Australia lists three persons under COTUNA Part 4, freezing their assets under UNSCR 1373
Australian asset-holders and financial institutions must freeze the assets of three newly listed persons — and any assets owned or controlled by them — and must not deal with or make assets available to them without a Ministerial permit, on pain of a criminal offence.
Change
On 6 June 2026, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs listed three persons — Ziad al-Nakhaleh, Muhammad al-Hindi and Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh — by legislative instrument under section 15 of the Charter of the United Nations Act 1945, implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1373, freezing their assets and making it an offence to deal with or make assets available to them without Ministerial authorisation.
Why it matters
The listing brings three named persons within Australia's COTUNA Part 4 counter-terrorism asset-freezing regime, with effect on registration of the instrument. The freeze reaches not only assets held directly by the listed persons but any freezable asset owned or controlled by them, directly or indirectly, so asset-holders must resolve ownership and control before concluding an asset is unaffected. Dealing with a freezable asset, or making any asset available to or for the benefit of a listed person, without a Ministerial permit is a criminal offence — placing the compliance burden on every Australian person or institution holding or transacting potentially affected assets, not only on those with a direct relationship to the listed persons.
Implications
- — Australian financial institutions and asset-holders must screen against the three newly listed persons (Ziad al-Nakhaleh, Muhammad al-Hindi, Ahmed Sharif Abdallah Odeh), freeze any freezable assets, and refrain from using, dealing with or facilitating dealing with those assets without a Ministerial permit — dealing without authorisation is a criminal offence.
- — Sanctions-compliance teams must apply the ownership-and-control test to capture assets owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the listed persons — not only assets held in their own names — and check DFAT's Consolidated List for the recorded aliases when resolving matches.
- — Any person or institution must not make an asset available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a listed person without Ministerial authorisation, and should route any necessary dealing through a COTUNA permit application before proceeding.
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