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Wafiq SAFA

Aliases

Wafic SAFA; Wafiq Ahmad SAFA; Wafiq 'Abd-al-Husayn SAFA; AL-ZAIN, Ali Wahib; AL-DIN, Hessam Badr

DoB

1960-09-01; 1965-03-17

Address

Lebanon

Reg. ID

494606, National ID No.; 000012505210, National ID No.

Official reason

Wafiq Safa (Safa) was designated for acting for or on behalf of Hizballah. Safa is in charge of Hizballah's Liaison and Coordination Unit and is responsible for Hizballah’s coordination with the international community and with Lebanese security agencies.  Safa was appointed by Hizballah Secretary General Nasrallah in 1987 as the head of the Secur...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm724

Date of listing

2019-07-09

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

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Program URL

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