In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Mohamed ben Belgacem ben Abdallah al-Aouadi was listed on 24 April 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 (QDe.014).
Mohamed ben Belgacem ben Abdallah al-Aouadi is the head of the security wing of Ansar al-Shari'a in Tunisia (AAS-T) (QE.A.143.14). He was part of the Salafist Group for Call and Combat, listed as the Organization of Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (QDe.014). Al-Aouadi belonged to a cell in Italy which was involved in a conspiracy to receive stolen documents, forge documents, and obtain chemical weapons. The cell he belonged to operated in collaboration with similar groups active in Algeria, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom. In addition to Al-Aouadi, the cell was composed of Mohamed Lakhal (QDi.062) and Sami ben Khamis ben Saleh Elsseid (QDi.064).
Al-Aouadi was sentenced in Italy on 11 December 2002 to three years and six months in prison for criminal conspiracy, handling stolen goods and counterfeit documents, and facilitating illegal immigration. On 1 December 2004, he was deported to Tunisia. On 18 May 2005, the Italian authorities issued a further warrant for his arrest on charges of criminal conspiracy, counterfeiting documents, counterfeiting and then distributing currency bills, within a context of international terrorism. Al-Aouadi was arrested in Tunisia in August 2013. Al-Aouadi was imprisoned in the civilian prison of Burj al-‘Amiri on 13 September 2013. As of December 2015, Al-Aouadi remains in custody under the order of the Court of First Instance of Tunis (Criminal Chamber) for incitement of terrorist Crimes and joining an organization linked to such crimes (case No. 9/92483).