Sanctions notice ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida 15 August 2026

​Introduction 

1. On 14 August 2026, the United Nations Security Council ('UNSC') Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida approved the amendment of 4 entries to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to an asset freeze. 

2. In accordance with the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 ('SAFL') and the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021, any amendments to designations made by the UNSC 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) Sanctions Committee have immediate effect in Jersey.    

Notice summary

3. 4 entries to the UNSC Consolidated List have been amended.

4. The following individuals and entity remain subject to sanctions, including an asset freeze under Part 3 of SAFL:

• AMIN MUHAMMAD UL HAQ SAAM KHAN (UNSC Consolidated List ID: QDi.002)

• ABUBAKAR SWALLEH (UNSC Consolidated List ID: QDi.436)

• HAMIDA NABAGGALA (UNSC Consolidated List ID: QDi.439)

• ISLAMIC STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT - KHORASAN (ISIL-K) (UNSC Consolidated List ID: QDe.161)

What you must do  

5. You must:  

• immediately check whether you maintain any accounts or hold any funds or economic resources for the persons set out above

• freeze such accounts, and other funds or economic resources without prior notice and without delay

• refrain from dealing with the funds or assets or making them available (directly or indirectly) to such persons unless licensed by the Minister for External Relations (the 'Minister')

• report any findings to the Minister, together with any additional information that would facilitate compliance with SAFL using the sanctions compliance reporting form below

• provide any information concerning the frozen assets of designated persons that the Minister may request. Information reported to the Minister may be passed on to other regulatory authorities or law enforcement

6. Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for designated persons, they are not required to report these details again as a result of this notice.

7. Failure to comply with sanctions legislation or to seek to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.

Further information

8. Additional details can be found in the UNSC press release.

9.Sanctions compliance reporting form.

10. Find more information on sanctions in Jersey.

11. Find additional information published by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC).

12. UNSC information on Sanctions.

13. UNSC Consolidated List.

Enquiries 

14. Non-media enquiries, sanctions compliance reporting, and licence applications should be emailed to the Jersey Sanctions Implementation Unit at sanctions@gov.je.

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