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LIST OF
INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES SUBJECT TO THE MEASURES CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1532 (2004) CONCERNING
(THE ASSETS FREEZE LIST)
On 14 June 2004, the Security
Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning
Liberia approved the following list of individuals and entities subject to the
measures contained in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1532 (2004)
(the assets freeze list).
Paragraph 1 of Security Council
resolution 1532, adopted on
“The Security Council,
…
1. Decides that, to prevent former Liberian
President Charles Taylor, his immediate family members, in particular Jewell
Howard Taylor and Charles Taylor, Jr., senior
officials of the former Taylor regime, or other close allies or associates as
designated by the Committee established by paragraph 21 of resolution 1521
(2003) (hereinafter, “the Committee”) from using misappropriated funds and
property to interfere in the restoration of peace and stability in Liberia and
the sub-region, all States in which there are, at the date of adoption of this
resolution or at any time thereafter, funds, other financial assets and
economic resources owned or controlled directly or indirectly by Charles
Taylor, Jewell Howard Taylor, and Charles Taylor, Jr.
and/or those other individuals designated by the Committee, including funds,
other financial assets and economic resources held by entities owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by any of them or by any persons acting on
their behalf or at their direction, as designated by the Committee, shall
freeze without delay all such funds, other financial assets and economic
resources, and shall ensure that neither these nor any other funds, other
financial assets or economic resources are made available, by their nationals
or by any persons within their territory, directly or indirectly, to or for the
benefit of such persons;”
The assets freeze list was drawn up in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 4 (a) of resolution 1532 (2004). The list is reproduced in full below. Alternate spellings of names and alternate dates of birth are included in parentheses.
The Committee will continue to update the list on a regular basis.
LIST OF INDIVIDUALS
|
LAST NAME |
FIRST NAME |
ALIAS |
DATE OF BIRTH/PLACE OF
BIRTH |
PASSPORT /IDENTIFYING
INFORMATION |
DESIGNATION/ JUSTIFICATION |
|
ALLEN |
Cyril |
|
|
|
Former
Chairman, National Patriotic Party. Associate of former Liberian President
Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
BOUT |
Viktor
Anatoljevitch |
BUTT, BONT, BUTTE, BOUTOV, SERGITOV Vitali |
( |
21N0532664 29N0006765 21N0557148 44N3570350 |
Businessman, dealer and transporter of weapons and minerals.
Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former
President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize |
|
BRIGHT |
Charles
R. |
|
|
|
Former Minister of Finance.
Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to
him. |
|
CHICHAKLI |
Richard
Ammar |
Ammar M. Chichakli |
POB:
Citizenship:
US |
SSN:
405 41 5342 or 467
79 1065 Address:
811
South Central Expressway |
A Syrian-born |
|
CISSE |
M.
