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THE ASSETS FREEZE LIST Last updated on 23 December 2013 LAST FIRST ALIAS DATE OF PASSPORT DESIGNATION/ NAME NAME BIRTH/ /IDENTIFYING JUSTIFICATION PLACE INFORMATION OF BIRTH BOUT Viktor BUTT, 13 JAN 21N0532664 Businessman, dealer and Anatolje BONT, 1967 29N0006765 transporter of weapons and vitch minerals. Arms dealer in BUTTE, (13 JAN 21N0557148 1970) contravention of UNSC BOUTOV, 44N3570350 resolution 1343. Supported SERGITOV former President Taylor’s Vitali Currently in regime in effort to federal custody in destabilize Sierra Leone the United States and gain illicit access to of America diamonds. pending trial. CHICHAK Richard Ammar M. 29 March SSN: 405 41 5342 A Syrian-born US citizen LI Ammar Chichakli 1959 or 467 79 1065 who has been an employee/ associate of Viktor Bout for POB: Syria Address: 225 about a decade. The UN Syracuse Place, identified Chichakli as Citizenship Richardson, Texas Viktor Bout’s Chief : US 75081, USA Financial Manager and, therefore, as one who acts 811 South Central at Bout’s direction. His Expressway own resume details his senior positions with several Bout-controlled Suite 210 Richardson, Texas companies. A certified 75080, USA public accountant and certified fraud examiner with more than 12 years of experience, plays a significant role in assisting 51 Churchill Ave. Jehad 10 July Bout in setting up and Reservoir VIC ALMUSTAFA 1967 managing a number of his 3073 key firms and moving Australia Jehad Deirazzor, money (both for acquisition ALMUSARA Syria of assets and reparation of Syrian passport # profits). In media Jhad 002680351 (issued interviews, reportedly has ALMUSTASA 25 April 2007, held himself out as expires 24 April spokesperson for Viktor 2013) Bout and his network. Drivers license Chichakli is an officer of number 099711346 San Air General Trading. (issued by the State Payments for many of the 1 LAST FIRST ALIAS DATE OF PASSPORT DESIGNATION/ NAME NAME BIRTH/ /IDENTIFYING JUSTIFICATION PLACE INFORMATION OF BIRTH of Victoria, weapons that went to Australia) Liberia through Victor Bout’s network in 2000 and Arrested on 10 2001 were directed to San January 2013 in Air’s bank accounts. As Australian State of such, Chichakli is Victoria, pursuant associated with an entity to an INTERPOL providing financial or Red Notice military support to armed rebel groups in Liberia or in countries in the region. JOBE Baba 1959 Nationality: The Former Director of the Gambia Gambia New Millenium Air Company. Former member of Parliament of the Gambia. S/2001/1015, para. 287. Arms trafficker in contravention of UNSC resolution 1343. Supported former President Taylor’s regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds. In prison in the Gambia. KIIA TAI Joseph Executive of the Oriental Wong Timber Company. Wong Joseph Provided military and Kiia 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 Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds. RUPRAH Sanjivan Samir NASR 09 AUG D-001829-00 Businessman Singh 1966 D-002081-00 Kisumu, Former Deputy Commissioner of the Kenya Passport of United Bureau of Maritime Affairs. Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Arms dealer in contravention of UNSC 2 LAST FIRST ALIAS DATE OF PASSPORT DESIGNATION/ NAME NAME BIRTH/ /IDENTIFYING JUSTIFICATION PLACE INFORMATION OF BIRTH 790015037, issued resolution 1343. Supported 10 JUL 1998, valid former President Taylor’s til 10 JUL 2008. regime in effort to destabilize Sierra Leone and gain illicit access to diamonds. TAYLOR Charles Chuckie 12 FEB Serving jail Associate, adviser and son 1978 sentence of ninety- of former Liberian Charles seven years in President Charles Taylor “Chucki McArthur federal prison in with ongoing ties to him. e” Emmanuel the United States of (Junior) America. Roy M. Belfast, Junior Charles Taylor II TAYLOR Charles Jean-Paul 01 SEP Former President of Ghankay Some 1947 Liberia. (28 JAN (Charles Jean-Paul 1948) Currently on trial in The MacArth Some Hague ur) YEATEN Benjami James Diah 28 FEB Liberian Former head of the Special n D. 1969 Diplomatic Security Unit in Liberia. (YEATON (29 FEB Passport: ) 1969) D00123299 Ex-Director, Special Security Services. Tiaplay, valid 10/02/99- Nimba 09/02/01 Associate of former County, Liberian President Charles Liberia Taylor with ongoing ties to him. List of entities/companies COMPANY NAME ALIAS ADDRESS DESIGNATION/JUSTIFICATION ABIDJAN FREIGHT Abidjan, Ivory Abidjan Freight was a front