Designation in the Local List

The Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS) Committee may, of their own accord or upon a request from a foreign party – through the NCTC, list any person in case there was a suspicion or belief, based on reasonable grounds, that the said person fulfils the criteria of including in the local list without the need to conduct any investigation or legal procedures of the said person, and without any delay or prior notice to the person needed to be listed.

TFS Committee may collect information and request information from any relevant authority to identify whether a person should be listed or not.

1. Presence of sufficient reasons to believe that the person committed, attempts to commit, participate or facilitate a terrorist act or any person who acts on the said person behalf or direction.
2. Any entity against which there are sufficient reasons to believe that it is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a listed person as per the above paragraph.

Submitting a request to foreign party to take freeze action or include an individual in their list:

1. In accordance with NCTC’s decision No. (1/2022), the NCTC can request from any foreign party to take action with regard to freezing assets or economic resources or include a person in the foreign party’s list without delay or prior notice to the person needed to be listed, and without the need for investigation or legal procedures in the Sultanate of Oman or the foreign party.
2. NCTC supports the request by the reasonable reasons for suspicion or belief that the person needed to be listed fulfils UNSC criteria No. (1373) as well as providing as much information as possible about the person’s identity and information supporting the request including: name, any information necessary to identify the person’s identity in a certain and accurate way, information that supports that the person fulfils the criteria of listing in the local list as per Article (14) of the NCTC’s decision No. (1/2022).

Receiving a request from a foreign party to take freezing action or include a person in the local list:

1. In accordance with NCTC’s decision No. (1/2022), any foreign party can submit a request to the NCTC to include a person believed to be fulfilling the criteria of including in the local list of the Sultanate of Oman without delay or prior notice to the individual needed to be listed, and without the need for investigation or legal procedures in the Sultanate of Oman or the foreign party.
2. NCTC will refer the request to the TFS Committee to look into it urgently and issue any decision related to that action.
3. The party submitting the request should support its request with the reasonable reasons for suspicion or belief that the individual needed to be listed fulfils UNSC criteria No. (1373) as well as providing as much information as possible about the individual’s identity and information supporting the listing request including: name, any information necessary to identify the person’s identity in a certain and accurate way, information supporting that the person fulfils the criteria of listing in the local list as per Article (14) of the NCTC’s decision No. (1/2022).

If the TFS Committee decides to include a person in the local list, the following shall be made:

1. Notify all FIs, DNFBPs, NPOs, and competent authorities of the listing decision, and publishes the decision in the Official Gazette and on the NCCT’s website.
2. Notify the listed person in writing, and the written notice must include facts that can be publicly disseminated, including the cause for the listing, and the set of rules and procedures to follow when requesting a delisting as follows:

• The person residing in the Sultanate of Oman shall be notified by sending the notification by e-mail or to last registered address, or by any possible means.
• The person residing outside the Sultanate of Oman shall be notified via the Foreign Ministry of Oman to the representative of the foreign government where the person is domiciled or present.
• If the whereabouts of the person is unknown, a copy of the notice shall be forwarded via the Foreign Ministry of Oman to the representative of the foreign government of which the person is a national.