Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- GIM0021
- OFSI group ID
- 17036
- Designation type
- Individual
- Date designated
- 23 July 2025
- Last updated
- 23 July 2025
Regimes
- The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025
Designation sources
- UK
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
- Travel Ban
- Director Disqualification Sanction
Official reasons
- Muhammed Khadir PIROT ('PIROT') is an involved person under the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 ('the Regulations') as he is or has been involved in a relevant activity, namely people smuggling, by receiving by any means funds or economic resources which constitute payment for the unlawful arrival in a country of a person who is not a national of that country or permanently resident in it. Specifically, he is a Hawala banker who receives monies from migrants to pay for their smuggling from the Kurdistan region of Iraq to Europe via Turkey.
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