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Usama bin Laden

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity

Usama bin Laden is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Abu Abdallah Abd Al-Hakim · Al Qaqa · BIN LADIN, Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad · Ben Laden Osama · Ben Laden Ossama · 48 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abu Abdallah Abd Al Hakim · Al Qaqa · Ben Laden · Ben Laden Osama · Ben Laden Ossama · 58 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Abu Abdallah Abd Al-Hakim · Al Qaqa				[sources]
Birth date	1956 · 1957-01-01 · 1957-03-10 · 1957-07-28 · 1957-07-30 · 1 more...				[sources]
Place of birth	Djeddah · Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia / Yemen · Riyadh · 2 more...				[sources]
Death date	2011-05-02				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Afghanistan · Saudi Arabia				[sources]
Country	Saudi Arabia · Yemen				[sources]
Country of birth	Saudi Arabia · Yemen				[sources]
First name	Osama · Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad · Ossama · Usama · Usama Muhammed Awad · 4 more...				[sources]
Last name	BIN LADEN · BIN LADIN · Ben Laden · Bin Laden · Bin Ladin · 4 more...				[sources]
Patronymic	Awad · Awdh · Bin Awad · Bin Muhammad · Bin Muhammed · 4 more...				[sources]
Second name	Bin · Osama · Бин				[sources]
Title	Hajj · Shaykh · Shaykh; Hajj				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q1317				[sources]
Position	General Emir of Al-Qaeda (1988-2011) · Hajj · Shaykh				[sources]
Education	Al-Thager Model School (1968-1976) · Brummana High School (1960) · King Abdulaziz University (-1979) · King Abdulaziz University (-1981) · Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School				[sources]
Religion	Sunni Islam				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.dans.bg				[sources]
Created at	2013-03-08				[sources]
Modified on	2024-04-06				[sources]
Last changed	2024-04-19	Last checked	2024-04-19	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Other information: Confirmed to have died in Pakistan in May 2011. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 25.1.2001.

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

Saudi citizenship withdrawn, Afghan nationality given by the Taliban regime. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 21 Jun 2010. Confirmed to have died in Pakistan in May 2011.

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

Other information: Confirmed to have died in Pakistan in May 2011. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 25.1.2001.

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

Other information: Confirmed to have died in Pakistan in May 2011. Date of designation referred to in Article 2a(4)(b): 25.1.2001.

— EU Consolidated Travel Bans, 2023-04-20

retrait de la citoyenneté saoudienne, nationalité afghane accordée par le régime des Taliban - décès en mai 2011 au Pakistan confirmé

— French Freezing of Assets, 2023-04-20

Saudi terrorist and co-founder of al-Qaeda (1957–2011)

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

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Siham Sabar	spouse	1987	2011
Hamida al-Attas	mother	-	-
Tarek bin Laden	sibling	-	-
Miriam bin Laden	child	-	-
Omar bin Laden	child	-	-
Khairiah Sabar	spouse	-	-
Bakr Bin Laden	sibling	-	-
Saad bin Laden	child	-	-
Yeslam bin Ladin	sibling	-	-
Abdallah bin Laden	child	-	-
cinquena esposa d'Ossama bin Laden	spouse	-	-
Sumaiya bin Laden	child	-	-
Khalid bin Laden	child	-	-
Najwa bin Laden	spouse	1974	2001

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hamza Usama Muhammad Bin Laden	child · father	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 2 October 2000 on measures against individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the group «Al-Qaïda» or the Taliban (SR 946.203), annex 2	-	2013-03-09
Federal Public Service Finance	TAQA	2013-06-24	-
European External Action Service	TAQA	2013-06-24	-
Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)	SDN List	-	-
Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery	(CE) 844/2007 du 17/07/2007 (ONU Al Qaeda Etat - Islamique - règlement (UE) 881/2002) · (CE) 881/2002 du 27/05/2002 (ONU Al Qaeda Etat - Islamique - règlement (UE) 881/2002) · (UE) 36/2011 du 18/01/2011 (ONU Al Qaeda Etat - Islamique - règlement (UE) 881/2002) · (UE) 480/2011 du 18/05/2011 (ONU Al Qaeda Etat - Islamique - règlement (UE) 881/2002)	-	-

Data sources

French Freezing of Assets6,261

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 · Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Recovery

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

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)18,601

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 · Department of the Commerce - International Trade Administration

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List28,394

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

United States · Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

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

EU Consolidated Travel Bans3,894

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

European Union · Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU

Bulgarian Persons of Interest574

A list of persons and companies sanctioned for involvement with terrorism financing released by the government in Bulgaria.

Bulgaria · OMNIO Compliance · non-official source

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,928

Persons of interest profiles from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

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

Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

External databases

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

Wikidata224,935

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: fr-ga-2901 · eu-tb-logical-833 · ofac-6365 · eu-fsf-eu-691-85 · ch-seco-15125 · NK-4t8Qs4Y7546eUTPyBcV3Da · omnio-fddbbc616730946a1677005a4f051527a70fe61f · NK-nNRUmbxiiCSouLXafKVcgx

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