Orange Volunteers (OV)
Sanctioned entityUnited Kingdom. Named in 6 sanctions listings.
Summary
The original ‘Orange Volunteers’ (OV) was a loyalist paramilitary group, which formed in the early 1970s and was associated with the ‘Orange Order’ (one of the unionist Protestant fraternal societies in Northern Ireland). During the 1980s the Orange Order disbanded. In 1998, a loyalist paramilitary group using the name ‘Orange Volunteers’, claimed responsibility for a number of attacks.
The original “Orange Volunteers” was a loyalist paramilitary group formed in the early 1970s. In 1998, the Orange Volunteers name was resurrected, with the group carrying out a number of attacks to destabilise the Northern Ireland peace process.
„Orange Volunteers“ – „OV“ („Oranžští dobrovolníci“)
Sanctions and listings6
Official designation
Austrian National BankAustrian National Bank Regulations on Terrorism Financing RestrictionsAustria
- Listed
- 27 Jul 2012
- Effective
- 28 Mar 2025
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
- Effective
- 17 Jun 2008
Designated Terrorist Entities under Czech Government Regulation 210/2008
Vláda České republikyCzech National Anti-Terrorism Designations (Government Regulation No. 210/2008)Czech Republic
Programme CZ-TERRe-sbirka.gov.cze-sbirka.cz
- Listed
- 31 Dec 2001
Counter Terrorism - SDGT
Office of Foreign Assets ControlUS OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) ListUnited States
Block and SDGT
Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886
Unknown
Programme US-TERRReference 7144treasury.govofac.treasury.gov
Australia's Counter-Terrorism (UNSCR 1373) Sanctions Regime - 1373 (2001)
Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeAustralian Sanctions Consolidated ListAustralia
Targeted financial sanction
Instrument of first listing: Charter of the United Nations (Anti terrorism — Persons and Entities) List 2002 (No 1) [F2021L00645, Gazette No. GN 11, 20 March 2002]. Re-listed on: 16/09/2022, 13/09/2025 in Charter of the United Nations (Listed Persons and Entities) Amendment (No. 2) Instrument 2025
Programme AU-UNSC1373Last updated 13 Sep 2025dfat.gov.audfat.gov.au
Official designation
UK Home SecretaryUK Proscribed Terrorist Groups or OrganizationsUnited Kingdom
Other names9
Also known as9
Addresses2
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
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