Moussa |
Mamadee KAMARA |
24 DEC 1946 (14 DEC 1957) ( ( (24 DEC 1944) |
Liberian Diplomatic
Passport: D001548-99 Liberian
Ordinary Passport: 0058070 valid 10/01/00-09/01/05 Name: Mamadee KAMARA DOB: 26 JUL 1946 POB:
Gbarnga, Liberian
Diplomatic Passport: 001546 valid
01/08/99-30/08/01 DOB:
24 DEC 1944 POB: Ganta,
Liberian Diplomatic Passport:
D/000953-98 |
Former Chief of
Presidential Protocol. Chairman of Mohammad Group of Companies. Handled funds
from diamond and timber sales on |
|
COOPER |
(Randolf) |
|
|
|
Former Managing Director of Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
|
Jenkins |
|
( |
|
Former Minister of Lands,
Mines, and Energy. Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with
ongoing ties to him. |
|
GEORGE |
Martin |
|
|
|
Ambassador of |
|
GIBSON |
Myrtle
|
|
|
|
Ex-Senator. Advisor to former
Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
GOODRIDGE (GOODRICH) |
Reginald
B. (Senior) |
|
|
|
Former Minister for
Culture, Information and Tourism. Associate of former Liberian President
Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
JOBE |
Baba |
|
1959 |
Nationality: The |
Former Director of the in the |
|
KIIA
TAI |
Joseph
Wong |
|
|
|
Executive of the Oriental Timber Company. Provided military and financial support for Taylor
S/2001/1015, para. 334. Arms dealer in
contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s
regime in effort to destabilize |
|
KLEILAT |
Ali |
|
|
Nationality: |
Businessman, involved in arms delivery to Charles
Taylor in 2003. Still, in relation with former Liberian President Charles
Taylor. |
|
KOUWENHOVEN (KOUVENHOVEN) (KOUENHOVEN) (KOUENHAVEN) |
Gus |
|
|
|
Owner of Hotel Africa and President of the Oriental
Timber Company. Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Funds
purveyor to the Close associate of diamonds and funds. |
|
MININ |
Leonid
Yukhimovich |
BLAVSTEIN, BLYUVSHTEIN, BLYAFSHTEIN, BLUVSHTEIN, BLYUFSHTEIN KERLER, Vladamir (Vladimir) Abramovich (DOB: POPILO-VESKI POPILOVESKI (POPELA/POPELO) Vladimir Abramovich (DOB: BRESLAN, Wulf (DOB: 10 JUL NK) OSOLS, Igor (DOB: 14 DEC 1947) |
14 DEC 1947 in ( (10 JUL NK) (14 DEC 1947) |
Nationality: Bolivian Passport: 65118 Forged German Passports: 5280007248D 18106739D (MININ) Greek Passport: no details Israeli Passports: 6019832 valid 06/11/94-05/11/99 9001689 valid 23/01/97-22/01/02 90109052 issued on Russian Passport: KI0861177 |
Owner of Exotic Tropical Timber Enterprises. Key
financier for Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343.
Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize |
|
MINOR |
Grace
Beatrice |
|
31 MAY 1942 |
|
Key advisor to former President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
NAYDO |
Valeriy |
NAIDO,
Valerii |
Citizenship: Ukrainian c/o CET Aviation, P.O. Box 932-20C, |
AC251295, KC024178 (Ukrainian) |
Has
been described as “Bout’s number two” man in As
noted above, Naydo is the CEO of CET, the holding
company for Centrafrican Airlines. Centrafrican’s role in the Liberian arms trade was
uncovered when UN investigators found film footage of Liberian rebels
handling 9 Strela surface-to-air missiles. These
missiles appear to match an illegal shipment of weapons organized by Sanjivan Ruprah and delivered
to |
|
RUPRAH |
Sanjivan |
Samir NASR |
|
D-001829-00 D-002081-00 |
Businessman Former Deputy Commissioner of the Bureau of Maritime
Affairs. Arms
dealer in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President
Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize |
|
SALAME (SALAMI) |
Mohamed
Ahmad |
Ameri AL JAWAD Jawad AL AMERI Moustapha SALAMI Moustapha A SALAMI |
{POB:
{( |
Nationality: Ordinary
Lebanese Passport: 1622263 valid
24/04/01-23/04/06 Togolese
Diplomatic Passport: 004296/00409/00 valid 21/08/02-23/08/07 Liberian
Diplomatic Passport: 000275 valid
11/01/98-10/01/00 2nd
Liberian Diplomatic Passport: 002414 valid
20/06/01-19/06/03 Name:
Ameri AL JAWAD DOB:
POB:
Ganta, Ivorian
Passport: no details available Liberian
Diplomatic Passport: D/001217 |
Owner, Mohamed and Company Logging Company. Informal diplomatic representative of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. Ambassador Plenipotentiary
to Chairman G. Bryant of |
|
SHAW |
Emmanuel
(II) |
|
( |
|
