Wanted By The FBI

INTERNATIONAL PARENTAL KIDNAPPING; CHILD REMOVAL FROM STATE

AHMED ELSAFI

Photograph of AHMED ELSAFI TAKEN CIRCA 2000 Photograph of AHMED ELSAFI TAKEN CIRCA 1998
Photograph taken circa 2000
Photograph taken circa 1998
Aliases: Ahmed Abdalla, Mohamed Abdullah, Ahmed Mohamed, Ahmed Hamood, Hamood Ashemimry, Mohamed Elsafi

DESCRIPTION

Dates of Birth Used: 

September 22, 1961;
September 23, 1961;
September 24, 1961;
October 18, 1969

Hair: Black
Place of Birth: Sudan Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'11" Sex: Male
Weight: 205 to 220 pounds Race: Black
Occupation: Ahmed Elsafi has worked as a mechanic for an airline in the United States. He also may be a pilot.
Remarks: Ahmed Elsafi may have travelled to Sudan, Saudi Arabia or Yemen. Elsafi should be considered an escape risk.

THE CRIME

Ahmed Elsafi is wanted for fleeing the United States with his two children, Sarah Raquel Elsafi and Tariq Elsafi, whom he had joint custody of with his ex-wife. On Friday, May 9, 2003, Ahmed Elsafi picked up his two children in Miami, Florida for a scheduled visitation. Elsafi failed to return the children to their mother as scheduled on May 11, 2003. Elsafi's ex-wife reported Elsafi to local law enforcement authorities in Miami, Florida on May 14, 2003. Elsafi's ex-wife subsequently filed for and received a temporary sole custody order for the children. Elsafi was charged locally in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida with child removal from state. On April 8, 2004, a Federal Grand Jury in Miami-Dade County, Florida, indicted Ahmed Elsafi for international parental kidnapping. That same day, a federal warrant was issued by the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, for Elsafi's arrest.

VICTIM - Sarah Raquel Elsafi

Photograph of 

VICTIM - Sarah Raquel Elsafi  taken circa 2002 or early 2003
Photograph taken circa 2002 or early 2003

Date of Birth Used:  February 4, 1994 Hair: Brown
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 4'6" (at the time of her disappearance) Sex: Female
Weight: 59 pounds (at the time of her disappearance) Race: Black
Remarks: Sarah Elsafi is asthmatic and may be taking Singulair.

VICTIM - Tariq Ahmed Elsafi

Photograph of VICTIM - Tariq Ahmed Elsafi  taken circa 2002 or early 2003
Photograph taken circa 2002 or early 2003

Date of Birth Used:  October 4, 1990 Hair: Dark Brown
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida Eyes: Dark Brown
Height: 4'11" (at the time of his disappearance) Sex: Male
Weight: 89 pounds (at the time of his disappearance) Race: Black
Remarks: Tariq Elsafi is asthmatic and may be taking Singulair.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPH

Photograph of victims Sarah Raquel Elsafi and Tariq Ahmed Elsafi taken circa 2002
Photograph taken circa 2002

IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS CASE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.
Signature of Robert S. Mueller, III
ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (202) 324-3000
 
 

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