The FINMA Notice:
Updated sanction message: Sudan
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (WBF) has approved Annex 2 of the Ordinance of 25. May 2005 on measures against Sudan (SR 946.231.18).
On the 2nd November 2026, the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research WBF amended Annex 2. The WBF has therefore adapted the sanctions database SESAM (SECO Sanctions Management), which is relevant for Switzerland, and will urgently publish the adjustment on its website today. The urgent changes come into force today, 11:00 p.m.
In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation, financial intermediaries are required to implement the prohibitions, to block the assets of the sanctioned persons and to report the business relationships concerned to SECO. The report to SECO does not relieve a financial intermediary from making additional clarifications in the event of suspicion in accordance with Art. 6 GwG and, if he cannot clear them, to report it immediately to the notification office for money laundering in accordance with Art. 9 GwG.
The update:
Ordinance of 25 May 2005 on measures against Sudan (SR 946.231.18) – Art. 2 para. 1 (Financial sanctions) and Art. 4 para. 1 (Entry and transit ban), Annex 2. Origin: UN, EU
Amended – Individuals
SSID: 190-74932
Name: Suleiman Mirghani Idriss
Sex: M
Nationality: Sudan
Justification: a) Lieutenant General Mirghani Idriss Suleiman is an officer of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Director-General of Defense Industry System (DIS), a company subject to restrictive measures by the European Union for providing support to actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. In 2026, he was appointed as Assistant for Military Industries Affairs within the SAF. b) DIS is described as Sudan’s largest defence enterprise, generating an estimated USD 2 000 000 000 in revenue through hundreds of subsidiaries across various sectors of Sudan’s economy. DIS manufactures a range of small arms, conventional weapons, ammunition and military vehicles for the SAF. c) As the Director-General of DIS, Mirghani Idriss Suleiman has travelled extensively with General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, Commander-in-Chief of the SAF, since the beginning of the war, allegedly, to enhance the SAF’s capabilities to fight the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on several fronts in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan. d) Therefore, Mirghani Idriss Suleiman provides support to actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.
Other information: a) Function: Lieutenant General in the SAF; Director-General of Defence Industries System; Head of Sudanese Army Production Agency; Assistant for Military Industries Affairs within the SAF b) Associated individuals: General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, Commander-in-Chief of the SAF c) Associated entities: Defense Industry System, SMT Engineering; SAF
Modifications: Listed on 9 Jul 2024, amended on 3 Nov 2026List of Changes:
– Justification, clause a): Changed from: “SAF” to: “Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)” (in “an officer of the SAF”)
– Justification, clause a): Changed from: “Director General” to: “Director-General”
– Justification, clause a): Changed from: “sanctioned” to: “subject to restrictive measures”
– Justification, clause a): Added: “In 2026, he was appointed as Assistant for Military Industries Affairs within the SAF.”
– Justification, clause b): Changed from: “billion” to: “000 000 000” (in “USD 2 … in revenue”)
– Justification, clause c): Changed from: “Director General” to: “Director-General”
– Justification, clause c): Changed from: “RSF” to: “Rapid Support Forces (RSF)”
– Other information, clause a): Changed from: “Director General” to: “Director-General”
– Other information, clause a): Changed from: “Agency” to: “Agency;”
– Other information, clause a): Added: “Assistant for Military Industries Affairs within the SAF”SSID: 190-75007
Name: Abdel Nabi Mohamed Mustafa Ibrahim
Sex: M
Nationality: Sudan
Identification document: Passport No. B CH 4930920, Sudan
Justification: a) Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed is a former senior official of the Sudanese Central Bank, seconded since 2017 to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to serve as a Financial Director, and helping it to manage a web of proxy companies and entities. b) A UN Panel of Experts Report on sanctions in Darfur referred to a former senior official of the Sudanese Central Bank who is based in Dubai and has become the RSF’s financial adviser without naming him. The report also explains that al Khaleej Bank became instrumental to the RSF’s financing in 2019 when its majority ownership was acquired by individuals and entities associated with the RSF. c) Media reports and think-tanks have identified that person as Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed. He is a Director of Al Khaleej Bank, a Sudanese bank. d) Over 60 % of the shares of Al Khaleej Bank are held by companies associated with the family of Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), the head of the RSF. e) Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed is also the majority shareholder of Shield Protective Solutions Co. Ltd. The other shareholder in that company is one of the brothers of Hemedti, Musa Hamdan Dagalo Musa, and the company holds over 14 % of the shareholding in al Khaleej Bank. f) In 2026, he is identified as being part of a network linked to the leadership of the RSF, which has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling “paramilitary-industrial complex” across Africa and the Middle East. It is in this context that he purchased a high-end apartment in the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper in Dubai, demonstrating that he benefits from the conflict in Sudan. g) As a Financial Director of the RSF, Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed is engaging directly or indirectly in providing support to, or benefitting from, actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.
