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Mohammed Makhlouf

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TypePerson[sources]
NameMAKHLUF, Muhammad · MOHAMMED MAKHLOUF · MUHAMMAD MAKHLUF · Makhlouf Mohammed · Mohammed Makhlouf · 6 more...[sources]
Other nameAbu Rami · MAKHLOUF · MOHAMMED MAKHLOUF · MUHAMMAD MAKHLUF · Mohammed · 4 more...[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthBustan al-Basha · Latakia, Syria · Latakia, Syrian Arab Republic[sources]
Death date[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
CitizenshipSyria[sources]
Country of birthSyria[sources]
First nameMOHAMMED · MUHAMMAD · Mohammed · Mohammed  · Muhammad · 1 more...[sources]
KeywordsBusiness and Trade · قطاع الأعمال والتجارة[sources]
Last nameMAKHLOUF · MAKHLUF · Makhlouf · مخلوف[sources]
Patronymicأحمد[sources]
SummaryFounder of the Makhlouf family business empire. · مؤسس إمبراطورية آل مخلوف[sources]
Wikidata IDQ112117043[sources]
Source linksanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Descriptions

Influential member of the Makhlouf family; business associate and father of Rami, Ihab and Iyad Makhlouf. Closely associated with the Assad family and maternal uncle of Bashar and Maher al-Assad. Also referred to as Abu Rami. Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and/or activities in multiple sectors of Syria’s economy, including interests in and/or significant influence in the General Organisation of Tobacco and the oil and gas, arms and banking sectors. Involved in business dealings for the Syrian regime in arms procurement and banking. Given the extent of his business and political ties to the Syrian regime, he provides support to and benefits from the regime.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

ビジネスマン。アサド大統領(個人の1に掲げる者)の叔父。マフルーフ・ラーミー(個人の6に掲げる者)の父。

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People,

محمد أحمد مخلوف. موظف حكومي سابق في مؤسسة التبغ والمصرف العقاري الحكومي. أنشأت الأسرة برئاسة محمد مخلوف إمبراطورية مالية ضخمة في قطاعات الاتصالات السلكية واللاسلكية، تجارة التجزئة، الخدمات المصرفية، توليد الطاقة، النفط والغاز (يلقب بزعيم النفط السوري). قدرت القيمة الصافية لثروة الأسرة في عام 2010 بأكثر من خمسة مليارات دولار. تشير المعلومات إلى أنه انتقل بأمواله في العام 2012 للعيش في روسيا. حاليا، لديه شركات تُنتج أنواع من التبغ في سفن صناعية ضخمة مخصصة لصناعة الدخان لتبيعها داخل السوق السوداء العالمية وإدخالها إلى سورية. يشاركه في ذلك محمد جابر الذي تشير المصدر إلى أنه يستخدم عائدات التبغ المهرب في تميل الميليشيا الخاصة التي أسسها صحبة أخيه (صقور الصحراء). في وقت سابق كشف موقع "ويكيليكس" عن وثيقة سرية خاصة بالسفارة الأميركية في سوريا، يعود تاريخها لعام 2008، عن اعتماد الرئيس بشار الأسد على أربعة رجال في إدارة أصوله وأمواله في الداخل والخارج، وهم: زهير سحلول، ونبيل الكزبري، ومحمد مخلوف، وفواز الأخرس. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 01/12/2011. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 01/08/2011

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

Muhamed Ahmed Makhlouf is a former government employee in the Tobacco Corporation and the Real Estate Bank of Syria (REB). With Muhammad at its helm, the Makhlouf family established a huge business empire in the sectors of telecommunications, retail, banking, power generation, oil and gas (he is known as Syria’s oil baron). In 2010, the Makhlouf family’s net worth was estimated at more than five billion US dollars. It was reported that in 2012, Muhammad Makhlouf moved his wealth and relocated to Russia. Currently, he owns companies that produce tobacco in huge industrial ships, to sell them on the global black market or enter them into Syria. In this business he is partner to Muhammad Jaber who, as sources indicate, uses the proceeds of tobacco smuggling to finance the private militia that he founded with his brother Ayman, named Desert Hawks (Suqur al-Sahraa). WikiLeaks revealed a secret document belonging to the US Embassy in Syria, dating 2008, that President Bashar al-Assad relied on four men to manage his assets and wealth at home and abroad: Zouhair Sahloul, Nabil al-Kuzbari, Muhammad Makhlouf, and Fawaz Akhras. US sanctions were imposed on Muhammad Makhlouf on 01 December 2011, and EU sanctions on 01 August 2011

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

Syrian businessman

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,376

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

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)21,255

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

US SAM Procurement Exclusions112,259

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

United States · GSA

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,595

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,433

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

Switzerland · SECO

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,428

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

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

External databases

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Wikidata382,687

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source


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