Youssef Nada

Youssef Nada ( born March 17, 1931 in Alexandria ) is an Egyptian- Italian engineer and the founder of the former company Nada Management Organization SA, formerly known as Al- Taqwa Management Organization SA. Nada lives in the Italian enclave of Campione d' Italia since 1970.

Professional career

Al- Taqwa was based in Lugano, and the company was accused of having al -Qaida supported. His Vice in al - Taqwa was Ali Ghaleb Himmat. He earned through the sale of cement to Libya and Saudi Arabia a fortune.

Life / activity

He was arrested in the 1950s for work for the Muslim Brotherhood.

In 1968, originally for former Muslim, allied with the Nazis soldiers of the SS Division Handschar built Islamic Center of Munich financial support from Libya via Youssef Nada. He used to live in Austria. He has long been a kind of foreign ministers of the Muslim Brotherhood. Presumed Innocent was the accusation that Nada had al -Qaida support, not be substantiated criminal law. He said Omar Suleiman should be indicted and compared Hosni Mubarak with Dracula.

Nada wrote an article on the website of the Muslim Brotherhood, which recognizes the Shiites as Islamic. Nevertheless, he met Saddam Hussein.

Inclusion in the sanctions list of the UN Security Council in 2001 and court proceedings

Youssef Nada was taken along with his company in 2001 at the request of the United States on the sanctions list of the UN Security Council and was regarded as a suspected supporter of al - Qaeda. In the wake of the Swiss Federal Council added the so-called Taliban Regulations to Nada and his companies. He actually stood in the Italian enclave of Campione d' Italia under house arrest because he would necessarily infringe upon leaving the territory against the ban in Switzerland. In addition, its assets were frozen.

2007 rejected the Swiss Federal Court from a cancellation of this travel restriction. It was assumed that the penalty decisions of the UN Security Council would act other international obligations of Switzerland. Only after he had removed from the list in 2009 also highlighted the Switzerland the entry or transit prohibition against him.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR ) ruled on 12 September 2012 that Switzerland has the right to respect for private and family life of Nada, his right to access injured in an effective right of appeal. He spoke to him in a compensation of CHF 30,000.