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1. Samer Foz

Alias	SAMER ;FOZ SAMIR FAWZ SAMER ZUHAIR FOZ SAMER FOUZ SAMER FAWAZ SAMIR FOZ AL-FOUZ SAMIR ;FOUZ SAMER AL-FOUZ SAMER AL-FOUZ FOZ BIN ZUHAIR SAMER FOUZ SAMER ZUHAIR FAWZ SAMER AL-FOUZ سامر فوز ZUHAIR FOZ سامر الفوز SAMER FAWZ SAMIR FAWZ FAWAZ FAWZ SAMER FAWAZ SAMER ZUHAIR FOZ SAMIR FOZ SAMER FOZ BIN ZUHAIR سامر زهير فوز FOZ SAMIR SAMER SAMER ZUHAIR SAMER ;FAWZ SAMIR FOZ/FAWZ
ID Number	06010274705 784197341865828 U09471711
Profile Type	PERSON
Name	SAMER FOZ BIN ZUHAIR SAMER FOZ SAMER FAWZ SAMIR FAWZ FOZ, SAMER SAMER ZUHAIR FOZ SAMER FOZ SAMER ZUHAIR FAWZ سامر فوز SAMER FOZ SAMIR FOZ
First Name	SAMER SAMIR SAMER SAMER ZUHAIR سامر
Middle Name	ZUHAIR
Last Name	فوز FOZ FAWAZ FAWZ FOZ BIN ZUHAIR FOUZ FOZ AL-FOUZ ZUHAIR FOZ
Country	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES SYRIA
Nationality	ST. KITTS & NEVIS SYRIA TüRKIYE
Birth Date	1973-05-20
Birth-Place	HOMS LATAKIA, HOMS, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC HOMS, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC LATAKIA SYRIA LATAKIA LATAKIA, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC HOMS : SYRIE LATAKIA, SYRIA HOMS, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
Position	CEO OF AMAN GROUP HOMME D'AFFAIRES BUSINESSPERSON OPERATING IN SYRIA.
First Seen	2023-02-01
Last Seen	2024-10-25
Last Change	2024-10-14
Created At	2019-01-22
Modified At	2024-06-07
Gender	MALE
Datasets	US SAM PROCUREMENT EXCLUSIONS UK HMT/OFSI CONSOLIDATED LIST OF TARGETS EU FINANCIAL SANCTIONS FILES (FSF) WIKIDATA UK FCDO SANCTIONS LIST US OFAC SPECIALLY DESIGNATED NATIONALS (SDN) LIST MONACO NATIONAL FUND FREEZING LIST BELGIAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS US TRADE CONSOLIDATED SCREENING LIST (CSL) SWISS SECO SANCTIONS/EMBARGOES WIKIDATA PERSONS IN RELEVANT CATEGORIES FRENCH NATIONAL ASSET FREEZING SYSTEM SYRIAN OBSERVATORY OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC NETWORKS EU CONSOLIDATED TRAVEL BANS
Address	MEADOWS 2, STREET 3, VILLA 5, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OFFICE NO. 2405, PLATINUM TOWER, JUMEIRAH LAKE TOWERS, DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DUBAI, ARE DAMASCUS PLATINUM TOWER, OFFICE N° 2405, JUMEIRAH LAKE TOWERS, DUBAï, ÉMIRATS ARABES UNIS. PLATINUM TOWER, OFFICE NO. 2405, JUMEIRAH LAKE TOWERS, DUBAI MEADOWS 2, STREET 3, VILLA 5, DUBAI
Topics	SANCTIONED ENTITY
Notes	SAMER FOZ (A.K.A SAMER AL-FOUZ; SAMER FAWZ; SAMER FOUZ) IS A SYRIAN BUSINESSMAN. HE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AL-FOZ HOLDING GROUP, AND CEO OF AMAN HOLDING GROUP AND ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES. ACCORDING TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES, FOZ CONCLUDED A DEAL WITH SAUDI PRINCE AL-WALEED BIN TALAL IN WHICH THE LATTER’S SOLD HIS SHARES OF THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL IN CENTRAL DAMASCUS. OBSERVERS BELIEVE THAT SAMER FOZ, RATHER THAN MUHAMMAD HAMSHO AND RAMI MAKHLOUF, IS THE INVESTMENT FRONT OF BASHAR AL-ASSAD AND HIS FAMILY. FOZ HAS BEEN KNOWN AS AN INVESTOR WHO BUYS THE PROPERTIES OF BUSINESSMEN WHO LEFT SYRIA SEVERAL YEARS AGO. HE HAS RECENTLY BOUGHT ALL OF IMAD GHREIWATI’S SYRIA-BASED COMPANIES; THE HMISHO STEEL COMPANY IN THE INDUSTRIAL CITY OF HASYA; AS WELL AS A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPANIES AND FACTORIES BELONGING TO BUSINESSMEN WHO LEFT THE COUNTRY. IN 2013, SAMER FOZ WAS ARRESTED IN TURKEY FOR THE MURDER OF EGYPTIAN-UKRAINIAN BUSINESSMAN RAMZI MATTA, AFTER FOZ CONFESSED TO KILLING MATTA BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN DEFRAUDED OF $15 MILLION. FOZ WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON ONLY SIX MONTHS LATER, AFTER PAYING A BAIL OF THREE MILLION TURKISH LIRAS IN WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A “DUBIOUS DEAL,” AND THEN RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN OF LATAKIA. SOURCES REPORT THAT FOZ SUPPORTED THE SO-CALLED MILITARY SECURITY SHIELD FORCES, A PARAMILITARY GROUP AFFILIATED WITH THE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE INSIDE LATAKIA. NEWSPAPERS QUOTED TWO SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AS SAYING THAT FOZ USES DUBAI AS A COMMERCIAL CENTER THAT ALLOWS HIM TO DEVELOP RELATIONS WITH IRAN. HOWEVER, OBSERVERS IN THE SYRIAN CAPITAL SAY FOZ IS GETTING CLOSER TO RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN AS MOSCOW STEPS UP ITS EFFORTS TO INVEST IN SYRIA, AND THAT HE ALSO OWNS COMPANIES IN LEBANON AND RUSSIA. SAMER FOZ IS MARRIED AND HAS FOUR CHILDREN. US SANCTIONS WERE IMPOSED ON SAMER FOZ ON 11 JUNE 2019, AND EU SANCTIONS ON 21 JANUARY 2019. سامر الفوز، سامر فوز، سامر زهير فوز. رجل أعمال سوري. رئيس مجلس إدارة مجموعة الفوز القابضة ، والرئيس التنفيذي لـمجموعة أمان القابضة ، والشركات المتفرعة عنها. أبرم صفقة مع الأمير السعودي الوليد بن طلال بيعت فيها حصة الأخير من فندق "الفورسيزيز"، وسط دمشق بحسب الفايننشال تايمز. يعتقد مراقبون أن سامر الفوز واجهة استثمارية للأسد وعائلته، بدلاً من محمد حمشو، ورامي مخلوف. عرف أنه مستثمر يقوم بشراء أملاك رجال الأعمال الذين غادروا سوريا منذ عدة سنوات (قام مؤخراً بشراء كامل شركات عماد غريواتي في سوريا، وشركة حديد حميشو في المدينة الصناعية في حسياء، بالإضافة إلى عدد كبير من شركات ومصانع رجال الأعمال الذين غادروا البلد). تم اعتقاله في تركيا عام ٢٠١٣ بسبب جريمة قتل رجل أعمال مصري يحمل الجنسية الأوكرانية اسمه رمزي متى بعد اعتراف سامر بقتله لأنه نصب عليه بمبلغ 15 مليون دولار (خرج من السجن بعد ستة أشهر فقط بعد أن دفع كفالة مالية بقيمة ثلاثة ملايين ليرة تركية وُصفت بـ "المشبوهة"، وعاد بعدها إلى مسقط رأسه اللاذقية). أوردت مصادر إلى أنه دعم ما يسمى "درع الأمن العسكري"، وهو مجموعة شبه عسكرية تابعة لفرع المخبارات العسكرية داخل اللاذقية. نقلت صحف عن قياديَين في المعارضة السورية، قولهما أنه يستخدم دبي كمركز تجاري يسمح له بتطوير علاقات مع إيران، إلا أن مراقبين في العاصمة السورية يقولون أنه يتقرب إلى رجال أعمال روس مع تصعيد موسكو لجهودها للاستثمار في سوريا. كما أن لديه شركات في لبنان وروسيا. متزوج ولديه ٤ أبناء. