Adel Batterjee

Adel bin Abdul-Jalil Batterjee is a noted Saudi Arabian businessman and philanthropist, most widely known as the incorporator of the U.S., Canadian, and Saudi Arabian branches of the purported terrorist funding conduit Benevolence International Foundation.[1] Batterjee lives in Saudi Arabia, and was under a worldwide travel ban, financial embargo, and weapons embargo by the UN 1267 Committee[2] from December 2004 until 23 March 2013. Since December 2004 until as of 7 May 2013 he is still under a financial embargo of the US Department of the Treasury.[3]

As of 2002 Batterjee was head of the Al Shamal Islamic Bank in Sudan and was one of its largest shareholders.[1] According to a 1996 U.S. State Department factsheet[4] the bank was capitalized with $50 million by Osama bin Laden and other National Islamic Front members. Al-Qaeda members who were funded via this bank included Jamal al-Fadl and Wadih el-Hage.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Josh Devon and James Mitre (2002-10-28). "The Man Behind the Curtain: Why is Adel Batterjee free to fund terror?". National Review.
  2. ↑ UN list of affiliates of al-Qaeda and the Taliban
  3. ↑ Former BIF Leader and al-Qaida Associate Named Under E.O. 13224, press release by US Treasury, 21 December 2004
  4. 1 2 Trail of terrorist dollars that spans the world, Financial Times, 29 November 2001

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