# Council Decision 2011/486/CFSP of 1 August 2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan, Division (2): Roshan money exchange ( alias (a) Roshan Sarafi, (b) Roshan Trading Company, (c) Rushaan Trading Company, (d) Roshan Shirkat, (e) Maulawi Ahmed Shah Hawala, (f) Mullah Ahmed Shah Hawala, (g) Haji Ahmad Shah Hawala, (h) Ahmad Shah Hawala).

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Address : (a) (Branch Office 1: (i) Shop number 1584, Furqan (variant Fahr Khan) Center, Chalhor Mal Road,Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan , (ii) Flat number 4, Furqan Center, Jamaluddin Afghani Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan , (iii) Office number 4, 2nd Floor, Muslim Plaza Building, Doctor Banu Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan , (iv) Cholmon Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, (v) Munsafi Road, Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, (vi) Shop number 1, 1st Floor, Kadari Place, Abdul Samad Khan Street (next to Fatima Jena Road), Quetta, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan ), (b) (Branch Office 2: (i) Safar Bazaar, Garmser District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (ii) Main Bazaar, Safar, Helmand Province, Afghanistan), (c) (Branch Office 3: (i) Haji Ghulam Nabi Market, Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (ii) Money Exchange Market, Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, (iii) Lashkar Gah Bazaar, Helmand Province, Afghanistan), (d) (Branch Office 4: Hazar Joft, Garmser District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan), (e) (Branch Office 5: Ismat Bazaar, Marjah District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan), (f) (Branch Office 6: Zaranj, Nimruz Province, Afghanistan), (g) (Branch Office 7: (i) Suite number 8, 4th Floor, Sarafi Market, District number 1, Kandahar City, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan , (ii) Shop number 25, 5th Floor, Sarafi Market, Kandahar City, Kandahar District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan ), (h) (Branch Office 8: Lakri City, Helmand Province, Afghanistan), (i) (Branch Office 9: Gerd-e-Jangal, Chaghi District, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan), (j) (Branch Office 10: Chaghi, Chaghi District, Baluchistan Province, Pakistan), (k) (Branch Office 11: Aziz Market, in front of Azizi Bank, Waish Border, Spin Boldak District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan). Date of UN designation: 29.6.2012 .
Other information: Roshan Money Exchange stores and transfers funds to support Taliban military operations and narcotics trade in Afghanistan. Owned by Ahmed Shah Noorzai Obaidullah. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5282182
Additional information from the narrative summary of reasons for listing provided by the Sanctions Committee:
Roshan Money Exchange (RMX) stores and transfers funds to support Taliban military operations and the Taliban's role in the Afghan narcotics trade. RMX was one of the primary hawalas (informal money remittance services) used by Taliban officials in Helmand Province as of 2011. In 2011, a senior Taliban member withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars from an RMX branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region to distribute to Taliban shadow provincial governors. To fund the Taliban's spring offensive in 2011, the Taliban shadow governor of Helmand Province sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to RMX. Also in 2011, a Taliban member received tens of thousands of dollars from RMX to support military operations. An RMX branch in the Afghanistan- Pakistan border region also held tens of thousands of dollars to be collected by a Taliban commander. In 2010, on behalf of the Taliban shadow governor of Helmand Province, a Taliban member used RMX to send thousands of dollars to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region. The RMX branch in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province, has been used by the Taliban to transfer funds for local operations. In 2011, a Taliban sub- commander transferred tens of thousands of dollars to a Taliban commander through the RMX branch in Lashkar Gah. The Taliban also sent funds to the RMX branch in Lashkar Gah for distribution to Taliban commanders in 2010. Also in 2010, a Taliban member used RMX to send tens of thousands of dollars to Helmand Province and Herat Province, Afghanistan, on behalf of the Taliban shadow governor of Helmand Province. In 2009, a senior Taliban representative collected hundreds of thousands of dollars from an RMX branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region to finance Taliban military operations in Afghanistan.
The money sent to RMX originated in Iran. In 2008, a Taliban leader used RMX to transfer tens of thousands of dollars from Pakistan to Afghanistan. The Taliban also uses RMX to facilitate its role in the Afghan narcotics trade. As of 2011, Taliban officials, including the shadow governor of Helmand Province, transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars from an RMX branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region to hawalas in Afghanistan for the purchase of narcotics on behalf of Taliban officials. Also in 2011, a Taliban official directed Taliban commanders in Helmand Province to transfer opium proceeds through RMX. One Taliban district chief transferred thousands of dollars from Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, to an RMX branch in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/486/annex/division/B/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-486/annex/division-B/division-2
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