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Hamidah Nabagala added to ISIL Al-Qaida sanctions list

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Summary

The European Commission published a notice in the Official Journal C-series formally announcing the addition of Hamidah Nabagala to the EU ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list, pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, implemented by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830. The designation subjects Nabagala to asset-freezing measures and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available to her. EU-regulated entities must immediately screen their customers, counterparties, and transactions against the updated sanctions list.

What changed

The Official Journal C-series published a notice formally announcing the addition of Hamidah Nabagala to the EU ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list. The designation is implemented under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830 (C/2026/2455) and is made pursuant to Articles 2, 3, and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, which imposes targeted asset-freezing measures and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available to listed persons.

Banks, investment firms, payment service providers, cryptocurrency exchanges, and all other EU-regulated entities are immediately required to screen their customer databases, transaction records, and counterparties against the updated sanctions list. Any identified assets or funds belonging to Nabagala must be frozen without delay, and matches must be reported to the relevant national competent authority. Legal professionals advising clients on sanctions compliance should update screening protocols and advise on the extraterritorial implications of EU sanctions on non-EU entities engaged with EU persons or in euros-denominated transactions.

What to do next

  1. Screen all customers, counterparties, and beneficial owners against the updated EU ISIL/Al-Qaida sanctions list
  2. Freeze any funds, assets, or economic resources belonging to Hamidah Nabagala without delay
  3. Report any matches or blocked assets to the competent national authority immediately

Penalties

Non-compliance with asset freeze obligations under Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 may result in criminal penalties, fines, or imprisonment under national implementing legislation.

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Notice for the attention of Hamidah Nabagala, whose name was added to the list referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations, by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830

C/2026/2455

OJ C, C/2026/2131, 8.4.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2131/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2131/oj

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| | Official Journal
of the European Union | EN

C series |

| | C/2026/2131 | 8.4.2026 |
Notice for the attention of Hamidah Nabagala, whose name was added to the list referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations, by virtue of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830

(C/2026/2131)

1.

Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 (1) calls upon the Union to freeze the funds and economic resources of the members of the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them, as referred to in the list drawn up pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999), 1333(2000) and 2253 (2015) to be updated regularly by the UN Committee established pursuant to UNSCR 1267(1999) (‘the Sanctions Committee’). The list drawn up by this UN Committee comprises:

| — | ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida; |

| — | natural or legal persons, entities, bodies and groups associated with ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida; and |

| — | legal persons, entities and bodies owned or controlled by, or otherwise supporting, any of these associated persons, entities, bodies and groups. |
Acts or activities indicating that an individual, group, undertaking, or entity is ‘associated with’ ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida include:

| (a) | participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of ISIL (Da'esh) and Al Qaida, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof; |

| (b) | supplying, selling or transferring arms and related materiel to any of them; |

| (c) | recruiting for any of them; or |

| (d) | otherwise supporting acts or activities of any of them. |
2.

The Sanctions Committee enacted on 30 March 2026 the addition of the entry of Hamidah Nabagala to the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee's list. Hamidah Nabagala may submit at any time a request to the UN Ombudsperson, together with any supporting documentation, for the decision to include him in the UN list referred to above, to be reconsidered. Such requests should be sent to the following address:

| United Nations - Office of the Ombudsperson |
| Room DC2-2206 |
| New York, NY 10017 |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
| Tel. +1 2129632671 |
| Fax +1 2129631300/3778 |
| Email: ombudsperson@un.org |
See for more information at

https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aqsanctionslist/procedures-for-delisting

3.

Further to the UN decision referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission has adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830 (2), which amends Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (3). The amendment, made pursuant to Article 7(1)(a) and 7a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, adds the name of Hamidah Nabagala to the list in Annex I of that Regulation (‘Annex I’). The following measures of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 apply to the individuals and entities included in Annex I:

| (1) | the freezing of all funds and economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the individuals and entities listed in Annex I including by a third party acting on their behalf or at their direction and the prohibition (on everyone) on making funds and economic resources available, whether directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of any of the individuals and entities listed (Articles 2 and 2a); and |

| (2) | the prohibition on providing, directly or indirectly, technical advice, assistance or training related to military activities, including in particular training and assistance related to the manufacture, maintenance and use of arms and related materiel of all types, to any of the individuals and entities listed in Annex 1 (Article 3). |
4.

Article 7a of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 provides for a review process where the listed person or entity has an opportunity to express his, her or its views on the matter. Where observations are submitted, the Commission reviews its decision to include the person or entity in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 in the light of those observations. Individuals and entities added to Annex I by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830 may make a request to the Commission for the grounds for their listing to be communicated to them. This request and eventual observations should be sent to:
| European Commission |
| ‘Restrictive measures’ |
| Rue de Spa 2 |
| 1000 Bruxelles/ Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
5.

The attention of the individuals and entities concerned is also drawn to the possibility of challenging Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830 before the General Court of the European Union, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the fourth and sixth paragraphs of Article 263 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

6.

For good order, the attention of the individuals and entities included in Annex I is drawn to the possibility of making an application to the competent authorities in the relevant Member State(s), as listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 881/2002, in order to obtain an authorisation to use frozen funds and economic resources for essential needs or specific payments in accordance with Article 2a of that Regulation.

(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2016/1693 of 20 September 2016 concerning restrictive measures against ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda and persons, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them and repealing Common Position 2002/402/CFSP (OJ L 255, 21.9.2016, p. 25, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2016/1693/oj).

(2) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/830 of 8 April 2026 amending for the 356th time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida organisations (OJ L, 2026/830, 8.4.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2026/830/oj).

(3) OJ L 139, 29.5.2002, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/881/oj.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2131/oj

ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)

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Articles 2, 3 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002

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April 8th, 2026
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April 8th, 2026 (5 days ago)
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OJ C, C/2026/2131, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2131/oj
Docket
C/2026/2455

Who this affects

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Activity scope
Sanctions screening Asset freezing Counterparty due diligence
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European Union EU

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Sanctions
Operational domain
Compliance
Compliance frameworks
OFAC Sanctions
Topics
International Trade Defense & National Security

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