Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer

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YEM0009Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer#

Individual · designated 2021-11-09 under The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 · UN listing · entry last updated 2022-01-07

AddressesYemen

DetailsPlace of birth: Al Safrah, Sa’dah Governorate, Yemen. Nationality: Yemen. Gender: Male. Positions: Major General; Judicial Custodian of properties and funds owned by Houthis’ opponents

IdentifiersUKSL YEM0009. OFSI group 14141. UN ref YEi.007. Passports: Yemen number, issued on 7 Oct. 2013 (Expiration date: 7 Oct 2019); Yemen number , issued on 9 Dec. 2000 (Expiration date: 9 Dec 2006). National IDs: Yemen

NamesPrimary name: Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer. Primary name variants: Saleh al Shae; Saleh Mesfer al Shaer; Saleh Mosfer Saleh al Shaer; Saleh Musfer Saleh al Shaer; Saleh al Sha'ir. Aliases: Abu Yasser (low quality a.k.a quality). Non-Latin: صالح مسفر صالح الشاعر

SanctionsAsset freeze, Travel Ban (indicators: asset freeze, travel ban). Regime: The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Source: UN. Designated 2021-11-09.

Other informationWith reference to the UN Panel of Experts’ Statement of Case of 28 August 2019, Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security, and stability of Yemen thereby meeting the criteria for designation as laid out in Paragraph 17 of Resolution 2140 (2014). Serving as the Houthis’ Assistant Minister of Defence for Logistics, Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer assisted the Houthis in acquiring smuggled arms and weapons. He is also listed in connection with his direct involvement since early 2018 in the widespread and unlawful appropriation of assets and entities owned by private individuals under arrest by the Houthis or forced to take refuge outside of Yemen, in his capacity as ‘Judicial Custodian’ and in violation of international humanitarian law. Al Shaer has used his authority and a Sana'a based network comprising members of his family, a special criminal court, the national security bureau, the central bank, the registrar services of the Yemeni Ministry of Trade and Industry, and some private banks in order to arbitrarily dispossess selected private individuals and entities of their wealth without any due judicial process or a possibility of redress.

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