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأمريكية في 11/06/2019. فرضت عليه العقوبات الأوروبية في 21/01/2019 شملته العقوبات البريطانيه في 17/02/2020 OPENED A SUGAR REFINING FACTORY ("SAMER FOZ FACTORY") IN 2021. EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT OF AMAN GROUP. SUBSIDIARIES: FOZ FOR TRADING, AL-MOHAIMEN FOR TRANSPORTATION & CONTRACTING. AMAN GROUP IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER IN JOINT VENTURE AMAN DAMASCUS JSC WITH DAMASCUS CHAM HOLDING, IN WHICH FOZ IS AN INDIVIDUAL SHAREHOLDER. EMMAR INDUSTRIES IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN AMAN GROUP AND THE HAMISHO GROUP, IN WHICH FOZ HAS THE MAJORITY STAKE AND IS THE CHAIRMAN. LEADING BUSINESSPERSON OPERATING IN SYRIA, WITH INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES IN MULTIPLE SECTORS OF SYRIA’S ECONOMY. SAMER FOZ PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT TO THE SYRIAN REGIME, INCLUDING FUNDING THE MILITARY SECURITY SHIELD FORCES IN SYRIA AND BROKERING GRAIN DEALS. HE ALSO BENEFITS FINANCIALLY FROM ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE WHEAT TRADE AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS A RESULT OF HIS LINKS TO THE REGIME. SAMER FOZ OPENED A SUGAR REFINING FACTORY (“SAMER FOZ FACTORY”) IN 2021 IN SUPPORT OF THE SYRIAN REGIME’S OBJECTIVE TO INCREASE SUGAR PRODUCTION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HOMME D’AFFAIRES INFLUENT EXERçANT SES ACTIVITéS EN SYRIE, AYANT DES INTéRêTS ET DES ACTIVITéS DANS DE MULTIPLES SECTEURS DE L’éCONOMIE SYRIENNE. SAMER FOZ FOURNIT UN SOUTIEN D’ORDRE FINANCIER ET AUTRE AU RéGIME SYRIEN, Y COMPRIS EN FINANçANT LE GROUPE PARAMILITAIRE APPELé “FORCES MILITAIRES DE BOUCLIER DE SéCURITé” EN SYRIE ET EN OFFRANT DES SERVICES DE COURTAGE SUR LE MARCHé DES CéRéALES. IL TIRE AUSSI DES PROFITS FINANCIERS DE SON ACCèS à DES DéBOUCHéS COMMERCIAUX à TRAVERS LE MARCHé DU BLé ET DES PROJETS DE RECONSTRUCTION, GRâCE à SES LIENS AVEC LE RéGIME. SAMER FOZ A OUVERT UNE USINE DE RAFFINAGE DU SUCRE (“SAMER FOZ FACTORY”) EN 2021 AFIN DE SOUTENIR L’OBJECTIF DU RéGIME SYRIEN D’ACCROîTRE LA PRODUCTION DE SUCRE DANS L’ENSEMBLE DU PAYS. SYRIAN BUSINESSPERSON SYRIAN NATIONAL NUMBER: 06010274705
Summary	SYRIAN BUSINESSMAN. BOARD CHAIRMAN OF AL-FOZ HOLDING. CEO OF AMAN HOLDING. رجل أعمال سوري. رئيس مجلس إدارة مجموعة الفوز القابضة ، والرئيس التنفيذي لـمجموعة أمان القابضة
SourceUrl	https://gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr/Gels/RegistreDetail?idRegistre=1599 https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=26886

