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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 · 49 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abu Abdallah Abd Al Hakim · Abu Abdallah Abd Al Hakim, · Al Qaqa · Ben Laden · Ben Laden Osama · 75 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 · Djeddah : ARABIE SAOUDITE, : YÉMEN · Jeddah, SAUDI ARABIA · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Jeddah, Saudi Arabia / Yemen · 3 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 BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AWAD · Osama · Osama bin Muhammad bin Awad · Ossama · Usama · 5 more...				[sources]
Last name	BIN LADEN · BIN LADIN · Ben Laden · Bin Laden · Bin Ladin · 4 more...				[sources]
Middle name	Muhammed Awad · bin Muhammad bin Awad				[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 · Shaykh, Hajj				[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]
Last change	2024-10-31	Last processed	2024-10-31	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Saudi citizenship withdrawn, Afghan nationality given by the Taliban regime.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 National Asset Freezing System, 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
Khalid bin Laden	child	-	-
Siham Sabar	spouse	1987	2011
Sumaiya bin Laden	child	-	-
Abdallah bin Laden	child	-	-
Hamida al-Attas	mother	-	-
Hamza Usama Muhammad Bin Laden	child	-	-
Bakr Bin Laden	sibling	-	-
Tarek bin Laden	sibling	-	-
Khairiah Sabar	spouse	1985	2011
Yeslam bin Ladin	sibling	-	-
Najwa bin Laden	spouse	1974	2001
Omar bin Laden	child	-	-
Amal Ahmed al-Sadah	spouse	2000	2011
Saad bin Laden	child	-	-
Miriam bin Laden	child	-	-

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

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	TAQA	2013-06-24	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(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)	-	-
Council of the European Union	-	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	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	-

Data sources

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

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

European Union · Council

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

French National Asset Freezing System5,108

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 · DGT

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,759

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 · ITA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,421

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

Switzerland · SECO

Wikidata Entities of Interest3,963

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

Wikidata · non-official source

US SAM Procurement Exclusions115,280

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

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

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,356

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

European Union · DG FISMA

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

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,847

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

United States · OFAC

External databases

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

Wikidata375,752

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: mc-freezes-807cc71cf3e80313586804dc82ea242a939e5d65 · eu-fsf-eu-691-85 · NK-nNRUmbxiiCSouLXafKVcgx · ch-seco-15125 · usgsa-s4mr3qrbr · eu-tb-logical-833 · fr-ga-2901 · NK-4t8Qs4Y7546eUTPyBcV3Da · ofac-6365 · omnio-fddbbc616730946a1677005a4f051527a70fe61f

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