EU slaps sanctions on relatives of Syria’s al-Assad over drugs
Al JazeeraEuropean Council says production and trafficking of amphetamine has become ‘a regime-led business model’ in Syria. “For this reason the Council designated various members of the Assad family — including multiple cousins of Bashar al-Assad, leaders and members of regime-affiliated militias and businesspeople with close ties to the Assad family, as well as persons associated with the Syrian army and the Syrian military intelligence,” it added. Last month, the US Treasury also imposed sanctions on the two cousins — Samer Kamal and Wassim Badi — over involvement in drug trafficking as well as providing support for the Syrian military. Also subject to EU sanctions on Monday were private security companies operating in Syria, as well as individuals and entities linked to them, which the Council accused of acting as “shell companies for regime-affiliated militia”. EU individuals and entities are also banned from making funds available to those sanctioned due to the Assad regime’s violent repression of Syria’s population, the Council said.
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