Guidance

Financial sanctions, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

Certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations are subject to UK financial sanctions.

From:
HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
Published
16 May 2013
Last updated
2511 JanuaryFebruary 2022 — See all updates

Documents

Current list of designated persons: ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

PDF, 409 KB, 48 pages

Latest HM Treasury Notice, 11/02/2022, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

PDF, 236 KB, 10 pages

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HM Treasury Notice, 25/01/2022, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

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HM Treasury Notice, 19/01/2022, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida)

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HM Treasury Notice, 12/01/2022, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida)

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HM Treasury Notice, 04/01/2022 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida

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Details

The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, which ensure sanctions under the UN sanctions regime in respect of ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida continue to be implemented effectively, came into force at 11pm on 31 December 2020.

Context

This sanctions regime imposes certain measures against those named on the UN’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.

This regime is one of three of the UK’s counter-terrorism sanctions regimes which will be in place after the end of the transition period: the other two sanctions regimes relating to counter-terrorism are the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) regime and the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) regime.

Counter-Terrorism Licensing Policy

Licences authorise certain activities or types of transaction that would otherwise be prohibited by asset freezing legislation.  In addition to issuing licences relating to a specific person, the Treasury may also issue general licences, which authorise otherwise prohibited activity by a particular category of persons (who fall within the licence criteria). For further details on the Treasury’s approach to licensing, see counter-terrorism licensing policy.

UN resolutions

UN Security Resolution 2368 (2017) currently imposes the asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo affecting all individuals and entities named on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List.

The resolution notes that the asset freeze requirements apply to financial transactions involving any funds, economic resources or income-generating activities that benefit individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, including, but not limited to, trade in petroleum products, natural resources, chemical or agricultural products, weapons, or antiquities by listed individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, kidnapping for ransom, and the proceeds of other crimes including, trafficking in persons, extortion and bank robbery.

UK Regulations

EU Regulations (applicable prior to 11pm on 31 December 2020)

EU Regulation 881/2002

Usama bin Laden

On 21 February 2013, the UN decided to remove Usama bin Laden from their sanctions list .

Instead there is now a separate process for unfreezing funds owned or controlled by Bin Laden (see  paragraph 32 of UNSCR 2083 (2012).

To implement this, regulation 25 of the ISIL(Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 imposes a prohibition that a person must not deal with the funds or economic resources owned, held or controlled by, Usama bin Laden at the time of his death, or which after his death formed all or part of his estate, if that person knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that they are dealing with such funds or economic resources.

Accordingly, his assets remain frozen and an application must be made, and approved by the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Committee, to unfreeze them.

Find out more about UK sanctions on ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

Published 16 May 2013
Last updated 2511 JanuaryFebruary 2022 + show all updates

  1. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 11/02/2022, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida'

  2. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 25/01/2022, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida'.

  3. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 19/01/2022, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida)'.

  5. Updated with Latest HM Treasury Notice, 04/01/2022 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida.

  6. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 22/12/2021, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida'

  7. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 25/11/2021, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida'.

  14. Latest HM Treasury Notice, 18/02/2021, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations

  16. Latest HM Treasury notice, 14/10/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2020/1473)

  20. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 31/07/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2020/1124)'

  21. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 23/07/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2020/1082)'

  25. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 21/04/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (correction)'

  26. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 06/04/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2020/483)'

  27. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 11/03/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2020/390)'

  28. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 05/03/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'

  30. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 02/03/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2020/288)'

  31. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 27/02/2020, ISIL (Da’esh)and Al-Qaida Organisation’.

  32. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 24/02/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisation'

  33. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 20/02/2020, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Correction)'

  35. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 05/02/2020, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'

  36. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 26/11/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/1943)

  37. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 12/11/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/1883)

  38. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 18/10/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/1731)'

  40. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 28/08/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/1375)'.

  41. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 21/08/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.

  42. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 15/08/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.

  43. Updated with Latest HM Treasury Notice, 29/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/850

  44. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 02/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations' and 'HM Treasury notice, 02/05/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.

  49. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 24/04/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/622)'.

  50. 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 09/04/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations' added.

  51. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 28/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.

  52. Updated with Latest HM Treasury notice, 25/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.

  53. Updated 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 20/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/431)'.

  54. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 06/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2019/353)'.

