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| Type | Person | [sources] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Javad Marandi · جواد مرندی | [sources] | |||
| Birth date | [sources] | ||||
| Place of birth | Tehran | [sources] | |||
| Gender | male | [sources] | |||
| Nationality | United Kingdom | [sources] | |||
| Summary | [234] United Kingdom Companies House, Ali and Nino Pictures Limited unaudited accounts, August 23, 2016, on file with The Sentry. ; [239] The Sentry review of UAE property and residency data. ; [341] Robert Aquilina, Pilatus: A Laundromat Bank in Europe, Valetta: Midsea Books, 2023. ; [461] Solicitors Regulation Authority v. Khalid Mohammed Sharif, Case No. 11805-2018, United Kingdom Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal, January 4, 2019, available at: https://www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk/sites/default/files-sdt/11805.2018.Sharif.pdf ; [528] Hafiz Babali and Khadija Ismayilova, “Nowhere To Be Found: Firms With Official Ties Absent From Key Azerbaijani Registry,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, March 24, 2017, available at: https://www.rferl.org/a/zerbaijan-ilham-aliyev-firms-with-official-ties-absent-tax-registry/28388581.html ; [551] MIRK Group, “Portfolio,” available at: http://www.mirkgroup.ae/get-portfolio.php (last accessed July 3, 2023). ; [565] James Ashton, “Javad Marandi: From Iranian Immigrant to Soho House Investor,” The Telegraph, January 15, 2017, available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/01/15/javad-marandi-iranian-refugee-soho-house-investor/ ; [566] Dan Atkinson, “Javad Marandi: From Immigrant Child to Global Entrepreneur - The Making Of A British Success Story,” International Business Times UK, July 30, 2020, available at: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/javad-marandi-immigrant-child-global-entrepreneur-making-british-success-story-1681359 ; [567] Miranda Patrucic, Madina Mammadova, and Ilgar Agha, “AvroMed May Have Received Millions Through Laundromat,” Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, September 20, 2017, available at: https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/avromed-may-have-received-millions-through-laundromat ; [568] IMDB, “Ali and Nino,” available at: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4072326/ ; [569] Patrick Brzeski, “U.K. Director Asif Kapadia to Helm ‘Ali and Nino’ From PeaPie Films,” The Hollywood Reporter, May 19, 2013, available at: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/uk-director-asif-kapadia-helm-525206/ ; [570] Luke Harding, “Azerbaijan Leader’s Daughters Tried to Buy £60m London Home With Offshore Funds,” The Guardian, December 21, 2018, available at: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/21/azerbaijan-leaders-daughters-tried-to-buy-60m-london-home-with-offshore-funds ; [572] Market Publishers, “Dokta MMC in Retailing (Azerbaijan),” May 2015, available at: https://pdf.marketpublishers.com/euromonitor/dokta-mmc-in-retailing-azerbaijan_euromonitor.pdf ; [573] Kamal Məmmədov, “‘Dokta’ Company Was Fined,” Pravda.Az, April 18, 2022, available at: https://pravda.az/news/78602 ; [574] Steve Swann and Dominic Casciani, “Court Approves £5.6m Seizure Over Money Laundering,” BBC, January 31, 2022, available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60203664 ; [575] Steve Swann and Dominic Casciani, “Javad Marandi: Tory Donors Link to Massive Money Laundering Probe,” BBC, May 16, 2023, available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61264369 ; [576] Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, “The Azerbaijani Laundromat,” September 4, 2017, available at: https://www.occrp.org/en/azerbaijanilaundromat/ ; [577] Spotlight on Corruption, “Javad Marandi: Who Is the Conservative Party Donor With Alleged Links to the Vast Money Laundering Operation Known as the Azerbaijani Laundromat?,” May 16, 2023, available at: https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/report/javad-marandi-who-is-the-conservative-party-donor-with-alleged-links-to-the-vast-money-laundering-operation-known-as-the-azerbaijani-laundromat/ ; [579] Katie Strick, “How the Marandis Became the Most Connected Couple in London,” The Evening Standard, May 17, 2023, available at: https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/javad-marandi-soho-house-tycoon-money-laundering-emilia-wickstead-b1081403.html ; [979] Xe, “Currency Table: GBP - Great Britain Pound,” April 22, 2015, available at: https://www.xe.com/currencytables/ ; [1112] PASHA Bank OJSC, “Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements,” June 30, 2023, on file with The Sentry. ; [1188] Children’s Cancer and Blood Foundation, “Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation Breakthrough Ball Gala Event,” November 1, 2011, available at: https://manhattan.smugmug.com/2011/Childrens-Cancer/i-PSSvjDs (last accessed February 21, 2024) ; [1269] United Kingdom Companies House, “Ali and Nino Pictures Limited: People,” available at: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09378086/officers (last accessed February 28, 2024). ; [1270] Turan, “Arif Pashayev Gave Control of Commercial Companies to Granddaughters,” May 2, 2014, available at: https://turan.az/en/economics/arif-pashayev-gave-control-of-commercial-companies-to-granddaughters ; [1336] PASHA Bank ASC, “Consolidated Financial Accounts for the Year Ending December 31, 2013,” March 28, 2014, on file with The Sentry. ; [1395] Gubad Ibadoghlu and Crude Accountability, “The Empty Bucket Of The State Oil Fund Of Azerbaijan: Profits and Profiteering,” 2020, available at: https://crudeaccountability.org/wp-content/uploads/The_Empty_Bucket_report_web.pdf | [sources] | |||
| Wikidata ID | Q23883103 | [sources] | |||
| Last change | Last processed | First seen | |||
British businessman and property developer
Networks of people, companies and assets linked to violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy.
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| Agent | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Child & Child | Service provider | - | - | |
| Assets and shares | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset | Percentage held | Start date | End date | |
| £3.5 million Apartment in west London, UK | - | - | - | |
| Associates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate | Relationship | Start date | End date | |
| MIRK General Trading LLC | Associate | - | ||
| Employers | ||||
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| Employer | Role | Start date | End date | |
| PASHA Construction | Employee | - | - | |
| Linked from | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Role | Start date | End date | |
| Khalid Sharif Person of interest | Facilitator | |||
| Ali and Nino Pictures Limited | 100 |
| Leyla Aliyeva Person of interest · Close Associate | Associate | - | - |
| Ali and Nino Pictures Limited | Founder | - |