10 Sanctions

1. Sanction Caption: SYR

Sanction Caption	SYR
Sanction Datasets	Belgian Financial Sanctions
Sanction First Seen	2023-05-31
Sanction Last Change	2023-05-31
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Federal Public Service Finance Authority ID: EU.4945.87 Start Date: 2023-05-27 Listing Date: 2023-05-26 Country: Belgium Entity: Q112902372 Program: SYR Reason: 2023/1027 (OJ L139) Source URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1027

2. Sanction Caption: Ordinance of 8 Ju...

Sanction Caption	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7
Sanction Datasets	Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes
Sanction First Seen	2023-04-20
Sanction Last Change	2024-06-04
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-23
Sanction Properties	Authority: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Authority ID: 40037 Start Date: 2020-06-26 2022-09-28 2023-06-09 2019-07-17 2021-06-11 Listing Date: 2020-06-26 2022-09-28 2023-06-09 2019-07-17 2021-06-11 Country: Switzerland Entity: Q112902372 Program: Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7 Source URL: https://www.seco.admin.ch/seco/en/home/Aussenwirtschaftspolitik_Wirtschaftliche_Zusammenarbeit/Wirtschaftsbeziehungen/exportkontrollen-und-sanktionen/sanktionen-embargos.html

3. Sanction Caption: SYR

Sanction Caption	SYR
Sanction Datasets	EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)
Sanction First Seen	2023-05-30
Sanction Last Change	2024-08-08
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Authority ID: EU.4945.87 Start Date: 2023-05-27 Listing Date: 2023-05-26 Country: European Union Entity: Q112902372 Program: SYR Reason: 2023/1027 (OJ L139) Source URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1027

4. Sanction Caption: Sanction

Sanction Caption	Sanction
Sanction Datasets	EU Consolidated Travel Bans
Sanction First Seen	2024-10-09
Sanction Last Change	2024-10-09
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Council of the European Union Country: European Union Entity: Q112902372 Reason: Council Decision concerning restrictive measures against Syria Source URL: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02013D0255-20240529

5. Sanction Caption: (UE) 2020/716 du ...

Sanction Caption	(UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )
Sanction Datasets	French National Asset Freezing System
Sanction First Seen	2023-04-20
Sanction Last Change	2024-06-23
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Direction Générale du Trésor Authority ID: EU.4945.87 Country: France Entity: Q112902372 Program: (UE) 2021/848 du 27/05/2021 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) (UE) 2023/1027 du 25/05/2023 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) (UE) 2019/85 du 21/01/2019 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) (UE) 2022/840 du 30/05/2022 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 ) Reason: Homme d’affaires influent exerçant ses activités en Syrie, ayant des intérêts et des activités dans de multiples secteurs de l’économie syrienne. Samer Foz fournit un soutien d’ordre financier et autre au régime syrien, y compris en finançant le groupe paramilitaire appelé “Forces militaires de bouclier de sécurité” en Syrie et en offrant des services de courtage sur le marché des céréales. Il tire aussi des profits financiers de son accès à des débouchés commerciaux à travers le marché du blé et des projets de reconstruction, grâce à ses liens avec le régime. Samer Foz a ouvert une usine de raffinage du sucre (“Samer Foz Factory”) en 2021 afin de soutenir l’objectif du régime syrien d’accroître la production de sucre dans l’ensemble du pays. Source URL: https://gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr/

