Albert Karaziwan

Albert Karaziwan
Albert Karaziwan
Born	Albert Mario Karaziwan; 1958
Citizenship	Belgium; Syria; Comoros
Occupation	CEO
Years active	1992 - Present
Known for	Semlex Group
Website	https://albertkaraziwan.wordpress.com/english/

Albert Karaziwan (born 1958) is a Syrian-Belgian businessman who owns and operates Semlex Group, a Belgian identification document and device production company notable for supplying over a dozen African nations with passports or other ID documents.

Background

Albert Karaziwan was born in 1958 in Aleppo, Syria and is one of eight children. In 1980, he moved to Belgium to study. He began his career in the diamond business in Antwerp, and made his fortune by assisting a Finnish businessman to invest in Brussels real estate. In 1992, he founded Semlex Group in Brussels, and opened a branch in Dublin, Ireland in 1998.^[1]

From the early 2000s, Semlex Group won contracts to make biometric documents for governments around the world, including the United Nations, European Union, and international police agencies.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Bussche (Apache), Mark Anderson (OCCRP), Khadija Sharife (OCCRP) and Steven Vanden. "The Optimist Without Borders: Inside the Semlex CEO's Empire of Influence". OCCRP. Retrieved 2022-07-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[:2-1] Bussche (Apache), Mark Anderson (OCCRP), Khadija Sharife (OCCRP) and Steven Vanden. "The Optimist Without Borders: Inside the Semlex CEO's Empire of Influence". OCCRP. Retrieved 2022-07-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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