Complicit Dossier

State-owned and co-opted commercial entities · Company · China

AHCOF (Chinese agricultural trader; agreement with DIS's Export Development Group)

  • Commercial or professional counterparty
  • Grade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
  • 1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF

Ordinary commodity trade with a sanctioned Sudanese counterparty; not an arms relationship.

DIS's page reported that 'the Export Development Group, one of the business groups of the Defense Industries System', and 'the Chinese company AHCOF' signed 'agreements to develop the agricultural sector' in Burhan's presence; AHCOF's representative said the company is 'one of the largest companies importing Sudanese agricultural products' and would 'increase the volume of imports of oilseeds from Sudan'.

Response

No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.

Records

1

Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.

Grade A: Official record

Agricultural agreements with a DIS business group, Beijing, 4 September 2024

2024-09-04

DIS's page reported that 'the Export Development Group, one of the business groups of the Defense Industries System', and 'the Chinese company AHCOF' signed 'agreements to develop the agricultural sector' in Burhan's presence; AHCOF's representative said the company is 'one of the largest companies importing Sudanese agricultural products' and would 'increase the volume of imports of oilseeds from Sudan'.

Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Response
No company statement found.
Sanctions
DIS: US, EU, UK. AHCOF: none found.
›Research notes

Source alignment: official SAF-side channel. Grade applies to the fact that the announcement was made, not to its content. Shows a foreign-exchange-earning export channel (oilseeds) run by the sanctioned DIS. The Chinese legal entity behind 'AHCOF' was not verified.

  1. 1Defense Industries System Facebook page (MASAD.SD): DIS signs agricultural agreements with China · facebook.com · 4 Sep 2024

NamesDISChinaal-Burhan

Relationships

1

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Money · 1

Geography

Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.

Based in
China
Places
Beijing

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.

›Possible links to investigate · 1