company set up by Coast Sanjivan Ruprah (included on the Liberia Sanctions Committee list) to act as a freight forwarder for Viktor Bout’s arms shipments to Liberia. Abidjan Freight was also used by Viktor Bout and Gus Van Kouwenhoven (also 3 COMPANY NAME ALIAS ADDRESS DESIGNATION/JUSTIFICATION included on the Committee’s assets freeze list) to conceal the exact routing and final destination of an aircraft delivering military goods to Monrovia, according to UN officials AIR CESS Air Cess Malabo, Equatorial Air Cess has been identified as the flagship Equatorial Guinea firm of Victor Bout’s network. Originally Guinea active in Belgium, it has had to move more than P.O. Box 7837, once since it first appeared in 1995 due to Air Cess Sharjah, UAE investigations by authorities in Belgium, Holdings, Ltd. Swaziland and South Africa. Air Cess is the P.O. Box 3962, only firm in Bout’s network that ever officially Air Cess Liberia Sharjah, UAE listed him as its head. In Swaziland, Bout entered into ajoint venture with a South African Air Cess Rwanda Islamabad, Pakistan company to form Air Pass. Air Cess had 90% ownership of this joint venture. Records show Air Cess Entebbe, Uganda that Bout owned 90% of the shares of Air Pass. Swaziland (Pty.) According to NGO reporting, Viktor Ltd transferred daily operational control of Air Cess to his brother, Sergei Bout, some time during the 1990s. This entity can thus be considered to Air Cess, Inc. be owned or controlled by either Viktor and/or 360-C Sergei Bout. Air Pas Air Pass Chess Air Group Pietersburg Aviation Services & Systems Cessavia AIR ZORY Air Zori 54 G.M. Dimitrov Sergei Bout controls Air Zory as the majority Blvd., BG-1125, shareholder. Air Zory has been linked to Viktor Air Zori, Ltd. Sofia, Bulgaria Bout’s network of companies. 6 Zenas Kanther Str., 1065 Nicosia, Cyprus AIRBAS Air Bas P.O. Box 8299, Airbas is a commercial charter company which TRANSPORTATION Sharjah, UAE is run by Viktor and Sergei Bout. Sergei has FZE Air Bass power of attorney for all transactions. Airbas 811 S. Central was created in 1995 by Sergei, and has used Airbas Expressway, Suite another Bout firm, CET Aviation based in Transportation, 210 Richardson, Malabo, as cover to register its aircraft in Inc. Texas 75080, USA Equatorial Guinea. According to a UN report, payments for Airbas are made to the accounts Aviabas of Irbis, a Viktor Bout front company. 4 COMPANY NAME ALIAS ADDRESS DESIGNATION/JUSTIFICATION ATC, Ltd Gibraltar, U.K. 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 Democratic Bukavu Aviation Transport has been identified AVIATION Republic of the by the “UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal TRANSPORT Congo 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 Democratic Business Air Services has been identified by SERVICES Republic of the the “UN Panel of Experts on the Illegal Congo 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 Centrafricain P.O. Box 2760, Centrafrican is owned by Viktor Bout. While AIRLINES Airlines Bangui, Central he is not involved in the day-to-day African Republic management of the firm, UN investigators Central African found that Viktor signs the contracts for sale Airways c/o Transavia Travel and purchase of aircraft, as well as leasing Agency, P.O. Box documents, for the company. The firm has been Central African 3962, Sharjah, UAE tied to numerous illicit arms shipments to Air conflict zones. This company has also been P.O. Box 2190, used to engage in massive fraud by forging Central African Ajman, UAE airworthiness certificates, air operator permit, Airlines and certificates of registration for a great Kigali, Rwanda number of aircraft. Ras-al-Khaimah, UAE CENTRAL AFRICA 811 S. Central The Central Africa Development Fund is a non- DEVELOPMENT Expressway, Suite profit entity located at the same address in FUND 210, Richardson, Richardson, Texas as Richard Chichakli’s Texas 75080, USA accounting firm, along with all of the other firms owned or controlled by Chichakli that are P.O. Box 850431, being proposed for listing. Richardson, Texas 75085, USA CET Aviation P.O. Box 932 – C20, Viktor Bout reorganized his holds in the UAE 5 COMPANY NAME ALIAS ADDRESS DESIGNATION/JUSTIFICATION Enterprise (FZE) Ajman, UAE so that two of his older firms – Centrafrican Airlines and San Air General Trading – became Equatorial Guinea part of a holding company called CET Aviation Enterprise. Press reports identify CET as a company controlled by Viktor Bout.