The FINMA Notice:
Updated sanctions notice: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida
The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) has published an amendment to the list of sanctioned natural persons, companies and organizations under the Ordinance of 21 March 2025 on measures against persons and organizations associated with the organizations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida (SR 946.231.08).
By decision of 14 August 2026, the competent UN Sanctions Committee amended the list of persons, companies and organizations sanctioned in this context. The amendment is directly applicable in Switzerland. SECO has therefore updated SESAM (SECO Sanctions Management), the sanctions database that is authoritative for Switzerland, on 17 August 2026, and has published the update on its website.
The update:
Ordinance on measures against certain persons, groups, undertakings and organizations associated with the organizations ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida – Art. 3 para. 1 and 2 (Financial sanctions) and Art. 4 (Entry and transit ban). Origin: UN
Amended – Individuals
SSID: 500-80463
Foreign identifier: QDi.002
Name: Amin Muhammad Ul Haq Saam Khan
DOB: a) 1960 b) 30 Apr 1963
POB: Qilagho village, Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
Good quality a.k.a.: a) Al-Haq Amin b) Amin Muhammad
Low quality a.k.a.: a) Dr. Amin b) Ul-Haq Dr. Amin
Address: Kabul, Afghanistan (as of June 2026)
Nationality: Afghanistan
Other information: Security coordinator for Usama bin Laden (deceased). Repatriated to Afghanistan in February 2006. He was in Afghanistan as of August 2021. Arrested in Pakistan 2024 and deported to Afghanistan in 2025. Father’s name: Abdul Rahman. Photo and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
Modifications: Listed on 15 May 2025, amended on 14 Aug 2026List of Changes:
– DOB: Added clause b): “30 Apr 1963”
– POB: Changed from: “Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan” to: “Qilagho village, Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan”
– Address: Added: “Kabul, Afghanistan (as of June 2026)” (field was previously blank)
– Other information: Changed from: “Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 15 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) was concluded on 8 November 2022.” to: “Arrested in Pakistan 2024 and deported to Afghanistan in 2025. Father’s name: Abdul Rahman. Photo and fingerprints available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.”SSID: 500-94433
Foreign identifier: QDi.436
Name: Abubakar Swalleh
Sex: M
DOB: a) 13 Jan 1992 b) 16 Mar 1993
POB: Mengo, Uganda
Good quality a.k.a.: a) Abubaker Swaleh b) Tom Kiyurige
Low quality a.k.a.: Isaac Mupeta
Address: Luzira Prison, Luzira, Kampala, Uganda
Nationality: Uganda
Identification document: a) Passport No. A00195974, Uganda b) Passport No. A00195974, Uganda, Expiry date: 16 Dec 2029 c) Other No. CM920231090NZA, Uganda (National identification number)
Other information: Abubakar Swalleh provides financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to, or in support of, ISIL (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). He acted, since 2018, as an ISIL facilitator who provides financial and logistic support including recruitment for ISIL in East and Southern Africa. Phone number: +963936016952. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
Modifications: Listed on 16 Jun 2025, amended on 14 Aug 2026List of Changes:
– DOB: Added clause b): “16 Mar 1993”
– Low quality a.k.a.: Added: “Isaac Mupeta” (field was previously blank)
– Identification document: Added clause b): “Passport No. A00195974, Uganda, Expiry date: 16 Dec 2029”
– Other information: Added: “Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.”SSID: 500-103769
Foreign identifier: QDi.439
Name: Hamida Nabaggala
DOB: 23 Feb 1989
POB: Uganda
Low quality a.k.a.: a) Nabaggala b) Nabaggaka c) Hamida d) Hamidah
Address: Congo DR
Nationality: Uganda
Identification document: Other No. CF89095102DDAE, Uganda, Expiry date: 27 Mar 2025 (National identification no)
Other information: a) Works as a mediator in financing channels for ISIL in Central Africa, has been charged with financing a bombing that occurred in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, in 2021, attempted to coerce her three children in Uganda to send them to ISIL camps in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gender: Female. Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
Modifications: Listed on 30 Mar 2026, amended on 8 Jul 2026, 14 Aug 2026List of Changes:
– Identification document: Added: “Other No. CF89095102DDAE, Uganda, Expiry date: 27 Mar 2025 (National identification no)” (field was previously blank)
– Other information: Added: “Photo available for inclusion in the INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice.”
– Other information: Deleted clause b): “National identification no: na CF89095102DDAE (expiry on 27 March 2025)” – this data moved into the new Identification document field aboveAmended – Entities
SSID: 500-88313
Foreign identifier: QDe.161
Name: Islamic State In Iraq And The Levant – Khorasan (ISIL-K)
Good quality a.k.a.: a) ISIL Khorasan b) Islamic State’s Khorasan Province c) ISIS Wilayat Khorasan d) ISIL’s South Asia Branch e) South Asian chapter of ISIL f) The Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham—Khorasan Province g) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—Khorasan h) Islamic State of Iraq and Levant in Khorasan Province i) Islamic State Khurasan j) ISIS-K k) ISISK l) IS-Khorasan m) Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)
Other information: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan (ISIL – K) was formed on January 10, 2015 by a former Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) (QDe.132) commander and was established by former Taliban faction commanders who swore an oath of allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). ISIL – K has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in both Afghanistan and Pakistan. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link available.
Modifications: Listed on 15 May 2025, amended on 14 Aug 2026List of Changes:
– Good quality a.k.a.: Added clause m): “Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP)”
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