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Abd Al Aziz Awda

Crime · Politician · Sanctioned entity · Wanted

Abd Al Aziz Awda is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ABD AL AZIZ AWDA · AWDA, Abd Al Aziz · Abd Al Aziz AWDA · Abd Al Aziz Awda · Abdelaziz Awda · 3 more...				[sources]
Other name	Abd Al Aziz Odeh · Abd al-Aziz Uda · Abdal-Aziz Awdah · Abdel Aziz Odeh · Abdelaziz Awda · 8 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Mawlana				[sources]
Birth date	1946 · 1950-12-20				[sources]
Place of birth	Jabalia · Jabaliyah, Gaza Strip				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Palestinian Territories				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
First name	ABD AL AZIZ · Abd Al Aziz · Abd al-Aziz · Abdelaziz				[sources]
Hair color	Black				[sources]
Height	Unknown				[sources]
Last name	AWDA				[sources]
Physical appearance	None known				[sources]
Weight	Unknown				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4664534				[sources]
Position	Chief Ideological Figure of PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD - SHIQAQI				[sources]
Education	Cairo University				[sources]
Religion	Islam				[sources]
Source link	sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-13	Last processed	2024-11-14	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Languages: Arabic, English

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Complexion: Light

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Build: Unknown

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Awda was educated in Arab and Islamic Studies in Cairo, Egypt. He has worked as a lecturer at a university and as an Imam at a Mosque, both of which were located in the Gaza Strip. He normally wears a moustache and a beard.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Abd Al Aziz Awda is wanted for conspiracy to conduct the affairs of the designated international terrorist organization known as the "Palestinian Islamic Jihad" (PIJ) through a pattern of racketeering activities such as bombings, murders, extortions, and money laundering. Awda was one of the original founders and the spiritual leader of the PIJ and is presently still involved in the organization, which has its headquarters located in Damascus, Syria. He was listed as a "Specially Designated Terrorist" under United States law on January 23, 1995. Awda was indicted in a 53 count indictment in the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Tampa, Florida.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2024-04-17

Palestinian terror suspect

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

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

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,982

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

US FBI Most Wanted437

The FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives is a most wanted list maintained by the United States's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

United States · FBI

US SAM Procurement Exclusions119,127

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

United States · GSA

External databases

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Wikidata378,420

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: NK-KyjuqQfDjj5tGEiz7U6atR · us-fbi-abd-al-aziz-awda · usgsa-s4mr3p933 · ofac-2678

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