Asat Trust

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The Asat Trust is a business in Liechtenstein which represents the interests of other businesses in that state.

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Notable Relationships

Al Taqwa

The Asat Trust has represented Al Taqwa Bank, a business of Youssef Nada and Ali Ghaleb Himmat, which has been accused of financing al-Qaeda. [1]

A lawsuit filed by the family of John P. O'Neill describes Asat as a "money laundering organization" founded by Youssef Nada. [2]

LGT Bank

Asat has a close relationship with the bank of the Liechtenstein royal family and has printed the name of that bank on its own letterhead. [1]

It is common practice that a legal representative prints the name of a local bank on its own letterhead, indicating its own business account;

Galp Energia

The Asat Trust represented Portuguese energy company Galp Energia in its business dealings with Iraq in the Oil-for-Food Programme.

Alleged Hamas relationship

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FBI Special Agent Lara Burn's testimony

Asat represented K & A Overseas Trading, a business of Khairy H. Al-Agha and Saleh Kamel Jibreel, which the US government alleged to finance Hamas in the Holy Land Foundation trial. [3]

Asat never represented the above companies; Asat was not involved in any financing as described above. The UN Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the deletion of the Asat Trust from its Consolidated List.

References

  1. 1 2 Perelman, Marc (17 October 2003). "Terror Fund Trail Leads To Alpine Kingdom". Jewish Daily Forward. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  2. "Estate of John Patrick O'Neill v. Republic of Iraq, et al". 20 August 2003. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. "Holy Land Documents Point to Hamas/Al Taqwa Relationship". Global Muslim Brotherhood Report. 12 August 2007. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2012.