Mullah Baradar, like other Taliban leaders, is subject to UN Security Council sanctions, which include the freezing of assets, a travel ban and an arms embargo.

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Determined to give effect to its unmet 31 July demand that Iran suspend all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, the Security Council today imposed sanctions on that country, blocking the import or export of sensitive nuclear materiel and equipment and freezing the financial assets of persons or entities supporting its proliferation sensitive nuclear activities or the development of nuclear-weapon delivery systems.

UN: Security Council

On Tuesday, Suntech said it had obtained a court order freezing the assets of GSF.

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The SEC also got a federal court order temporarily freezing the assets of the pair, William A. Goldstein and Marc E.

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O. 13382 is an authority aimed at freezing the assets of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and those who support them.

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The bill aims to make the UK's regime for freezing the assets of terrorist suspects more permanent, following a Supreme Court ruling in February.

BBC: Terrorist Asset Freezing Bill: part one

Since then American spokespersons have criticised Venezuelan officials for their involvement in the drug trade, skewering the country in annual drug reports and freezing the assets of at least seven current or former Venezuelan officials.

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On 6 October 2010, peers welcomed changes introduced by Treasury minister Lord Sassoon to the Terrorist Asset Freezing Bill that would mean that the assets of a person can be permanently frozen only if the Treasury "believe" rather than "suspect" that they are engaged in terrorism.

BBC: Terrorist Asset Freezing Bill: part one