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BLACK SHIELD COMPANY FOR GENERAL TRADING LLC
Aliases
BLACK SHIELD COMPANY LTD.
Nationality
Iraq
Address
Villa S6/35, New Azadi Atconz, Ainkawa, Erbil, Iraq
Reg. ID
21756, Business Registration Number
Official reason
Since at least 2015, Black Shield Company for General Trading LLC (Black Shield), an ostensibly Iraq-based arms company led by Lebanon-based Samer Rayya (Rayya) and Syrian Mohamad Majd Deiry (Deiry), has acquired and sold arms used in conflicts around the world, including from key Belarusian defense company Kidma Tech OJSC, an entity designated by ...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2251
Date of listing
2024-04-15
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14038 Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Belarus
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Belarus
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Official Information
E.O. 14038. On August 9, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), issued E.O. 14038. In E.O. 14038, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13405, finding that the Belarusian regime's harmful activities and long-s...
Additional Details
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Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/27/2023-06170/belarus-sanctions-regulations