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NASIR AL-WAHISHI

Sanctioned entity

NASIR AL-WAHISHI is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	NASIR AL-WAHISHI · Nasir 'Abd-Al-Karim 'Abdullah Al-Wahishi				[sources]
Other name	ABU BASEER AL-WEHAISHI · ABU BASIR NASIR AL-WAHISHI · ABU BASIR NASIR AL-WUHAYSHI · ABU BASIR NASSER AL-WUHISHI · Abdul Kareem Abdullah Al-Woohaishi · 13 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Abu Bashir · Abu Basir				[sources]
Birth date	1396-10-08 · 1976-10-01				[sources]
Nationality	Yemen				[sources]
Country of birth	Yemen				[sources]
First name	NASIR · Naser · Nasir · Nasser · ناصر عبدالكريم عبدالله الوحيشي				[sources]
Last name	AL-WAHISHI · Al-Wahishi · Al-Woohaishi · al-Wahishi · al-Wouhichi · 1 more...				[sources]
Passport number	`40483`				[sources]
Patronymic	'Abd-Al-Karim · 'Abdullah · Abd al-Karim · Abdel Karim · Abdul Kareem · 2 more...				[sources]
Last change	2024-09-10	Last processed	2025-02-20	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Former leader of Al-Qaida in Yemen (AQY) and Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (SSID 10-17330) since 2007. Associated with senior Al-Qaida (SSID 10-17297) leadership, claimed he was secretary to Usama Bin Laden prior to 2003. Arrested in Iran and extradited to Yemen in 2003, where he escaped from prison in 2006. Reportedly deceased in Yemen in Jun 2015.

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

Relationships

Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`40483`	Yemen	passport	1997-01-05	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Said Ali Al-Shihri	related-to	-	-
Nayif Bin-Muhammad Al-Qahtani	related-to	-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Al-Qaida Terrorism · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-
AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP) Terrorism · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
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	2016-10-11
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-

Data sources

US SAM Procurement Exclusions118,184

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United States · GSA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,717

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

Switzerland · SECO

Source data IDs: usgsa-s4mr3r2zn · ch-seco-14723

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Identifications
Document number	Country	Type	Start date	End date
`40483`	Yemen	passport	1997-01-05	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Said Ali Al-Shihri	related-to	-	-
Nayif Bin-Muhammad Al-Qahtani	related-to	-	-

Linked to
Object	Role	Start date	End date
Al-Qaida Terrorism · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-
AL-QAIDA IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA (AQAP) Terrorism · Sanctioned entity	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
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	2016-10-11
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-