Mudalal Khoury

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Mudalal Khoury
مدلل خوري
Born (1957-07-18) July 18, 1957 (age 66)
Other namesMudalal Khuri, Mudallal Khoury, Mudalal Mtanyus Khuri
CitizenshipSyria
Russia
FamilyImad Khoury (brother)

Mudalal Khoury (Arabic: مدلل خوري; born 18 June 1957) also known as Mudallal Khuri, a Syrian-Russian businessman and financier with close ties to the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.[1]

Business activities[edit]

Mudalal Khoury is linked to four companies, Balec Ventures, the sanctioned firm Argus Construction, and Tredwell Marketing and Armas Marketing.[2]

Controversies[edit]

In 2020, an investigation by Global Witness uncovered a money laundering operation run by Mudalal Khoury that assisted the Syrian government in avoiding sanctions and purchasing supplies.[2][3]

Sanctions[edit]

The US Treasury sanctioned Mudalal Khoury in 2015 for "an attempted procurement of ammonium nitrate in late 2013." Savaro Ltd., the trading firm which procured chemicals in 2013 that exploded in the 2020 Beirut port blast, shared a London address with companies linked to Syrian businessmen George Haswani, Mudalal and Imad Khoury.[1][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Beirut blast chemicals possibly linked to Syrian businessmen: report, company filings". Reuters. 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  2. ^ a b "The Khouri Network's Global Connections | Global Witness". Global Witness. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  3. ^ Orphanides (OCCRP), Sara Farolfi, Isobel Koshiw, Nick Donovan and Mohamed Abo-Elgheit (Global Witness) and Stelios. "Laundering Misery: The Khouri Network's Global Reach". OCCRP. Retrieved 2022-09-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Syria Designations".