| Type | Company | [sources] |
|---|---|---|
| Name | MAXIMA MIDDLE EAST TRADING CO. · MIDDLE EAST TRADING CORPORATION · Maxima Middle East Trading Co. | [sources] |
| Other name | MAXIMA MIDDLE EAST TRADING CO · ماكسيما الشرق الأوسط للتجارة | [sources] |
| Incorporation date | [sources] | |
| Dissolution date | [sources] | |
| Jurisdiction | Seychelles | [sources] |
| Country | United Arab Emirates · Seychelles | [sources] |
| Registration number | 011027 | [sources] |
| ICIJ ID | 10013331 | [sources] |
| Keywords | Oil and gas sector · Private sector · قطاع النفط والغاز · قطاع خاص | [sources] |
| Program | Mossack Fonseca | [sources] |
| Summary | Effectively owned by Rami Makhlouf as per the Panama Papers. Pivotal in smuggling oil and gasoline to the Syrian regime through a complex network of companies in UAE, Switzerland and Netherlands. Uncovered by the Panama Papers leaks. Believed that among its co-conspirators are al-Jazeera Company and Beirut-based Overseas Petroleum Trading, which is under US sanctions over cooperation with Ayman Jaber’s al-Jazeera Company. · زوّرت بحسب الخزانة الأميركية عقوداً وبيانات للشحن واستخدمت سفناً وغيّرت وجهات سيرها، واختفت ثم ظهرت على الرادار لتتهرب من الرقابة على العقوبات المفروضة على مؤسسات سورية ولتقدم الدعم النفطي والمعدات للنظام السوري وآلته العسكرية. المالك الفعلي للشركة هو رامي مخلوف بحسب تسريبات أوراق بنما | [sources] |
| Status | Active | [sources] |
| Address | HELENE MATHIEU LEGAL CONSULTANTS OFFICE 2103, ONTARIO TOWER A'AMAL STREET BUSINESS BAY (OPPOSITE THE OBEROI HOTEL) DUBAI, U.A.E. | [sources] |
| Publishing source | Panama Papers | [sources] |
| Source link | offshoreleaks.icij.org · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov | [sources] |
| Modified on | [sources] |
The Panama Papers data is current through 2015
Maxima Middle East Trading Co. is a company effectively owned by Rami Makhlouf, according to the Panama Papers. The company plays a pivotal role in smuggling oil and gasoline to the Syrian regime through a complex network of companies based in the UAE, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Uncovered by the Panama Papers leaks, among its co-conspirators are believed to be al-Jazeera Company and Beirut-based Overseas Petroleum Trading, which is under US sanctions over its cooperation with al-Jazeera Company, owned by Ayman Jaber. The company is accused of forging contracts and shipping data, and of using ships and changing their destinations, making them disappear and reappear on radar, in order to evade sanctions imposed on Syrian institutions and provide oil support and equipment to the Syrian regime and its military apparatus.
المالك الفعلي للشركة هو رامي مخلوف بحسب تسريبات أوراق بنما. شركة محورية في تهريب النفط ووالبنزين للنظام السوري عبر شبكة معقدة من الشركات في الإمارات وسويسرا وهولندا. تم اكتشاف أمرها في تسريبات أوراق بنما. يعتقد أن من الشركات المتعاونة معها: شركة الجزيرة وشركة اوفرسيز بتروليم تريدينج Overseas Petroleum Trading ومقرها بيروت التي فرضت عليها عقوبات أمريكية لتعاونها مع شركة الجزيرة التابعة لأيمن جابر
| Address | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full address | Country | |
| P.O. Box 122925, Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, SAIF Lounge, Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | |
| Suite 13, First Floor Oliaji Trade Centre, Francis Rachel Street, Victoria | Seychelles | |
| Agents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Ahmad Barqawi | Acting for or on behalf of | - | - | |
| HELENE MATHIEU LEGAL CONSULTANTS | intermediary of | - | - | |
| HELENE MATHIEU LEGAL CONSULTANTS | intermediary of | - | - | |
| Linked from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Abdulkarim Group | Coalition · تعاون_تحالف | - | - | |
| Linked to | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Object | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Abdulkarim Group | Coalition · تعاون_تحالف | - | - | |
| Abdulkarim Group | Providing support to | - | - | |
| Pangates International Corp Ltd | Providing support to | - | - | |
| Owners | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| MR. ADNAN NAIM IBRAHIM ABDUL KARIM | - | - | - | |
| Evasio Omodei | - | - | - | |
| ABDULLAH ZAINA | - | - | - | |
| Mr. Adel Samir Ayas | - | - | - | |
| Rami Makhluf | - | - | ||
| Boioani Alberto | - | - | - | |
| Paola Manzato | - | - | - | |
United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration
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