Other information: a) Function: Director of al-Khaleej Bank; majority shareholder of Shield Protective Solutions Co. Ltd. (Sudan); Financial Director of the RSF b) Associated individuals: Musa Hamdan Dagalo Musa, brother of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo c) Associated entities: Al-Khaleej Bank; Shield Protective Solutions Co. Ltd. (Sudan)
Modifications: Listed on 9 Jul 2024, amended on 3 Nov 2026List of Changes:
– Justification, clause a): Changed from: “Bank who became” to: “Bank, seconded since 2017 to”
– Justification, clause a): Changed from: “RSF’s financial adviser,” to: “Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to serve as a Financial Director, and”
– Justification, clause b): Deleted: “recently”
– Justification, clause c): Changed from: “him” to: “that person”
– Justification, clause e): Changed from: “this” to: “that” (in “The other shareholder in … company”)
– Justification, clause e): Deleted: “namely”
– Justification, clause e): Changed from: “this” to: “the” (in “and … company holds over 14 %”)
– Justification, clause f): Added: “In 2026, he is identified as being part of a network linked to the leadership of the RSF, which has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling “paramilitary-industrial complex” across Africa and the Middle East. It is in this context that he purchased a high-end apartment in the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper in Dubai, demonstrating that he benefits from the conflict in Sudan.”
– Justification, clause g): Changed from: “financial adviser to the RSF and” to: “Financial Director of”
– Justification, clause g): Changed from: “Dagalo family” to: “RSF”
– Other information, clause a): Changed from: “financial adviser to the leader” to: “Financial Director”SSID: 190-96705
Name: Kaikal Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed
Sex: M
Good quality a.k.a.: Keikel Abu Aqla
Nationality: Sudan
Justification: a) Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kaikal is a Sudanese Military Commander who served in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Gezira State in Sudan until he defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in October 2024. b) Since 2025, Abu Aqla Mohammed Kaikal is the Leader and Commander of the Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the SAF. On 12 December 2025, he appeared in a video threatening civilians attempting to flee El Obeid City in North Kordofan State, which was under siege by the RSF. In the video, he is heard warning that civilians who attempted to leave the city would be shot. c) The Sudan Shield Forces played a major role in the fighting in Gezira State and in the East Nile district, in the Khartoum area. On 10 January 2025, the Sudan Shield Forces intentionally targeted civilians and their property in an attack. d) Therefore, Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kaikal is responsible for actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. In addition, he is responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations, and for obstructing the delivery of, access to and distribution of humanitarian assistance in Sudan.
Other information: a) Function: Leader and Commander of the Sudan Shield Forces, a SAF-affiliated militia b) Associated entities: SAF
Modifications: Listed on 20 Aug 2025, amended on 3 Nov 2026List of Changes:
– Good quality a.k.a.: Added: “Keikel Abu Aqla” (field was previously blank)
– Justification, clause a): Changed from: “the Jazira state” to: “Gezira State”
– Justification, clause a): Deleted: “In December 2023, he was appointed by the RSF as Governor of the Jazira state, after the RSF violently took over that area. The RSF is responsible for attacking cities and humanitarian hubs in the Jazira state, leading to massive displacement of civilians, hunger, shortage of medicines and impediment of humanitarian aid. Jazira state specifically has been a centre of violence committed by the RSF during Kaikal’s governorship. Therefore, Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kaikal is responsible for actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. In addition, he is responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations, and for obstructing the delivery of, access to and distribution of humanitarian assistance in Sudan.”
– Justification: Added clause b): “Since 2025, Abu Aqla Mohammed Kaikal is the Leader and Commander of the Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the SAF. On 12 December 2025, he appeared in a video threatening civilians attempting to flee El Obeid City in North Kordofan State, which was under siege by the RSF. In the video, he is heard warning that civilians who attempted to leave the city would be shot.”
– Justification: Added clause c): “The Sudan Shield Forces played a major role in the fighting in Gezira State and in the East Nile district, in the Khartoum area. On 10 January 2025, the Sudan Shield Forces intentionally targeted civilians and their property in an attack.”
– Justification: Added clause d): “Therefore, Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kaikal is responsible for actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. In addition, he is responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations, and for obstructing the delivery of, access to and distribution of humanitarian assistance in Sudan.”
– Other information, clause a): Added: “Leader and ” (before “Commander of”)
– Other information, clause a): Added: “the Sudan Shield Forces, ” (after “Commander of ”)
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