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United Kingdom·GOV.UK

ISIL/Al-Qaeda list corrects Abubakar Swalleh entry

The FCDO corrected the UK Sanctions List entry for Abubakar Swalleh (AQD0388, UN-listed June 2025); the asset freeze, arms embargo and travel ban remain in force.

By Taxxa AI Oy · Published 10 September 2026

Financial Sector & Markets

Abubakar Swalleh (Unique ID AQD0388Publishing, UN reference number QDi.436Publishing) remains a designated person under the Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda regimePublishing. Its primary name is Abubakar SWALLEHPublishing; Tom KIYURIGE, Isaac Mupeta and Abubaker SWALEH are recorded as aliasesPublishing. The entry records Dobs 16/03/1993 and 09/05/1993, Nationalities Uganda, Genders Male, Town of birth Mengo and Country of birth Uganda. Passport number A00195974 is recorded as expiring on 16 December 2029, with a second passport number Z15105123. The Designation source is the UN, the Date designated is 16/06/2025, and Last updated is recorded as 07/09/2026 10/09/2026Publishing.

Sanctions imposed are recorded as Asset freeze, Arms embargo and Travel BanPublishing. The Other information records that Abubakar Swalleh provides financial, material or technological support for ISIL, and that he has acted since 2018 as an ISIL facilitator providing financial and logistic support including recruitment for ISIL in East and Southern Africa. The UK statement of reasons records that Swalleh was listed pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 5 of resolution 2734 (2024) as being associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing or perpetrating of acts in support of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, for recruiting for Al-Qaida, ISIL or related cells and affiliates, and for otherwise supporting their acts or activities.

The designation operates through the United Kingdom's implementation of the UN listing. Under the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, each person for the time being named on the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List by the Security Council or the 1267/1989/2253 Committee is a designated person for the purposes of the asset-freeze and trade provisions.

Screening systems keyed to the UK Sanctions List should carry the corrected entry. Name matching should account for all three recorded aliases alongside the primary name, and records should retain the Unique ID AQD0388 and UN reference QDi.436 so that the correction attaches to the existing designation rather than creating a duplicate. No new person was added and no person was removed by this correctionPublishing; the operative change for list consumers is the corrected entry data dated 10 September 2026Publishing.

A person must not deal with funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by a designated person where the person knows or has reasonable cause to suspect that is the caseLegislation, must not make funds or economic resources available to or for the benefit of a designated personPublishing, and must report findings to OFSIPublishing. Relevant firms carry reporting and record-keeping obligations under the financial sanctions framework. Failure to comply with financial sanctions legislation, or seeking to circumvent its provisions, may be a criminal offencePublishing.

Legal basis: The ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

Update screening records to the corrected UK Sanctions List entry for Abubakar Swalleh (AQD0388), matching on all three recorded aliases and retaining the Unique ID and UN reference number.

Sources

  1. Sanctions Notice, Isil Da esh and Al-Qaeda, 10 September 2026
  2. The ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

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