Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Alexander Granko Arteaga
Aliases
Alexander Enrique Granko Arteaga
Position
Director of the DAE (Special Affairs Division) of the Director General of Military Counter-Intelligence
Nationality
Venezuela
DoB
1981-03-25
Reg. ID
14970215
Official reason
Head (Director) of the Special Affairs Division (DAE) of the Directorate-General of Military Counterintelligence (Dirección General de Contrainteligencia Militar (DGCIM)). Promoted to Colonel in July 2020. There are reasonable grounds to suspect that he is responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture, excessive use of force ca...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Venezuela
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
The Venezuela (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 came fully into force on 31 December 2020. They are intended to ensure that certain financial, trade and immigration sanctions relating to Venezuela continue to operate effectively. You should also review the Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and the Sanctio...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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