Cases · requested by Saudi Arabia

Saad al-Jabri: INTERPOL notice and outcome

Former Saudi intelligence official living in exile in Canada, according to Middle East Eye and Al Jazeera.

What the requesting state alleged

Saudi officials, speaking anonymously to The Wall Street Journal, accused him of misspending billions in state funds, as reported by Middle East Eye. Saudi Arabia accuses him of corruption.

What happened

1. December 2017His name appeared in INTERPOL's system and he and relatives were barred from flying from Turkey to Canada, he told The New York Times¹Saudi Arabia
2. July 2018An INTERPOL document showed he had successfully appealed his inclusion. An INTERPOL commission reportedly viewed the Saudi diffusion as politically motivated^1,2CCF
3. 6 August 2020Filed a lawsuit in US federal court accusing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of trying to kill him²US federal court
4. September 2022US District Judge Timothy Kelly dismissed his lawsuit against the crown prince, finding he had not shown the Washington court had jurisdiction^3,4US District Court for the District of Columbia

Sources

1. Middle East Eye, Interpol rejects Saudi request to extradite ex-spy chief: Report (24 July 2020)
2. Al Jazeera, US State Dept asks Saudi Arabia about ex-spy's detained children (7 August 2020)
3. Middle East Eye, Saudi Arabia: US judge throws out former spy chief's case against crown prince (October 2022)
4. Ummid.com (agencies), 'Stuff of Tom Clancy novel': US court dismisses ex-Saudi spy chief suit against crown prince (4 October 2022)

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