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Tarif Akhras

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TypePerson[sources]
NameTarif AKHRAS · Tarif AL AKHRAS · Tarif Akhras · Tarif al-Akhras · الاخرس · 2 more...[sources]
Other nameAl Akhras · Tarif AKHRAS · الأخرس · طريف أخرس · طريف عبد الباسط الاخرس[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthHoms · Homs : SYRIE · Homs, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Homs, Syrian Arab Republic[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
NationalitySyria[sources]
CountrySyria[sources]
Country of birthSyria[sources]
First nameTarif · Tarif  · طريف[sources]
ID Number0000092405[sources]
KeywordsBusiness and Trade · قطاع الأعمال والتجارة[sources]
Last nameAKHRAS · AL AKHRAS · Akhras · Al Akhras · أخرس · 1 more...[sources]
Passport number0000092405[sources]
SummaryCo-owns several companies with his children Murhaf, Diana, and Nora. According to the Export Development and Promotion Authority, he is one of Syria’s biggest exporters. Multiple sources have reported that he is Asma al-Assad’s uncle, that is, Fawaz’s brother. Other sources claim he is Fawaz’s cousin. He was granted Lebanese citizenship in 2014. · يملك مجموعة شركات مع أبنائه مرهف، ديانا، ونورا. يعتبر ثاني أكبر مصدّر على مستوى سورية بحسب هيئة تنمية وترويج الصادرات. أوردت مصادر متعددة أنه عم أسماء الأسد (أي أنه شقيق فواز)، ولكن مصادر أخرى ذكرت بأنه ابن عم فواز. منح الجنسية اللبنانية في 2014[sources]
PositionBusinessman. Founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Former member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. · Homme d'affaires - fondateur du groupe Akhras[sources]
Source linkgels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr[sources]
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Descriptions

Leading businessperson operating in Syria. He is the founder of the Akhras Group (commodities, trading, processing and logistics) and former Chairman of the Homs Chamber of Commerce. Close business relations with President Bashar al-Assad’s family. Former member of the Board of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Commerce. Provided logistical support for the regime (buses and tank loaders). He is therefore benefiting from and supporting the Syrian regime.

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes,

Homme d’affaires influent exerçant ses activités en Syrie. Il est le fondateur du groupe Akhras (matières premières, commerce, transformation et logistique) et ancien président de la Chambre de commerce de Homs. Relations professionnelles étroites avec la famille du président Bashar al-Assad. Ancien membre du conseil d’administration de la fédération des chambres de commerce syriennes. A fourni un soutien logistique au régime (autobus et véhicules de transport de chars). Il tire donc profit du régime syrien et le soutient.

French National Asset Freezing System,

Tarif Abdel Basset al-Akhras is a Syrian businessman from Homs who co-owns several companies with his children Murhaf, Diana, and Nora. He is Syria’s second largest exporter according to the Export Development and Promotion Authority. Multiple sources have reported that he is Asma al-Assad’s uncle (that is, he is the brother of Fawaz). But other sources claim that he is Fawaz’s cousin. He was granted Lebanese citizenship in 2014. The EU sanctioned him on 09/02/2011. The General Customs Directorate issued a precautionary freeze on his movable and immovable assets on 11/13/2019. The freeze was lifted on 11/12/2019. Britain lifted the sanctions it had imposed on him on 12 August 2021.

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

يملك مجموعة شركات مع أبنائه مرهف، ديانا، ونورا. يعتبر ثاني أكبر مصدّر على مستوى سورية بحسب هيئة تنمية وترويج الصادرات. أوردت مصادر متعددة أنه عم أسماء الأسد (أي أنه شقيق فواز)، ولكن مصادر أخرى ذكرت بأنه ابن عم فواز. منح الجنسية اللبنانية في 2014. طريف عبد الباسط الاخرس. رجل أعمال سوري من حمص. يملك مجموعة شركات مع أبنائه مرهف، ديانا، ونورا. يعتبر ثاني أكبر مصدّر على مستوى سورية بحسب هيئة تنمية وترويج الصادرات.. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 02/09/2011. قامت مديرية الجمارك العامة بوضع الحجز الاحتياطي على أمواله المنقولة وغير المنقولة بتاريخ 13/11/2019، ثم رفع هذا الحجز من قبل نفس الادارة بتاريخ 11/12/2019. ورفعت بريطانيا العقوبات المفروضة عليه بتاريخ 12/08/2021.

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

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

Switzerland · SECO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,368

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

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

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

Monaco · Monaco

Syrian Observatory of Political and Economic Networks1,079

A knowledge graph of persons of interest inside Syria, including detailed information on family relationships and business ties.

Obsalytics · non-official source

French National Asset Freezing System5,117

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

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

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


Source data IDs: ca-sema-2-50-sy-tarif-akhras · ch-seco-11916 · fr-ga-1521 · opensyr-node-645 · eu-fsf-eu-2828-23 · mc-freezes-b90bf009bf8bf13ce3cd935c4c9a7aab66bf5e02 · eu-tb-logical-6518 · ca-sema-syria-2-50 · ca-sema-2caf4bed3ca7c25de043ddc4ccdb859d5fc194ac

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