6. Sanction Caption: The Syria (Sancti...

Sanction Caption	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Sanction Datasets	UK FCDO Sanctions List
Sanction First Seen	2024-05-09
Sanction Last Change	2024-06-23
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office UK Authority ID: SYR0260 Start Date: 2020-12-31 Modified At: 2022-05-13 Country: United Kingdom Entity: Q112902372 Program: The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Provisions: Travel Ban Asset freeze Reason: Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and activities in multiple sectors of Syria's economy, including a regime-backed joint venture involved in the development of Marota City, a luxury residential and commercial development. Samer Foz provides financial and other support to the regime, including funding the Military Security Shield Forces in Syria and brokering grain deals. He also benefits financially from access to commercial opportunities through the wheat trade and reconstruction projects as a result of his links to the regime. Source URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list

7. Sanction Caption: Syria

Sanction Caption	Syria
Sanction Datasets	UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets
Sanction First Seen	2023-04-20
Sanction Last Change	2024-10-14
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation UK Authority ID: SYR0260 Start Date: 2020-12-31 Modified At: 2022-05-13 Listing Date: 2019-01-22 Country: United Kingdom Entity: Q112902372 Program: Syria Provisions: Asset freeze Reason: Leading businessperson operating in Syria, with interests and activities in multiple sectors of Syria's economy, including a regime-backed joint venture involved in the development of Marota City, a luxury residential and commercial development. Samer Foz provides financial and other support to the regime, including funding the Military Security Shield Forces in Syria and brokering grain deals. He also benefits financially from access to commercial opportunities through the wheat trade and reconstruction projects as a result of his links to the regime. Source URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctions-consolidated-list-of-targets Status: Asset Freeze Targets

8. Sanction Caption: Sanction

Sanction Caption	Sanction
Sanction Datasets	Monaco National Fund Freezing List
Sanction First Seen	2024-08-14
Sanction Last Change	2024-08-27
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: La Principauté de Monaco Country: Monaco Entity: Q112902372 Provisions: (UE) 2019/85 du 21/01/2019,; (UE) 2020/716 du 28/05/2020,; (UE) 2021/848 du 27/05/2021,; (UE) 2022/840 du 30/05/2022; (UE) 2023/1027 du 25/05/2023 Reason: Homme d’affaires influent exerçant ses activités en Syrie, ayant des intérêts et des activités dans de multiples secteurs de l’économie syrienne. Samer Foz fournit un soutien d’ordre financier et autre au régime syrien, y compris en finançant le groupe paramilitaire appelé “Forces militaires de bouclier de sécurité” en Syrie et en offrant des services de courtage sur le marché des céréales. Il tire aussi des profits financiers de son accès à des débouchés commerciaux à travers le marché du blé et des projets de reconstruction, grâce à ses liens avec le régime. Samer Foz a ouvert une usine de raffinage du sucre (“Samer Foz Factory”) en 2021 afin de soutenir l’objectif du régime syrien d’accroître la production de sucre dans l’ensemble du pays. Source URL: https://geldefonds.gouv.mc/

9. Sanction Caption: SDN List

Sanction Caption	SDN List
Sanction Datasets	US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List
Sanction First Seen	2023-04-20
Sanction Last Change	2024-06-23
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: Office of Foreign Assets Control Authority ID: 26886 Country: United States Entity: Q112902372 Program: SDN List Provisions: Block SYRIA Reason: Executive Order 13582 (Syria) Executive Order 13573 (Syria) Source URL: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Pages/default.aspx

10. Sanction Caption: Reciprocal

Sanction Caption	Reciprocal
Sanction Datasets	US SAM Procurement Exclusions
Sanction First Seen	2024-06-14
Sanction Last Change	2024-06-14
Sanction Last Seen	2024-10-25
Sanction Properties	Authority: TREAS-OFAC Authority ID: S4MR90QCB Start Date: 2019-06-11 Listing Date: 2019-06-12 Country: United States Entity: Q112902372 Program: Reciprocal Provisions: Prohibition/Restriction Source URL: https://sam.gov/data-services/Exclusions/Public%20V2?privacy=Public Summary: PII data has been masked from view