{"id":1968,"date":"2022-08-30T07:35:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenic-fui.local\/unitb\/?page_id=1968"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:12:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:12:00","slug":"responsibilities-of-unit-b","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/responsibilities-of-unit-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsibilities"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FSU <\/strong>mandate<\/strong><\/p>\n

– Implementation of the sanctions regimes imposed by UNSCRs and EU Regulations & Decisions<\/p>\n

– National list of persons related to terrorism and terrorism financing<\/p>\n

\u2013 freezing of assets.<\/p>\n

Hellenic FSU meetings remain secret and are being held in a special security area.<\/p>\n

The <\/strong>sanctions regimes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00a0 UNSCRs and EU Regulations & Decisions related to terrorism and terrorism financing,<\/p>\n

\u00d8 UNSCRs and EU Regulations & Decisions related to financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,<\/p>\n

\u00d8 Every other UNSCR and EU Regulation & Decision, imposing assets freezing.<\/p>\n

Procedures <\/strong>related to the National List<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d8 FSU keeps a list with the names of those identified as persons related to terrorism, recording all sufficient additional information for effective identification.<\/p>\n

\u00d8 FSU informs without delay all obliged persons.<\/p>\n

\u00d8 FSU requests immediate freezing of any assets of the designated persons.<\/p>\n

\u00d8 The obliged persons promptly act as requested, otherwise, they shall be subject to penalties.<\/p>\n

The designated persons may use the means of appeal provided by the same law concerning the delisting and\/or the unfreezing of their assets.<\/p>\n

The restrictive measures implemented by the FSU<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d8 the freezing of the assets of designated persons,<\/p>\n

\u00d8 the prohibition of account movement and of the opening of bank deposit boxes by designated persons, the prohibition of providing financial or investment services to those persons,<\/p>\n

\u00d8 the implementation of any other measure imposed by Resolutions of the United Nations Security Council and its bodies thereof and by Decisions and Regulations of the European Union.<\/p>\n

The national list of persons related to terrorism and <\/strong>terrorism financing<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Unit identifies any persons involved with terrorism or terrorism financing on the basis of accurate information or data submitted by the competent services of the Ministry of Citizen Protection or the prosecuting, judicial or other law enforcement authorities. This information and data pertain to specific persons residing or possessing assets in Greece and who have committed or commit or attempt to commit or participate in or in any way facilitate the committing of acts of terrorism, according to the Criminal Code.<\/p>\n

Co-operation \u00a0with domestic and <\/strong>foreign authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n

The staff of the Unit collect and assess the information transmitted to the Authority by the law enforcement or prosecuting authorities or brought to its attention in any other way, concerning the commission of an act related to terrorism or terrorism financing. Similarly, they investigate and assess any such information transmitted to the Unit by foreign bodies, with which they collaborate to provide any possible assistance.<\/p>\n

The Unit transmits to the competent foreign authorities information and data concerning persons linked to terrorism residing or possessing assets on their territory and may submit demands to include the names of these persons in the respective lists kept in those countries and to freeze their existing assets. Moreover, the Unit examines requests submitted by competent foreign authorities on the freezing of assets of persons designated as terrorists in their jurisdictions, on the grounds of serious justification and evidence.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]FSU mandate – Implementation of the sanctions regimes imposed by UNSCRs and EU Regulations & Decisions – National list of persons related to terrorism and terrorism financing \u2013 freezing of assets. Hellenic FSU meetings remain secret and are being held in a special security area. The sanctions regimes \u00d8\u00a0 UNSCRs and EU Regulations & Decisions…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1968","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2367,"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1968\/revisions\/2367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fsu.aml-authority.gov.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}