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SHARK INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING L.L.C

Aliases

SHARK INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING; SHARK INTERNATIONAL

Nationality

United Arab Emirates; United Arab Emirates; United Arab Emirates; Oman

Address

M21, Al Souq, Al Kabeer, Deirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Post Box 40167, Deirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Office 804, Fujairah Welfare Building, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates; No. 204, 2nd Floor, Al Danah Building, Khorfakan, United Arab Emirates; North Al Batinah Governorate, Sohar, 311, Oman

Reg. ID

1027607, License; 1021796, License; 798429, License; 1521379, Commercial Registry Number

Official reason

Houthi financier Sa’id al-Jamal, who goes by the Chinese alias “Caihong” (彩虹), or “Rainbow,” relies on a network of foreign shipping firms to sell and transport commodities to China, Syria, and other jurisdictions. United Arab Emirates (UAE)- and Oman-based Shark International Shipping L.L.C, under the leadership of its managing director John Britt...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2399

Date of listing

2024-06-10

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 594

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Terrorism

Measures

Blocking Property

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/2396

Official Information

On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (68 FR 34196, June 6, 2003 (“the Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism” (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/01/2022-13969/global-terrorism-sanctions-regulations