In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Abubakar Swalleh was listed on [Date] pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 5 of resolution 2734 (2024) as being associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “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” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115) and for “recruiting for Al-Qaida, ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof” and for “otherwise supporting acts or activities of Al-Qaida, ISIL, or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof”.
Abubakar Swalleh is, as of 2018 involved in the physical transfer of funds and movement of persons in support of ISIL. He is engaged in moving funds and recruiting members for the benefit of East African based ISIL commanders. He has also engaged in robberies and kidnap for ransom to fund ISIL.
Between 2018 and April 2024, in East and Southern Africa he mobilized funds to procure digital watches, power banks, and other essential supplies for recruits, knowing that these actions would support acts of terrorism or instigate such acts by ISIL.