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OFAC SDN — Active Designation

Isham Ali SAAB Certain

SAAB CERTAIN, Isham Ali · Venezuela — EO 13850 (Gold sector / public officials)
Designated
2026-04-17
Program
Venezuela — EO 13850 (Gold sector / public officials)
Date of birth
14 Apr 1999
Passport
AS005095
Generated
2026-04-22 23:53:30 UTC
Document fingerprint
9c6dbef491b8c28bd63f32090a102fed713582c704f5e299e8fab5183a6ae88c
Source URL
https://caracasresearch.com/research/sdn/saab-certain-isham-ali

Executive summary

Isham Ali SAAB Certain was designated under the Venezuela — EO 13850 program, which authorizes sanctions on persons operating in Venezuela's gold sector, on current or former senior Venezuelan government officials, and on persons who have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided support to such activities. This designation occurred on the same day as the designation of Alex Nain SAAB Moran and Shadi Nain SAAB Certain. It is important to note that under the OFAC 50% Rule, any entities owned 50% or more by Isham Ali SAAB Certain may also be subject to sanctions.

OFAC press release: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases?combine=venezuela&start_date=04%2F15%2F2026&end_date=04%2F19%2F2026

Methodology & sources

Designation status and identifiers ingested directly from the US Treasury OFAC SDN human-readable lists. Related-entity relationships derived from OFAC Linked To annotations and shared-surname clustering. Adverse media combines hand-curated items with live results from Google News (cached 24h); each item must be independently verified before relying on it. Corporate affiliations are surfaced via deep links into OpenCorporates, ICIJ Offshore Leaks, OpenSanctions, Florida Sunbiz, and LinkedIn. All primary-source URLs were live at generation time.
Disclaimer. This dossier is a research aid produced from third-party and public-record data sources. It is not legal advice and is not a substitute for primary-source verification. Users are responsible for independently confirming the identity of any natural person before relying on this document for compliance, financial, or legal purposes. Generated by Caracas Research. The document fingerprint above provides tamper-evidence: any modification to the underlying entity record changes the SHA-256 hash.
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Active SDN ACTIVE SDN — designated April 17, 2026 · Venezuela — EO 13850 (Gold sector / public officials) OFAC entry ↗ Executive Order ↗
Why this designation

TL;DR. Isham Ali SAAB Certain was designated under the Venezuela — EO 13850 program, impacting potential ownership interests.

Isham Ali SAAB Certain was designated under the Venezuela — EO 13850 program, which authorizes sanctions on persons operating in Venezuela's gold sector, on current or former senior Venezuelan government officials, and on persons who have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided support to such activities. This designation occurred on the same day as the designation of Alex Nain SAAB Moran and Shadi Nain SAAB Certain. It is important to note that under the OFAC 50% Rule, any entities owned 50% or more by Isham Ali SAAB Certain may also be subject to sanctions.

OFAC press release: Treasury press releases on Venezuela (2026-04-17) — find the official announcement ↗ US Treasury (search)

Isham Ali SAAB Certain

SAAB CERTAIN, Isham Ali
individual
Date of birth
14 Apr 1999
Place of birth
Barranquilla, Colombia
Gender
Male
Passport
AS005095
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Is this your person?

Disambiguation is the leading cause of false positives in name screening. Compare the OFAC identifiers below against the natural person under review before clearing or escalating.

"SAAB CERTAIN, Isham Ali" 2 OFAC entries share this surname cluster. Match against the known identifiers (DOB, nationality) before clearing or escalating.
Name (verbatim)DOBNationality
Isham Ali SAAB Certain 14 Apr 1999 — current
SAAB CERTAIN, Shadi Nain 25 Apr 1996 — View →

Corporate affiliations & ownership

Under OFAC's 50% Rule, any entity 50%+ owned by this person is also blocked. Use these registries to identify companies the subject owns, directs, or is named in. Each link runs the search pre-filled with the subject's name.

OpenCorporates — officer search ↗ Global, ~200M+ companies Officers/directors of any company globally indexed by OpenCorporates. ICIJ Offshore Leaks ↗ Offshore corporate structures Hits in Panama, Pandora, Paradise, Bahamas, and Offshore Leaks datasets. OpenSanctions — entity search ↗ Sanctions + PEPs + leaks Cross-reference against 200+ sanctions, PEP, and watchlist datasets. Florida Sunbiz ↗ Florida corporate registry Florida is the most common US state for LatAm-linked shell companies. LinkedIn — people search ↗ Professional profiles Identify any public-facing professional profile or affiliation.

Related entities & network

Co-designated, family, and OFAC Linked To relationships.

NameRelationshipDesignatedProgram
Shadi Nain SAAB Certain Likely family (shared surname) 2026-04-17 Venezuela — EO 13850 (Gold sector / public officials) View →
Alex Nain SAAB Moran OFAC 'Linked To' 2026-04-17 Venezuela — EO 13850 (Gold sector / public officials) View →

Timeline

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Source register

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Adverse media

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Page generated 2026-04-22 23:53:30 UTC. Underlying SDN data sourced from US Treasury OFAC; this page is a research aid, not a substitute for primary-source verification.

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