UKSL Sanctions designation

Yankuba Badjie

Individual · designated 10 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
GHR0058
OFSI group ID
14005
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
10 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Yankuba Badjie was the Deputy Director General and then Director General of the Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) from 2013 to early 2017. In this capacity, he had responsibility for, and direct oversight of, operations that were carried out by The Gambia’s NIA. During Badjie’s tenure, the NIA were responsible for extra judicial killings, torture and other cruel inhuman and degrading treatment.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

  • Lines: Banjul
  • Country: The Gambia
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