00:00Trinidad and Tobago has updated its domestic list of designated terrorist entities after the
00:07attorney general successfully applied to the high court to vary several existing orders under the
00:13Anti-Terrorism Act. The applications were dealt with as urgent matters during the court vacation
00:20and determined without a hearing. The amendments do not add new terrorist organizations to the
00:26list. Instead, they update identifying information for individuals already designated under United
00:33Nations Security Council sanctions, including aliases, passport numbers, dates of birth,
00:39and other biographical details while confirming they remain listed entities under Trinidad and
00:46Tobago law. Among those whose records were updated is Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of Haqqani Network
00:53and Afghanistan's interior minister under the Taliban administration. The court order incorporates
01:00updated identifying information released through the UN sanctions regime while maintaining his
01:06designation under local legislation. The order also updated information related to Abdul Haqq Waseek,
01:13a former Taliban intelligence chief, Hidayatullah Badri, identified as a senior Taliban financial
01:20official official and Nur Mohammed Saqqib, a member of the Taliban Supreme Council and head of its
01:26religious committee. Each remains a designated entity for the purposes of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
01:33The High Court directed the Financial Intelligence Unit to immediately revise Trinidad and Tobago's
01:39consolidated sanctions list and circulate the updated information to banks, financial institutions,
01:44and listed businesses. The revised orders must also be published in the Trinidad and Tobago Gazette and
01:51two daily newspapers. Under the Anti-Terrorism Act, the Attainee General is required to review these listings
01:58every six months to ensure Trinidad and Tobago's sanctions framework remains consistent with international
02:05counter-terrorism obligations and the latest United Nations Security Council amendments.
02:10Arvishita Wari Rubnarain, TV6 News.
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