UKSL Sanctions designation

ISLAMIC STATE WEST AFRICA PROVINCE (ISWAP)

Entity · designated 23 February 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
AQD0365
OFSI group ID
13826
UN reference number
QDe.162
Designation type
Entity
Date designated
23 February 2020
Last updated
13 January 2022

Regimes

  • Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UN

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Arms embargo
  • Travel Ban

Other information

  • Associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115)). Formed in March 2015 by Abubakar Shekau (QDi.322). Splinter group of Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad (Boko Haram) (QDe.138). Committed terrorist attacks in Nigeria. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities
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