THE HAGUE, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Ten Dutch citizens have been added to the national terrorism list because of involvement in terrorist activities in Syria or Iraq, the Dutch government announced on Tuesday.
The publicly available national terrorism list names individuals and organizations to which asset-freezing measures are applicable to prevent the financing of terrorist activities from Dutch bank accounts.
It currently includes 97 individuals, including 11 women, and three organizations.
The ministries of Foreign Affairs, of Security and Justice and of Finance jointly decide whom to be added to the list, based on information provided by the Public Prosecution Service (OM) and the General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD).
The Netherlands shares the list within the European Union (EU) and other EU countries, and encourages other EU member states to maintain their own lists, make them public and share them.
"We should as quickly as possible use the EU sanction regime more intensively. We should prevent that someone included on a national list can still get money in another European country. European freezing measures therefore make this approach more effective," said Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders.
