Is Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer on a sanctions list?
Yes. Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer appears on the UK Sanctions List maintained by UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UK). Listed on 11/9/2021.
Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer is an individual indexed by Kleerance on the UK Sanctions List (UK-HMT), maintained by UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in UK. This record carries sanctions programs The Yemen (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Asset freeze, Travel Ban; nationality Yemen; 7 recorded aliases; 1 address record; 4 identifiers. The publishing authority's listing date on file is 11/9/2021.
With 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.
- Yemen
- Passport: 5274639
- Passport: 481779
- National ID: 1388114
- National ID: 10010057512
What does inclusion on UK-HMT mean?
Inclusion on the UK Sanctions List, published by the FCDO and enforced by OFSI, means UK persons are required to freeze the listed party's assets and refrain from making funds or economic resources available, under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.
This explainer is informational only, is not legal advice, and does not describe the full scope of any restriction. Always verify against the primary source and consult qualified counsel.
Frequently asked
- Is Saleh Mesfer Saleh Al Shaer on a sanctions list?
- Yes — indexed by Kleerance as appearing on the UK Sanctions List published by UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Always confirm against the primary source before acting.
- How current is this record?
- Kleerance re-checks the source every six hours. This page reflects the most recent ingested version of the list. The publishing authority's listing date on record is 11/9/2021.
- Where can I verify this record?
- Directly at the publishing authority: https://sanctionslist.fcdo.gov.uk/docs/UK-Sanctions-List.xml.
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