Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Al-Bashair Trading Company, Ltd
Aliases
Al-Bashaer Trading Company, Ltd; Al-Bashir Trading Company, Ltd; Al-Basha'ir Trading Company, Ltd; Al-Bashaair Trading Company, Ltd; Al-Bushair Trading Company, Ltd
Address
Sadoon St, Al-Ani Building, first floor, Baghdad, Iraq
Linked to
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:138:0007:0009:EN:PDF
Official reason
Al-Bashair, directed by Munir Al-Qubaysi, reportedly acted as the largest of Iraq’s arms procurement front companies and was involved in a range of sanctions busting and corruption schemes on behalf of the regime. Al-Bashair reported directly to the Organization of Military Industrialization, which was responsible for Iraq’s military procurement p...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/js1331
Date of listing
2006-05-25
Program information
Authority
EU
Program
Restrictive measures on Iraq
Regime
UN
Target State
Iraq
Measures
Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available
Sanctions Portfolio
- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them.
Official Information
A financial and trade embargo was adopted by the UN Security Council in 1990 after the invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 by the military forces of Iraq (see Resolution 661 (1990)). Recognising and welcoming the efforts made by Iraq to form a government based on the rule of law that affords equal rights and justice to all Iraqi citizens, on 22 Ma...
Program URL
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02003R1210-20230404