Monaco updates 21 Al-Qaida and Islamic State sanctions entries
Monaco updated 21 sanctions entries covering 13 people and eight organizations under the UN Al-Qaida and Islamic State regime through a ministerial decision dated Aug. 27.
MONACO, August 27, 2026 — Monaco has revised 21 existing sanctions records tied to Al-Qaida and Islamic State activity, updating entries that compliance teams use to distinguish listed people and organizations.
Ministerial Decision No. 2026-99 changes 13 individual records and eight organizational records under the UN Al-Qaida and Islamic State sanctions regime and EU Regulation 881/2002. It was made under Monaco’s framework for freezing funds and economic resources in applying international economic sanctions.
The revised records include aliases, birth details, nationalities, addresses, identity-document numbers and descriptions of alleged roles or links. They cover people associated with Jemaah Islamiyah, Abu Sayyaf, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and Islamic State affiliates.
Organizational entries include groups operating or formerly based in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and the Sahel-Sahara region. One updated entry concerns Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and identifies Sa’ad bin Atef al-Awlaki as its leader; another describes the Islamic Jihad Group as active across parts of Asia and Europe.
The records also carry legal references to UN sanctions committee decisions in August and EU measures issued later that month. Because aliases and identifiers are core screening data, the revisions may affect list maintenance and matching.
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