  55. Updated with: 'Latest HM Treasury notice, 01/03/2019, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.

  59. Updated with 'latest HM Treasury notice, 20/11/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations'.

  60. Updated with 'latest HM Treasury notice, 19/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1562)'.

  63. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 05/10/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.

  64. Updated with 'Latest HM Treasury Notice, 28/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/204)'.

  65. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 24/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.

  66. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 15/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1138)

  67. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 10/08/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations.

  68. HM Treasury notice, 24/07/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/1033) added

  69. Updated with 'latest HM Treasury Notice, 16/07/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/999)'.

  72. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 12/06/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/855).

  73. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 05/06/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/816).

  74. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 21/05/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/733).

  75. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 06/04/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/537)

  78. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 07/03/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations

  80. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 26/02/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2018/281)

  81. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 22/02/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Oganisations (Reg 2018/256)

  82. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 15/01/2018, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Oganisations (Reg 2018/50)

  84. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 02/10/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/1773)

  85. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice 18/09/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations

  86. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 04/09/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/1516).

  92. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 24/07/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations

  93. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 12/07/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/1251)

  94. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 07/07/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations

  96. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 19/06/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) and Al Qaida Organisations

  97. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice 16/06/2017 ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/998)

  99. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 20/04/2017, The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (Reg 2017/700)

  100. Updated with latest HM Treasury Notice, 06/04/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Organisations (Reg 2017/637)

  105. Updated with Latest HM Treasury notice, 27/02/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/326)

  106. Updated with Latest HM Treasury Notice, 22/02/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/296)

  107. Updated with Latest HM Treasury Notice, 10/02/2017, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2017/221)

  109. Updated with: HM Treasury notice, 19/12/2016, Syria (Reg 2016/2262)

  110. Updated with: HM Treasury notice, 31/10/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1906)

  111. Updated: 'Current UK legislation' section

  112. Updated the 'Current UK legislation' section

  113. Updated to reflect legislative changes over the past year and clarifying the restrictions on any funds and economic resources of Usama Bin Laden

  114. Updated with: HM Treasury notice, 17/10/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1827)

  115. Updated list due to new HM Treasury Notice, 04/10/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1739)

  116. Updated: HM Treasury notice, 21/09/2016, ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida (Reg 2016/1683)

  118. Updated ISIL (Da-esh) & Al-Qaida organisations (Regulation 2016/1430)

  119. Updated with HM Treasury notice 09/08/2016 ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida organisations (Regulation 2016/1347)

  122. Updated: HM Treasury notice, 06/07/2016 Al-Qaida (Regulation 2016/1063)

  123. Updated with latest HM Treasury notice, 24/06/16 Al-Qaida (Regulation 881/2002)

  124. Updated with 26.04.2016 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/647

  127. change to add the words 'ISIL (Da'esh)' to title and updated regime list to reflect this

  128. Updated with latest notice

  130. Updated with latest notice

  131. Updated with latest notice

  132. Updated list due to notice Al-Qaida (Regulation 2015/2245)

  134. The consolidated list has been updated due to semicolon errors found in the last update (09/10/2015).

  135. Updated due to new notice and list - Al-Qaida (Regulation 2015/1815)

  136. New notice added

  138. Updated notice due to new list - Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/1473)

  140. Updated list - new notice - Al-Qaida (Reg 2015/1390)

  142. Updated list due to notice - Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/769

  143. New notice

  144. updated list due to notice (Reg 2015/576)

  145. Updated list due to notice (Reg 2015/532)

  147. Updated with latest notice

  148. Updated notice

  152. Updated with notice Al-Qaida (Reg 1058/2014)

  154. added notice Al-Qaida (Reg 934/2014) and updated consolidated list

  156. added notice: Al-Qaida (Reg 914/2014)

  159. added notice Al-Qaida (Reg 583/2014)

  162. Added HM Treasury notice Al-Qaida (Reg 16/2014 and Reg 21/2014)

  164. added HM Treasury notice Al-Qaida (Reg 1267/2013)

  169. Added Notice Al-Qaida 23/09/2013 (Reg 895/2013)

  170. added Notice Al-Qaida 17/09/13 (Reg 880/2013)

  171. added Notice Al-Qaida 05/09/13s (Reg 852/2013)

  173. added latest HM Treasury Notice, 06/08/13 Al-Qaida (Reg 754/2013)

  174. new notice 31/07/13 Al-Qaida (Reg 731/2013)

  175. new notice, new list

  176. new sanctions 11/07/13

  178. updated lists