Director of Lonestar Airways. Associated
with Lone Star Communications Cooperation. Instrumental in the breaching of the arms embargo in
2003. Former
economic adviser to ex-President Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
SNOWE |
Edwin
M., Jr. |
|
|
Nationality:
OR/0056672-01 |
Representative, Liberian House of Representatives. Managing Director of the Liberian Petroleum and Refining Corporation (LPRC). Associate of former President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. Alleged to have provided funds to former President Taylor. |
|
|
Agnes
Reeves |
REEVES-TAYLOR |
|
Nationality: |
Former Liberian Permanent
Representative to the International Maritime Organization. Former Senior
Member of the Liberian Government. Ex-wife and associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor
with ongoing ties to him. |
|
|
Charles
“Chuckie” (Junior) |
Chuckie |
|
|
Associate, adviser and son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
|
Charles
Ghankay (Charles
MacArthur) |
|
( |
|
Former President of |
|
(HOWARD |
Jewel
Howard |
|
|
D/003835-04 valid 04/6/04-03/6/06 |
Senator,
Liberian Senate Spouse
of former Liberian President Charles
Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
|
Tupee |
|
17 DEC 1960 (17 DEC 1962) |
Liberian Diplomatic
Passport: D/002216 |
Ex-wife and |
|
UREY |
Benoni |
|
|
Liberian Diplomatic
Passport: D-00148399 Commissioner
of Maritime Passport: D/002356 |
Ex-Commissioner of Maritime Affairs of Associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor with ongoing ties to him. |
|
YEATEN (YEATON) |
Benjamin
D. |
|
( |
Liberian Diplomatic
Passport: D00123299 valid
10/02/99-09/02/01 DOB:
POB: Tiaplay,
|
Ex-Director, Special Security Services. |
LIST OF ENTITIES/COMPANIES
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COMPANY NAME |
ALIAS |
ADDRESS |
DESIGNATION/JUSTIFICATION |
|
|
|
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Abidjan
Freight was a front company set up by Sanjivan Ruprah (included on the Liberia Sanctions Committee list)
to act as a freight forwarder for Viktor Bout’s arms shipments to |
|
AIR CESS |
Air Cess Air Cess Holdings, Ltd. Air Cess Air Cess Air Cess Air Cess, Inc. 360-C Air Pas Chess
Air Group Pietersburg Aviation Services & Systems Cessavia |
|
Air
Cess has been identified as the flagship firm of
Victor Bout’s network. Originally active in |
|
AIR
ZORY |
Air Zori Air Zori, Ltd. |
6
Zenas Kanther Str., 1065 |
Sergei Bout controls Air Zory as
the majority shareholder. Air Zory has been linked
to Viktor Bout’s network of companies. |
|
AIRBAS
TRANSPORTATION FZE |
Air
Bas Air
Bass Airbas Transportation, Inc. Aviabas |
811
S. Central Expressway, |
Airbas is a commercial charter company which is run by
Viktor and Sergei Bout. Sergei
has power of attorney for all transactions. Airbas
was created in 1995 by Sergei, and has used another
Bout firm, CET Aviation based in |
|
ATC,
Ltd |
|
|
According
to the UN, ATC, Ltd. is a Viktor Bout-controlled firm and is a major
shareholder in one of Viktor Bout’s flagship companies, Centrafrican
Airlines. In addition, when Bout registered Centrafrican
Airlines in 1998, the registration itself indicated that ATC was one of the
principal shareholders of Centrafican and that it
was controlled by Bout. |
|
BUKAVU
AVIATION TRANSPORT |
|
|
Bukavu Aviation Transport has been identified by the “UN
Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and other
Forms of Wealth of DR Congo” as a DRC firm in which Viktor Bout is the
principal officer. The UN Panel
identified it as one of several firms involved in the illegal export of diamonds,
gold, copper, cobalt, timber and coltan from the
DRC. |
|
BUSINESS
AIR SERVICES |
|
|
Business
Air Services has been identified by the “UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal
Exploitation of Natural Resources and other Forms of Wealth of DR Congo” as a
DRC firm in which Viktor Bout is the principal officer. The UN Panel identified it as one of
several firms involved in the illegal export of diamonds, gold, copper,
cobalt, timber and coltan from the DRC. |
|
CENTRAFRICAN
AIRLINES |
Centrafricain Airlines Central
African Airways Central
African Air Central
African Airlines |
c/o
Transavia Travel Agency, Ras-al-Khaimah, UAE |
