The FINMA Notice:
Updated sanctions notice: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Kaida
By decision of 4 September 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 7 September 2026, and has published the update on its website.
Financial intermediaries are required, in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance, to implement the prohibitions, freeze the assets of the sanctioned persons, and report the affected business relationships to SECO. Reporting to SECO does not relieve a financial intermediary of the obligation to carry out additional clarifications pursuant to Art. 6 AMLA in the event of suspicion and, if such suspicion cannot be dispelled, to file a report without delay with the Money Laundering Reporting Office pursuant to Art. 9 AMLA.
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: 500-94433
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 c) Isaac Mupeta
Address: Luzira Prison, Luzira, Kampala, Uganda
Nationality: Uganda
Identification document: a) Passport No. A00195974, Uganda, Expiry date: 16 Dec 2029 b) Other No. CM920231090NZA, Uganda (National identification number) c) Other No. Z15105123, Zambia, Date of issue: 5 Aug 2020 (National identification number (fraudulently acquired under the name Isaac Mupeta, born 9 May 1993 in Lusaka, Zambia, registration number 102523/29/1))
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 2026, 4 Sep 2026List of Changes:
– Identification document: Added clause c): “Other No. Z15105123, Zambia, Date of issue: 5 Aug 2020 (National identification number (fraudulently acquired under the name Isaac Mupeta, born 9 May 1993 in Lusaka, Zambia, registration number 102523/29/1))”
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