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AL WASEL AND BABEL GENERAL TRADING LLC

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AL WASEL AND BABEL GENERAL TRADING LLC is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.
TypeOrganization[sources]
NameAL WASEL AND BABEL GENERAL TRADING LLC · Al Wasel And Babel General Trading LLC · Al Wasel and Babel General Trading LLC · アル・ワセル・バーベル総合貿易LLC[sources]
Legal formnot available[sources]
CountryUnited Arab Emirates · Iraq[sources]
Statusnot available[sources]
AddressBaghdad · Ibrahim Saeed Lootah Building, Al Ramool Street, P.O. Box 10631 & 638, Rashidiya, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Ibrahim Saeed Lootah Building, Al Ramool Street, P.O. Box 10631 & 638, Rashidya, Dubai · Lootah Building, Airport Road, near Aviation Club, Rashidya, Dubai, United, Arab Emirates · Villa in the Harasiyah area, Baghdad, Iraq[sources]
Source linkgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov[sources]
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Al Wasel and Babel General Trading LLC (AWB) is a company in the United Arab Emirates used by the former Iraqi regime to obtain a 10-percent kickback on goods purchased through the UN Oil-for-Food (OFF) Program and to procure goods unauthorized by the United Nations. A letter signed by former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, dated 2 January 2001, provided instructions for the Iraqi government to obtain a 10-percent fee payment on all goods purchased from other countries under OFF. The letter instructed Iraqi government officials to purchase the goods through trading companies, one of which was AWB. A separate document from al-Azzawi set out the procedure for collecting the 10-percent fee from companies engaging in trade with Iraq. The document specifies that the Rafidain Bank in Jordan can be used for receiving the funds in these transfers and that AWB is to be used to transfer the goods. Information in the possession of the United States indicates that AWB was involved in an attempt by Iraq to purchase a sophisticated surface-to-air missile system. Approximately $43.5 million was in a United Arab Emirates (UAE) bank that was to be used as partial payment for this system under the terms and conditions of the missile contract. This purchase involving military goods was prohibited under United Nations sanctions against Iraq. An investigation of the missile deal by the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's office (BICE), in Tampa Florida, revealed that: - A business account for AWB was opened at the Abu Dhabi National Bank (NBAD) in 24 December 2000 by a UAE national and Hikmat Jarjes Bahnam, an Iraqi national whose passport identifies him as an Iraqi government official. Both were named as licensed for trading for AWB. Tarik Nasser S. Al Obaidi, an Iraqi national, was also a signatory of this account. - One early transaction of the NBAD business account was an inbound transfer of $7 million by order of Hekmat Mazban Ibrahim, who is probably Hikmat Mizban Ibrahim al-Azzawi, in December 2000. Shortly thereafter, $6.9 million of that amount was transferred by order of al-Azzawi to a second AWB account. - From early 2001 to early 2002 there were numerous additional transfers between two AWB accounts resulting in a balance of $43.5 million in one of them. - Documents obtained during the investigation show that the $43.5 million balance was directly related to "contract N24398," the purpose of which was to fulfill the sale of the radarcontrolled surface-to-air missile system to Iraq. An official of the Abu Dhabi National Bank told U.S. BICE investigators that it was unusual that the AWB accounts that contained the $43.5 million only had Iraqi personnel as signatories for accessing the monies. The bank official told the investigators that the principal of the company, a UAE citizen, had no control over the monies deposited, and that the Iraqi government and its agents are the real owners of AWB. Tarik al-'Ubaydi, an Iraqi national who previously served as director of the Iraqi Central Bank and as of 2001 was part of AWB's office staff, and Iraqi national Joseph Girguis who was also formerly employed by the Iraqi Central Bank, acted as Uday Saddam Hussein's representatives in Dubai.

