Switzerland updates ISIL facilitator sanctions entry

BERN, September 7, 2026 — Switzerland updated identifying information tied to Abubakar Swalleh, an alleged ISIL facilitator active in East and Southern Africa, while retaining financial sanctions and an entry and transit ban.

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs published the amendment Sept. 7 with an effective date of Sept. 4. The measures fall under Switzerland’s UN-origin sanctions regime targeting people, groups, companies and entities linked to ISIL and al-Qaida.

Swalleh’s amended profile contains two dates of birth and three aliases: Abubaker Swaleh, Tom Kiyurige and Isaac Mupeta. It also identifies an address at Luzira Prison in Kampala, Uganda, as well as a Ugandan passport, a Ugandan national identification number and a Zambian identification number described as fraudulently acquired under the Isaac Mupeta name.

The profile describes Swalleh as providing financial, material or technological support and other services to ISIL. It says he has acted since 2018 as a facilitator providing financial and logistical assistance, including recruitment, in East and Southern Africa.

The multiple names, birth dates and identity documents are relevant to sanctions screening because they provide several potential matching points. The publication does not specify which individual data points changed in the latest amendment. Swalleh was initially listed June 16, 2025, and the entry was also amended Aug. 14, 2026.