Centrafrican is owned by Viktor Bout. While he is not
involved in the day-to-day management of the firm, UN investigators found
that Viktor signs the contracts for sale and purchase of aircraft, as well as
leasing documents, for the company. The firm has been tied to numerous
illicit arms shipments to conflict zones. This company has also been used to
engage in massive fraud by forging airworthiness certificates, air operator
permit, and certificates of registration for a great number of aircraft. |
|
|
|
811
S. Central Expressway, |
The
Central Africa Development Fund is a non-profit entity located at the same
address in Richardson, Texas as Richard Chichakli’s
accounting firm, along with all of the other firms owned or controlled by Chichakli that are being proposed for listing. |
|
CET
Aviation |
|
|
Viktor
Bout reorganized his holds in the UAE so that two of his older firms – Centrafrican Airlines and San Air General Trading –
became part of a holding company called CET Aviation Enterprise. Press
reports identify CET as a company controlled by Viktor Bout. |
|
CHICHAKLI & ASSOCIATES,
PLLC |
Chichakli Hickman-Riggs & Riggs, PLLC Chichakli Hickmanriggs & Riggs |
811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
This company is an
accounting and auditing firm. Richard Chichakli,
Viktor Bout’s Chief Financial Officer, is listed as the managing partner and
is the only officer on record. It is located at the same address in |
|
CONTINUE PROFESSIONAL
EDUCATION, INC. |
Gulf Motor Sales |
811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
The president of this
company is Richard Chichakli, Viktor Bout’s Chief
Financial Officer. The company is located at the same address in Richardson,
Texas as Richard Chichakli’s accounting firm, along
with all of the other firms owned or controlled by Chichakli
that are being proposed for listing. |
|
DAYTONA POOLS, INC. |
|
75081, |
Daytona Pools was
incorporated by Gloria Chichakli, wife of Richard Chichakli. However, a few years later, the company’s
annual fillings indicated that Richard was the President, and Gloria was
Vice-President. The company is located at the same address in Richardson,
Texas as Richard Chichakli’s accounting firm, along
with the other firms owned or controlled by Chichakli
that are being proposed for listing. |
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DHH ENTERPRISES, INC. |
|
811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
Corporate registration
documents list Richard Chichakli, Viktor Bout’s
Chief Financial Officer, as CEO, Director, and President of this company.
They also indicate that he owns 100% of the capital stock. The company is
located at the same address in Richardson, Texas as Richard Chichakli’s
accounting firm, along with all of the other firms owned or controlled
by Chichakli that are being proposed for listing. |
|
|
|
State House, |
The Director of this firm
is Baba Jobe, who is already listed on the Liberia
Sanctions Committee’s assets freeze list. According to a commercial aviation
database, the firm acted as a cover for Victor Bout’s operations. Its one
aircraft, a Russian-made passenger jet, was acquired from Centrafircan
Airlines. |
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IB OF AMERICA HOLDINGS,
INC. |
|
811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
Richard Chichakli,
who is Viktor Bout’s Chief Financial Officer, is listed as the President of
the company. The company is located at the same address in Richardson, Texas
as Richard Chichakli’s accounting firm, along with
all of the other firms owned or controlled by Chichakli
that are being proposed for listing. |
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IRBIS AIR COMPANY |
|
UL Furmanova
65, Office 317, Almaty, Khazakhstan
48004 |
Irbis was formed in 1998 and leases its aircraft
exclusively from Air Cess. The “UN Final Report of
the Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions” in 2000 reported “it can be
considered that Irbis forms an Eastern European
office for Viktor Bout.” The UN Monitoring Mechanism on Angola Sanctions
further stated that Irbis has been a front company
of Viktor Bout’s aircraft leasing operations for the past seven years. Press
