Complicit Dossier

Procurement and supply networks · company · Sudan

Wail Shams Trading

  • Reported or alleged link, not established
  • Grade C: Single sourceStrongest record: single source
  • 1 documented tie

Fifth-largest Sudanese weapons importer in Amnesty's data; main customer of Kalashnikov Concern; headquartered at the Military Officers' Club until at least 2020 per trade data.

Their response

  • General Manager told Amnesty the firm complies with all laws, was at the Officers' Club only until 2016, and that the RSF looted its store after the war began.

Records

1

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Grade C: Single source

Wail Shams Trading

2014 - 2023

Fifth-largest Sudanese weapons importer in Amnesty's data; main customer of Kalashnikov Concern; headquartered at the Military Officers' Club until at least 2020 per trade data.

Response
General Manager told Amnesty the firm complies with all laws, was at the Officers' Club only until 2016, and that the RSF looted its store after the war began.
Sanctions
None found.
  1. 1Amnesty International: New Weapons Fuelling the Sudan Conflict (AFR 54/8252/2024) · amnesty.org · 25 Jul 2024

1 more record below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Relationships

1

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Arms and supply · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

1 more relationship at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

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

Based in
Sudan

Position in the network

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

No documented chain links this actor to the SAF.