HISTORIC PRESS RELEASE : Gordon Brown orders immediate freeze of terrorist funds [May 2003]

The press release issued by HM Treasury on 2 May 2003.

Chancellor Gordon Brown today instructed UK financial institutions to freeze accounts belonging to Asif Mohammed Hanif and Omar Khan Sharif. Israeli police are continuing to investigate the bombing which took place in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

The Chancellor said:

“We must remain constantly vigilant in all areas in bearing down on terrorism and the sources that finance it.  We have taken immediate action today to ensure that no UK funds belonging to those suspected of being responsible for this atrocity can be used to support terrorism.”