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Tarif AL AKHRAS

Sanctioned entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameTarif AL AKHRAS · Tarif Akhras · الاخرس · طريف اخرس[sources]
Other nameAl Akhras · Tarif Al Akhras · الأخرس · طريف أخرس[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthHoms · Homs : SYRIE · Homs, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Homs, Syria; · Homs, Syrian Arab Republic[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
Country of birthSyria[sources]
First nameTarif · طريف[sources]
ID Number0000092405[sources]
Last nameAkhras · Al Akhras · أخرس · الأخرس[sources]
Passport number0000092405[sources]
PositionBusinessman. Founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Former member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. · Homme d'affaires - fondateur du groupe Akhras[sources]
Source linkeur-lex.europa.eu · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr[sources]
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Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime. He is the founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close business relations with former President Bashar al-Assad’s family. Former member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. Provided logistical support for the former al-Assad regime (buses and tank loaders). He is therefore benefiting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Leading businessperson operating in Syria linked to the former al-Assad regime. He is the founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close business relations with former President Bashar al-Assad’s family. Former member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. Provided logistical support for the former al-Assad regime (buses and tank loaders). He is therefore benefiting from and supporting the former al-Assad regime.

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities,

Homme d'affaires influent exerçant ses activités en Syrie en lien avec l'ancien régime d'al-Assad. Il est le fondateur du groupe Akhras (matières premières, commerce, transformation et logistique) et ancien président de la Chambre de commerce de Homs. Relations professionnelles étroites avec la famille de l'ancien président Bashar al-Assad. Ancien membre du conseil d'administration de la fédération des chambres de commerce syriennes. A fourni un soutien logistique à l'ancien régime d'al-Assad (autobus et véhicules de transport de chars). Il tire donc profit de l'ancien régime d'al-Assad et le soutient.

French National Asset Freezing System,

يملك مجموعة شركات مع أبنائه مرهف، ديانا، ونورا. يعتبر ثاني أكبر مصدّر على مستوى سورية بحسب هيئة تنمية وترويج الصادرات. أوردت مصادر متعددة أنه عم أسماء الأسد (أي أنه شقيق فواز)، ولكن مصادر أخرى ذكرت بأنه ابن عم فواز. منح الجنسية اللبنانية في 2014. طريف عبد الباسط الاخرس. رجل أعمال سوري من حمص. يملك مجموعة شركات مع أبنائه مرهف، ديانا، ونورا. يعتبر ثاني أكبر مصدّر على مستوى سورية بحسب هيئة تنمية وترويج الصادرات.. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 02/09/2011. قامت مديرية الجمارك العامة بوضع الحجز الاحتياطي على أمواله المنقولة وغير المنقولة بتاريخ 13/11/2019، ثم رفع هذا الحجز من قبل نفس الادارة بتاريخ 11/12/2019. ورفعت بريطانيا العقوبات المفروضة عليه بتاريخ 12/08/2021.

Tarif Abdel Basset al-Akhras is a Syrian businessman from Homs who co-owns several companies with his children Murhaf, Diana, and Nora. He is Syria’s second largest exporter according to the Export Development and Promotion Authority. Multiple sources have reported that he is Asma al-Assad’s uncle (that is, he is the brother of Fawaz). But other sources claim that he is Fawaz’s cousin. He was granted Lebanese citizenship in 2014. The EU sanctioned him on 09/02/2011. The General Customs Directorate issued a precautionary freeze on his movable and immovable assets on 11/13/2019. The freeze was lifted on 11/12/2019. Britain lifted the sanctions it had imposed on him on 12 August 2021.

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Data sources

EU Council Official Journal Sanctioned Entities2,330

Supplemental list of people, companies, and organizations sanctioned for involvement in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

European Union · Council

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,188

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List5,603

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,605

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List5,052

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes7,684

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)7,044

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

French National Asset Freezing System5,646

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT


Source data IDs: eu-tb-logical-6518 · ch-seco-11916 · ca-sema-2caf4bed3ca7c25de043ddc4ccdb859d5fc194ac · opensyr-node-645 · ca-sema-syria-2-50 · eu-oj-d8e848501096ae5cd89730b000507ff420a55b70 · mc-freezes-b90bf009bf8bf13ce3cd935c4c9a7aab66bf5e02 · eu-fsf-eu-2828-23 · ca-sema-2-50-sy-tarif-akhras · fr-ga-1521

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