.k.a., e) Jim’ale, Shaykh Ahmed Nur)
Date of birth: 1954. Place of birth: Eilbur, Somalia. Nationality: Somalia. Alt. nationality: Djibouti. Passport: A0181988
(Somalia), exp. 23 January 2011. Location: Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti. Date of UN Designation: 17 February 2012.
Ali Ahmed Nur Jim’ale (Jim’ale) has served in leadership roles with the former Somali Council of Islamic Courts, also
known as the Somali Islamic Courts Union, which was a radical-Islamist element. The most radical elements of the Somali
Islamic Courts Union eventually formed the group known as Al-Shabaab. Al-Shabaab was listed for targeted sanctions in
April 2010 by the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907
(2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea (the ‘Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Committee’). The Committee listed Al-Shabaab for
being an entity engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia, including but
not limited to acts that pose a threat to Somali Transitional Federal Government.
According to the 18 July 2011 report of the Somalia/Eritrea Sanctions Committee’s Monitoring Group (S/2011/433),
Jim’ale is identified as a prominent businessman and figure in the Al-Shabaab charcoal-sugar trading cycle and benefitting
from privileged relationships with Al-Shabaab.
Jim’ale is identified as one of Al-Shabaab’s chief financiers and is ideologically aligned with Al-Shabaab. Jim’ale has
provided key funding and political support for Hassan Dahir Aweys (‘Aweys’), who was also listed by the Somalia/Eritrea
Sanctions Committee. Former Al-Shabaab Deputy Emir Muktar Robow reportedly continued to engage in political
posturing within the Al-Shabaab organization during the mid-2011. Robow engaged Aweys and Jim’ale in an effort
to advance their shared objectives and consolidate their overall stance within the context of the Al-Shabaab leadership rift.
As of fall 2007, Jim’ale established a front company in Djibouti for extremist activities called the Investors Group. The
short-term goal of the group was, through the funding of extremist activities and weapons purchases, to destabilize
Somaliland. The group assisted in smuggling small arms from Eritrea through Djibouti into the 5th region of Ethiopia
where extremists received the shipment. As of mid-2008, Jim’ale continued to operate the Investors Group.
As of late September 2010, Jim’ale established ZAAD, a mobile-to-mobile money-transfer business and struck a deal with
Al-Shabaab to make money transfers more anonymous by eliminating the need to show identification.
As of late 2009, Jim’ale had a known hawala fund where he collected zakat, which was provided to Al-Shabaab.

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