Mamoun Darkazanli Explained

Mamoun Darkazanli (Arabic: مأمون داركازنلي; born August 4, 1958, in Aleppo, Syria) is a citizen of Germany and Syria who is wanted in Spain on terrorism charges.^[1]

He was arrested on October 15, 2004^[2] in Hamburg on a Spanish warrant, but freed on July 18, 2005^[3] after a ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.^[4] Darkazanli is under sanction, as affiliate or supporter of Al-Qaeda, by the United Nations,^[5] by the European Union,^[6] and by the United States Treasury^[7] as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. His company, called Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company or Darkazanli Export-Import Sonderposten, in Hamburg, until recently was listed as well.^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20080319222238/http://www.interpol.int/public/Data/Wanted/Notices/Data/2003/83/2003_41083.asp Interpol red notice on Darkazanli
2. Web site: BBC reports arrest . BBC News . 2004-10-15 . 2012-03-16.
3. Web site: BBC reports release . BBC News . 2005-07-18 . 2012-03-16.
4. Web site: Judgment in German . Bundesverfassungsgericht.de . 2005-07-18 . 2012-03-16.
5. Web site: UN 1267 Committee banned entity list . Un.org . 2012-03-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060728143814/http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/committees/1267/tablelist.htm . 2006-07-28 .
6. Web site: EU notice . Eur-lex.europa.eu . 2012-03-16.
7. Web site: US Treasury SDN and SDGT list . 2012-03-16.
8. Web site: Delisting of Mamoun Darkazanli Import-Export Company or Darkazanli Export-Import Sonderposten . Un.org . 2012-03-16.