SECO updates four UN-linked ISIL sanctions entries
SECO amended four UN-origin sanctions entries covering three individuals and ISIL-K, updating records subject to financial sanctions and travel restrictions with effect from Aug. 14.
BERN, August 17, 2026 — The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, or SECO, updated four UN-origin sanctions entries tied to ISIL and al-Qaida, with the changes taking effect Aug. 14.
The amendment covers three individuals and one entity under a regime providing for financial sanctions and entry and transit restrictions. Each record is marked as amended on Aug. 14; the modification was issued Aug. 17.
The individual entries span an Afghan national described as a former security coordinator for Usama bin Laden and two Ugandan nationals linked in the records to ISIL support or financing activity in Africa. Abubakar Swalleh is described as an ISIL facilitator involved since 2018 in financial and logistical support, including recruitment in East and Southern Africa. Hamida Nabaggala is described as a mediator in ISIL financing channels in Central Africa and as having been charged with financing a 2021 bombing in Kampala, Uganda.
The entity record covers Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan, or ISIL-K. Its identifying data include aliases such as ISIS-K, ISISK, IS-Khorasan and ISKP. The entry says the group has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The current records also include aliases, addresses, identity-document data and links to INTERPOL-UN Security Council special notices.
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