NARRATIVE SUMMARIES OF REASONS FOR LISTING
QI.R.75.02. ABDELHALIM REMADNA
Date on which the narrative summary became available on the Committee’s website: 24 November 2009
Abdelhalim Remadna was listed on 3 September 2002 pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of resolution 1390 (2002) as being associated with Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden or the Taliban for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf, or in support of” and “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to” the Organization of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (QE.T.14.01).
Additional information:
Abdelhalim Remadna has been charged with conspiracy and involvement with a criminal association as a member of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC), listed as the Organization of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) (QE.T.14.01). He was arrested in Italy for participation in a criminal conspiracy to traffic in arms, explosives and chemical weapons, as well as identity papers, and for receiving stolen goods, and aiding illegal immigration.
On 2 February 2004 the Milan Tribunal sentenced him to 7 years and 6 months’ imprisonment for criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen identity papers and for illegal immigration offences. The sentence was increased to 7 years and 9 months by the Court of Appeal and is definitive. On 12 August 2006 he was deported to Algeria by order of the Minister of Interior.
Related listed individuals and entities:
The Organization of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (QE.T.14.01), listed on 6 October 2001