Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- GIM0024
- OFSI group ID
- 17039
- 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
- Rafiq SHAQLAWAY ('SHAQLAWAY') 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, the unlawful arrival in a country of a person who is not a national of that country or permanently resident in it, by taking any action with the intention of being involved in that activity, which is intended to facilitate such an activity. Specifically, he intends to facilitate smuggling by instructing migrants to use a number of Hawala bankers in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to pay for their smuggling to Europe via Turkey.
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