reports further indicated that the company is owned by Bout. |
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MOLDTRANSAVIA SRL |
|
Aeroport MD-2026, |
This company is owned and
managed by an admitted employee of Viktor Bout who is a longtime former agent
of Air Cess. Moldtransavia’s
only plane is owned by Viktor Bout and is insured by a Viktor Bout company,
San Air General Trading. As such, Moldstransavia is
indirectly controlled by Viktor Bout. Moldstransavia
has also participated in illicit arms deals for Viktor Bout and his
companies. It has been involved in a t least one arms shipment to |
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NORDIC, LTD. |
Nordik Limited EOOD |
|
According to a local
cooperate registry, Sergei Bout is the sole owner
and CEO of Nordic, Ltd., incorporated in |
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Okapi Air |
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According to UN reporting,
Odessa Air is a Viktor Bout-owned firm based in |
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ORIENT STAR COOPERATION |
Orient Star Aviation |
811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
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RICHARD A. CHICHAKLI, P.C. |
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811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
Richard Chichakli,
Viktor Bout’s Chief Financial Officer, is listed on corporate documents as
the sole director and president of this company. The company is located at
the same address in Richardson, Texas as Richard Chichakli’s
accounting firm, along with all of the other firms owned or controlled by Chichakli that are being proposed for listing. |
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ROCKMAN, LTD. |
Rokman EOOD |
|
According to a local
corporate registry, Sergei Bout is the sole owner
and CEO of Rockman, Ltd., incorporated in |
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SAN AIR GENERAL TRADING FZE |
San Air General Trading,
LLC |
P.O. Box 932-20C, 811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
San Air General Trading is
the main company behind many of Viktor Bout’s arms shipments into |
|
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Sharjah, UAE |
Santa Cruz Imperial has
been identified by various sources as being owned or controlled by Viktor
Bout and/or Sanjivan Ruprah
(also already listed by the Liberian Sanctions Committee). However, there has
been some disagreement as to whether Viktor Bout actually owned this company.
Nevertheless, |
|
SOUTHBOUND, LTD. |
|
|
Southbound, Ltd. is a major
shareholder in one of Viktor Bout’s flagship companies, Centrafrican
Airlines. Documents filed when Viktor Bout registered Centrafrican
Airlines indicated that Viktor also controlled Southbound. |
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TRANS AVIATION GLOBAL
GROUP, INC. |
|
811 S. Central Expressway, 75080, |
Richard Chichakli
is listed as the president and director of this company. The company is
located at the same address in Richardson, Texas as Richard Chichakli’s accounting firm, along with all of the other
firms owned or controlled by Chichakli that are
being proposed for listing. |
|
TRANSAVIA NETWORK |
NV Trans Aviation Network
Group TAN Group Trans Aviation Transavia Travel Agency Transavia Travel Cargo |
1304 |
Transavia Network is one of Viktor Bout’s oldest companies (it
first appeared in |
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VIAL COMPANY |
|
|
According to a Belgian
arrest warrant filed with Interpol in February 2002, Viktor Bout had power of
attorney over Vial’s bank accounts and used them to launder proceeds from
weapons trafficking. An article in a South African academic journal reports
that Viktor Bout also used Vial as the mechanism to sell aircraft to the
Taliban regime in |
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WESTBOUND, LTD. |
|
|
Westbound, Ltd. is owned by
Ronald De Smet. De Smet
is a Belgian pilot who has a long history of acting on behalf of Viktor Bout.
Westbound is a major shareholder in one of Viktor Bout’s flagship companies, Centrafrican Airlines. When Bout registered Centrafrican Airlines in 1998, the three principal
shareholders were Westbound, Southbound, and ATC Ltd., all of |