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List,

アル・アッザウィからの別の書類には、イラクとの貿易に従事している会社から10%の手数料を集めるための手続きが示されている。同書類にはヨルダンにあるラーフィダイーン銀行がこうした取引における資金の受け皿として使うことができること、また、AWBが物資取引のために使われることとなる旨が明記されている。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

米国が保有する情報によれば、AWBはイラクによる高性能地対空ミサイルシステム購入の試みに関わっていたとされる。約43.5百万米ドルがUAE銀行に残されていたが、これは、当該ミサイル購入契約の条件の下で、このシステムの部分的な支払いとして使われるべきものであった。軍事用品を含むこの種の購入は、対イラク国連制裁下で禁止されていた。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

アブダビ国立銀行のある職員はアメリカ合衆国BICE調査員に対して、43.5百万米ドルの残高を有するAWBの口座が、イラク人のみを預金にアクセスできる署名者としていたことは異常である旨述べた。その銀行職員は調査員に対し、UAE市民である同社の社長は当該預金を管理することができず、イラク政府及びその代理人がAWBの実質的な所有者であったと述べた。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

2001年1月2日付の前政権イラク副首相兼財務相ヒクマト・ミズバン・イブラヒーム・アル・アッザウィが署名した書簡には、国連石油食糧交換計画の下で他国から購入したすべての物資に対してイラク政府が10%の手数料支払を得る旨の指示が記述されている。同書簡には、イラク政府職員に対する貿易会社を通じた物資購入の指示があるが、その貿易会社の一つがAWBである。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

以前にイラク中央銀行の総裁を務め、2001年時点で、AWB事務所職員の一人であったイラク人、ターリク・アル・ウバイディーと、以前イラク中央銀行に雇用されていたイラク人のジョセフ・ギルギースはドバイにおけるウダイ・サッダーム・フセインの代理人として活動していた。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

- 調査中に得られた文書によると、その43.5百万米ドルの残高は、レーダーコントロールによる地対空ミサイルシステムをイラクに売却することを目的とする「契約N24398」に直接関連していた。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

- AWBの商用口座は、UAE国籍の者1名と旅券からイラク政府職員であると判明したイラク人のヒクマト・ジョルジュース・バーナムによって、2000年12月にアブダビ国立銀行(NBAD)に開設された。両名は、AWBへの取引が許可されたとして指名を受けている。イラク国籍保持者であるターリク・ナーセル・S・アル・オバイディーもこの口座の名義人であった。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

- NBAD商用口座の初期取引の一つには、2000年12月のヒクマト・マズバーン・イブラヒーム(おそらくはヒクマト・ミズバーン・イブラヒーム・アル・アッザーウィである。)の指示による7百万米ドルの入金があった。その直後、7百万米ドルのうち6.9百万米ドルが、アル・アッザーウィーの指示により、AWBの2番目の口座へ送金された。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

アル・ワセル・バーベル総合貿易LLC(AWB)は前イラク政権が国連石油食糧交換(OFF)計画を通じて購入した物資の10%のリベートを獲得し、国連により認可されていない物資を調達するために利用されていたアラブ首長国連邦にある会社である。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

フロリダ・タンパのアメリカ入国管理局(BICE)による、当該ミサイル取引に関する調査は、以下のことを明らかにした。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

- 2001年初頭から2002年初頭にかけてAWBの二つの口座間で多数の追加送金があり、その結果、一方の口座の残高は43.5百万米ドルとなった。

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people,

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Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

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Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,601

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United States · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets5,891

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United Kingdom · Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,048

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

European Union · European External Action Service

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,394

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United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,063

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law.

Australia · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions1,233

The Security Council's set of sanctions serve as the foundation for most national sanctions lists.

United Nations Security Council (UN SC)

Japan Economic sanctions and list of eligible people3,486

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

Japan · Ministry of Finance

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,313

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

Belgium · Federal Public Service Finance

French Freezing of Assets6,261

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France · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

Ukraine SFMS Blacklist868

Ukraine's financial intelligence unit publishes this list of sanctioned individuals.

Ukraine · Державна служба фінансового моніторингу України (Держфінмоніторинг)


Source data IDs: ch-seco-2952 · NK-QfrimPFNxZ8TrFupuaEQNU · au-dfat-1013-al-wasel-and-babel-general-trading-llc · ua-sfms-768 · fr-ga-2289 · ofac-8210 · gb-hmt-8276 · ja-mof-bc149d55ac62c84db0fa5203ac09b898725456a8 · eu-fsf-eu-1467-7 · unsc-6908332

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