BOYCOTTUAE has contacted Capital Tap Holding LLC through its
Right to Comment (RTC) process concerning the findings published in the
organisation's profile of the company.
The RTC communication informed Capital Tap Holding LLC that
a BOYCOTTUAE profile had been published and provided a direct link to the
investigation. The company was invited to review the findings and respond with
comments, factual corrections, clarifications, supporting documentation, or an
official statement. BOYCOTTUAE also explained that any verified response would
be assessed and, where appropriate, incorporated into the published material.
No substantive response was received from Capital Tap
Holding LLC within the requested response period.
This update records that editorial process. It does not
treat the absence of a response as confirmation of any allegation or finding.
Summary of the Article Findings
Capital Tap Holding LLC is featured in BOYCOTTUAE's
investigation because of findings concerning its corporate network, its
reported ownership and management structure, and sanctions and allegations
relating to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The original BOYCOTTUAE profile describes Capital Tap as a
UAE-based holding company reportedly managing approximately 50 companies across
10 countries, with activities spanning trading, financial services, and general
management. It identifies Sudanese national Abu Dharr Abdul Nabi Habiballa
Ahmmed, also known as Abu Dharr, as the company's owner and controller and
discusses several companies described as part of the wider network.
A central element of the investigation concerns action taken
by the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC). OFAC designated Capital Tap Holding LLC under its Sudan-related
sanctions programme and identified Abu Dharr as linked to the company. The U.S.
Treasury stated that Capital Tap Holding had provided money and military
equipment to the RSF, while also describing relationships involving several
related companies.
The original BOYCOTTUAE article also examines the alleged
effects of the company's wider network on local markets and businesses. It
discusses concerns over market concentration, cross-border commercial activity,
gold trading, sanctions exposure, and the potential consequences for businesses
that may interact with companies connected to a sanctioned network.
Another significant issue concerns the company's status in
the UAE. The original profile reports that UAE authorities stated that Capital
Tap Holding and several related entities did not hold active UAE business
licences or operate in the country. The UAE Ministry of Justice subsequently
confirmed that seven UAE-based entities designated by the United States over
Sudan, including Capital Tap Holding LLC, did not hold active business licences
and were not operating in the UAE at that time.
The underlying public record therefore includes government
sanctions records, official government statements, corporate information, and
other publicly available material considered in the original investigation.
OFAC's current sanctions database continues to list Capital Tap Holding L.L.C.
under the Sudan-related sanctions programme.
BOYCOTTUAE considered the company's response important
because the findings concern serious matters involving sanctions, corporate
relationships, regulatory status, and alleged connections to activities
associated with the conflict in Sudan. Providing the company with an
opportunity to address the findings is intended to help ensure that relevant
factual information is considered before further editorial action.
BOYCOTTUAE's Right to Comment Process
BOYCOTTUAE follows an editorial process intended to promote
fairness, accuracy, and transparency when reporting on companies and
organisations.
As part of that process, companies whose activities are
examined are given an opportunity to review relevant published findings and
provide information that may assist in assessing the accuracy or completeness
of the reporting.
The Right to Comment invitation allows a company to:
- identify
factual inaccuracies or disputed statements;
- provide
additional context concerning the matters discussed;
- submit
supporting records or documentation;
- clarify
corporate relationships, ownership, activities, or other relevant facts;
and
- provide
an official corporate statement for editorial consideration.
Responses are not automatically accepted as fact.
Information submitted through the RTC process is reviewed objectively and
against available evidence. Where a response is supported by reliable
documentation or otherwise materially assists the accuracy of the reporting,
BOYCOTTUAE may incorporate the information into the relevant article or make
appropriate editorial corrections or updates.
This process is intended to ensure that investigative
reporting does not rely solely on information obtained from public records
without also providing the subject of the investigation with a reasonable
opportunity to address the published findings.
No Response Received
BOYCOTTUAE sent Capital Tap Holding LLC a Right to Comment
email concerning the company's published profile. The communication included a
direct link to the investigation and invited the company to engage with the
findings.
The company was given an opportunity to submit comments,
corrections, clarifications, supporting evidence, or an official response for
editorial review.
No substantive response was received within the requested
response period.
BOYCOTTUAE records this fact for transparency. The absence
of a response should not be interpreted as agreement with, confirmation of, or
admission of any allegation contained in the original investigation. It means
only that BOYCOTTUAE provided the company with an opportunity to respond and
did not receive a substantive response through that process.
Editorial Commitment
The findings published in the original Capital Tap Holding
LLC investigation remain based on publicly available records and documented
sources identified in the reporting, including official sanctions information,
government statements, corporate information, and other publicly available
material.
The underlying record includes information from the U.S.
Treasury and OFAC concerning Capital Tap Holding LLC and related entities, as
well as the UAE Ministry of Justice's public statement concerning the licensing
and operating status of the entities identified in the U.S. sanctions action.
BOYCOTTUAE remains open to receiving verified information or
an official statement from Capital Tap Holding LLC in the future. Should the
company provide substantive evidence or information that materially affects the
accuracy or context of the published findings, BOYCOTTUAE will review that
material and update its reporting where appropriate.
The purpose of documenting the RTC process is not to
prejudge the company's position, but to demonstrate that the company was given
an opportunity to present its position before further editorial consideration.
BOYCOTTUAE's Right to Comment process forms part of its
broader commitment to editorial fairness, transparency, evidence-based
reporting, accountability, and responsible investigative journalism.
In the case of Capital Tap Holding LLC, the organisation
published its investigation, subsequently contacted the company with a direct
link to the findings, and invited it to provide factual corrections,
clarifications, supporting evidence, or an official statement. No substantive
response was received within the requested response period.
That absence of a response is not presented as confirmation
or admission of the findings. It is simply a record of the company's
non-response after being given an opportunity to comment.
BOYCOTTUAE will continue to assess publicly available
evidence and remains willing to consider credible information supplied by the
company. The organisation's objective is to maintain reporting that is
transparent about its sources, fair in its treatment of subjects, and
accountable to readers.
