AMLC Resolution No. 15 dated 28 February 2005

CIRCULAR LETTER Series of 2005

TO         :      All Banks and Non-Bank Financial Institutions Under BSP Supervision

Subject :       Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) Resolution No. 15 dated 28 February 2005

Pursuant to AMLC Resolution No. 15 dated 28 February 2005 (copy attached),  you are hereby directed to check carefully for the assets of Sulayman Khalid Darwish, an individual associated with Al-Qaida/Usama Bin Laden/Taliban, and to freeze the same should any be found.

Darwish is a member of the Advisory (Shura) Council of the Zarqawi organization, known by several names, including Jama’at at Tawhid wal Jihad and Tanzim Qa’idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn. He is also responsible for recruiting and dispatching terrorists for Zarqawi’s operations in Jordan and Iraq and has served as an instructor in document forgery to the Asbat al-Ansar terrorist group.

In accordance with Sections 7 and 9 of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, you are hereby directed to submit directly to the AMLC reports of covered or suspicious transactions, if any, involving Sulayman Khalid Darwish.

For your guidance and strict implementation.

NESTOR A. ESPENILLA, JR. Sector-in-Charge