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George Haswani

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George Haswani is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	GEORGE AL HASAWANI · GEORGE KHESOUANI · GEORGES HESSWANI · GEORGES KHESOUANI · George Al Hasawani · 21 more...				[sources]
Other name	Al Hasawani · GEORGE HASWANI · George AL HASAWANI · George Al Hasawani · George HASAWANI · 26 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1946-09-26 · 1946-09-29				[sources]
Place of birth	Yabrud · Yabrud Syria · Yabrud, Syria				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Russia · Syria				[sources]
Country	Syria				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Syria				[sources]
Country of birth	Syria				[sources]
First name	GEORGE · GEORGES · George · Georges · Jurj				[sources]
Keywords	Business and Trade · Oil and gas sector · قطاع الأعمال والتجارة · قطاع النفط والغاز				[sources]
Last name	AL HASAWANI · Al Hasawani · HASWANI · HESSWANI · Hasawani · 6 more...				[sources]
Summary	Businessman with companies and investments in oil and gas. Under US and EU sanctions since 2015. · رجل أعمال لديه شركات واستثمارات في قطاع الغاز والنفط. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 25/11/2015. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 07/03/2015				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q104824012				[sources]
Position	Businessperson. Holds interests in and/or has significant influence in a number of companies and entities in Syria, in particular HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, a major engineering and construction company. Hesco Engineering and Construction Company Ltd is registered at the same London address as British firm, Savero Ltd. · Manager of the branch of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRCC/CERS) near Jumraya/Jmraiya · homme d'affaires influent				[sources]
Address	Al Jalaa St, Yabroud, Province de Damas · Al Jalaa Street, Damascus Province				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in the engineering, construction and oil and gas sectors. He holds interests in and/or has significant influence in a number of companies and entities in Syria, in particular HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, a major engineering and construction company.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Hesco Engineering and Construction Company Ltd is registered at the same London address as British firm, Savero Ltd.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Homme d'affaires influent exerçant ses activités en Syrie, ayant des intérêts et/ou activités dans les secteurs de l'ingénierie, de la construction, du pétrole et du gaz. Il détient des intérêts et/ou exerce une influence considérable dans un certain nombre de sociétés et d'entités en Syrie, en particulier HESCO Engineering and Construction Company, importante société d'ingénierie et de construction - HESCO Engineering and Construction Company Ltd est enregistrée à Londres à la même adresse que la société britannique Savero Ltd.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Adresse: Al jalaa St, Yabroud, province de Damas, Syrie. Autres renseignements: HESCO Engineering and Construction Company Ltd est enregistrée à Londres à la même adresse que la société britannique Savero Ltd.

— Monaco National Fund Freezing List, 2024-08-14

رجل أعمال لديه شركات واستثمارات في قطاع الغاز والنفط. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 25/11/2015. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 07/03/2015. رجل أعمال يحمل الجنسية الروسية، لديه شركات واستثمارات في قطاع الغاز والنفط. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 25/11/2015. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 07/03/2015، وكانت العقوبات من الطرفين بسبب عمله كوسيط بين النظام السوري وداعش. كما ربطته بعض التقارير بشحنة نترات الامونيوم التي أدت إلى انفجار مرفأ بيروت علم 2020 كما لعب دورا في تمويل ميليشيا درع القلمون شملته العقوبات البريطانيه في 16/10/2012

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source, 2023-04-20

George Haswani (a.k.a. Hasawani; Hasswani; Hesswani) is a Syrian businessman with companies and investments in the oil and gas sector. Haswani is a Syrian-Russian dual national, and he has been subject to sanctions from both the US and the EU due to his role as a mediator between the Syrian regime and the Islamic State. Some reports link George Haswani to the shipment of ammonium nitrates that led to the disaster of the Beirut Port explosion in 2020, and he also played a role in financing the militia Qalamoun Shield Forces. George Haswani has been under US sanctions since 25 November 2015, and was listed on EU sanctions on 7 March 2015.

— Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source, 2023-04-20

Syrian-Russian businessman

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Al Jalaa Street, Yabroud, Damascus Province	-
Al Jalaa St, Yabroud, Damascus Province, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Al Jalaa St, Yabroud, Syrian Arab Republic	Syria

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
HESCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO	-	-	-

Employers
Employer	Role	Start date	End date
Hesco Engineering & Construction	Director · مدير	1990	-

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Youssef Arbash	Joseph Daughter of George Hasswani and his office manager in Moscow · _ · حمو_حماة · صهر_كنة · 1 more...	-	-
باسل جورج حسواني	Bassel Ibn George Hasswani · Ibn_abna · أب_أم · ابن_ابنة · 1 more...	-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Qalamoun Shield Forces	-	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2016-02-04	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2015/375 du 06/03/2015 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2017/1241 du 10/07/2017 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) · (UE) 2022/840 du 30/05/2022 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2022-06-01	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2016-02-04	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2015-03-18	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2022-06-01	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2016-02-04	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2016-02-04	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,116

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

US SAM Procurement Exclusions119,127

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,982

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,276

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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

Switzerland · SECO

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

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

Monaco · Monaco

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

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

Belgium · FOD

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories426,769

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

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

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

A knowledge graph of persons of interest inside Syria, including detailed information on family relationships and business ties.

Obsalytics · non-official source

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,363

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

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,677

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata378,420

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: usgsa-s4mr4z7mp · opensyr-node-2680 · usgsa-s4mr4z7mq · gb-fcdo-syr0050 · usgsa-s4mr4z7mj · fr-ga-2089 · gb-hmt-13232 · ch-seco-30651 · usgsa-s4mr4z7mm · ofac-18996 · eu-tb-logical-7586 · NK-h8PeVPe4T57xiZseeVc3Si · eu-fsf-eu-3341-58 · mc-freezes-8a4198dd3c4dd753d3ea82f1c281994a9cd5ac78

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