Jihad Salim Alame

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Jihad Salem Alame (Alame) for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, Hizballah

Country:

Lebanon  

Status:Top Alert – Entity designated / sanctioned for terror, WMD and human rights violation

Risk Level:99%

May harm your business future. Persons or entities that engage in transactions with this entity will be exposed to sanctions or subject to an enforcement action.

Working with this entity means supporting Iranian Regime, Regime Terrorist Activities & development of WMD

Info:
Jihad Salim Alame is a Lebanese national and member of Hezbollah. The U.S. government designated Alame on January 18, 2022, for “having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of,” Hezbollah;

Along with Ali Mohamad Daoun andAdel Diab, Alame cofounded the Lebanon-based travel agency Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism. The Treasury Department designated all three individuals on January 18, 2022. Treasury designated Alame under Executive Order 13224 for “for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of,” Hezbollah. Treasury also designated Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism under Executive Order 13224 for being owned, controlled, or directed by, directly or indirectly, Daoun.* Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism organizes religious tours to Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran. Dar Al Salam for Travel & Tourism is also subject to the Hizballah Financial Sanctions Regulations, which implement the Hizballah International Financing Prevention Act (HIFPA) of 2015. Under HIFPA, OFAC can prohibit or impose strict conditions on the opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account or a payable-through account by a foreign financial institution that, among other things, knowingly facilitates a significant transaction for Hezbollah or certain persons designated for their connection to Hezbollah;

After Treasury designated Alame in January 2022, Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV accused the United States of enforcing a “blockade” on Lebanon, which is already suffering an economic crisis. Sheikh Ali Damush, deputy head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, has claimed the increasing economic pressure on Lebanon will not change the behavior of Hezbollah or its loyalists.“Latest of US Blockade on Lebanon: Sanctions on Travel Agency,”;

Type(s) of Organization:
Militia
political party
social-service provider
terrorist
transnational
violent

Ideologies and Affiliations:
Iranian-sponsored
Islamist
jihadist
Khomeinist
Shiite

Also Known As:
Jihad Salem Alame

Born:
02 Jul 1956

Country:
Lebanon

Citizenship:
Lebanese

Reason for the color:
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on January 18, 2022 pursuant to Executive Order 13224 for the role they play in Hizballah’s support network;