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Levy Yakete

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Levy Yakete is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest, but have not been found on international sanctions lists.
TypePerson[sources]
NameLevy Yakete · Yakete Levy · ليفي ياكيت · 利维·雅客特[sources]
Other nameYakite Levi · Yakété Levi · Yakété Levy[sources]
Birth date · [sources]
Place of birthBangui, Central African Republic · Cameroon[sources]
Death date[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalityCentral African Republic[sources]
CountryFrance[sources]
Country of birthCentral African Republic[sources]
First nameLevi · Levy[sources]
Last nameYakete · Yakite · Yakété[sources]
Wikidata IDQ17386252[sources]
ReligionChristianity[sources]
Created at[sources]
Modified on[sources]
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Descriptions

Engaging in or providing support for acts that undermine the peace, stability or security of CAR: On 17 Dec 2013, Yakete became the political coordinator of the newly formed People’s Resistance Movement for Reforming of the Central African Republic anti-Balaka rebel group. He has been directly involved in decisions of a rebel group that has been involved in acts that have undermined peace, stability and security in the CAR, in particular on and since 5 Dec 2013. In addition, this group has been explicitly singled out by resolutions 2127, 2134 and 2149 for such acts. Yakete has been accused of ordering the arrest of people connected to the Séléka, calling for attacks on people who do not support President Bozizé, and recruiting young militiamen to attack those hostile to the regime with machetes. Having remained in the entourage of François Bozizé after March 2013, he joined the Front for the Return to Constitutional Order in CAR (Front pour le Retour à l’Ordre Constitutionnel en CentrAfrique — FROCCA), which aimed to return the deposed president to power by whatever means necessary. In late summer 2013, he travelled to Cameroon and Benin, where he attempted to recruit people to fight against the Séléka. In September 2013, he tried to regain control over operations led by pro-Bozizé fighters in towns and villages near to Bossangoa. Yakete is also suspected of promoting the distribution of machetes to young unemployed Christians to facilitate their attacks on Muslims.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Son of Pierre Yakété and Joséphine Yamazon. Reportedly deceased on 15 Nov 2014.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

political coordinator of the Anti-balaka group known as People’s Resistance Movement

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,000

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

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Wikidata224,896

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source


Source data IDs: ch-seco-27672

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