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Sultan ZABIN

Aliases

Sultan Saleh Aida Aida ZABIN; SAQAR, Abu; SAGAR, Abu; Abu Saqer ZABIN; Sultan ZABINYE; Sultan ZABEN; Sultan Saleh ZABIN

Nationality

Yemen

DoB

1986

Address

Sana'a, Yemen

Reg. ID

10010095104, National ID No.; 20322, Identification Number

Official reason

As the current Director of the Sana’a CID, Sultan Zabin (Zabin) and his CID officers have arrested, detained, and tortured women under the pretense of a policy designed to curb prostitution and organized crime. In reality, this policy was used to target politically active women who opposed the Houthis, and resulted in numerous reported cases of ill...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1208

Date of listing

2020-12-10

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Yemen Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 552

Regime

OFAC country specific

Target State

Yemen

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

On November 9, 2012, OFAC issued the Yemen Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 552 (the “Regulations”) (77 FR 67276, November 9, 2012), to implement Executive Order 13611 of May 16, 2012, “Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen” (77 FR 29533, May 18, 2012) (E.O. 13611). The Regulations were initially issu...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/29/2020-23960/yemen-sanctions-regulations