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Al-Shabaab

Listed by OFAC SDN (US), UK Sanctions List, EU Consolidated List, UN Security Council, SECO (Switzerland)
Somalia, Mozambique, Tanzania
First listed 2010-04-12
40 aliases

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EU Consolidated ListActive listingID 5624

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Source date: 2017-03-08
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        <remark>Location: Somalia.</remark>
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Name on list: Al-Shabaab
Programmes / regimes: SOM
Listed on: 2010-04-12
Last updated: 2017-03-08
Aliases: Shabaab · The Youth · Mujahidin Al-Shabaab Movement · Mujahideen Youth Movement · Mujahidin Youth Movement · MYM · Harakat Shabab Al-Mujahidin · Hizbul Shabaab · Hisb'ul Shabaab · Al-Shabaab Al-Islamiya · Youth Wing · Al-Shabaab Al-Islaam (+6)
Identifiers: EU reference: EU.3600.81
Legal act: 2017/395 (OJ L60) – http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0395&from=EN
Remarks: Location: Somalia.

EU Consolidated ListActive listingID 152724

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Source date: 2023-04-24
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        <nameAlias firstName="" middleName="" lastName="" wholeName="Islamitische Staat —  Mozambique" function="" title="" nameLanguage="NL" strong="true" regulationLanguage="en" logicalId="152744">
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Name on list: Islamic State -Mozambique
Programmes / regimes: EUAQ
Listed on: 2023-04-24
Last updated: 2023-04-24
Aliases: ISIL-M · ISIS-Mozambique · Swahili Sunna · Ahlu Sunnah Wajamo · Ahlu al-Sunnah wal-Jamaah · Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jamaa · ASwJ · Ahlu Sunna wa Jamaah · Mozambique Wilaya of the Islamic State · Al-Shabaab in Mozambique · Al-Shabaab · Ansar Al-Sunna (+1)
Identifiers: EU reference: EU.10014.96
Legal act: 2023/845 (OJ L109 I) – https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0845
Remarks: Ahlu Sunna wa Jamaah

OFAC SDN (US)Active listingID 31372

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Name on list: ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND SYRIA - MOZAMBIQUE
Programmes / regimes: FTO · SDGT
Aliases: ISIS-MOZAMBIQUE · ISLAMIC STATE - MOZAMBIQUE · ANSAR AL-SUNNA · HELPERS OF TRADITION · AHL AL-SUNNA WA AL-JAMAA · ADHERENTS TO THE TRADITIONS AND THE COMMUNITY · AL-SHABAAB IN MOZAMBIQUE · ISLAMIC STATE CENTRAL AFRICA PROVINCE · WILAYAH CENTRAL AFRICA · ANSAAR KALIMAT ALLAH · SUPPORTERS OF THE WORD OF ALLAH
Countries: Mozambique, Tanzania
Addresses: Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
Tanzania

OFAC SDN (US)Active listingID 10761

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Name on list: AL-SHABAAB
Programmes / regimes: FTO · SDGT · SOMALIA
Aliases: THE YOUTH · AL-SHABAB · MUJAHIDIN AL-SHABAAB MOVEMENT · MUJAHIDIN YOUTH MOVEMENT · MUJAHIDEEN YOUTH MOVEMENT · MYM · HARAKAT SHABAB AL-MUJAHIDIN · HIZBUL SHABAAB · HISB'UL SHABAAB · AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAMIYA · YOUTH WING · AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAAM (+12)
Countries: Somalia
Addresses: Somalia

SECO (Switzerland)Active listingID 8149

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Source date: 2025-03-26
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Name on list: Al-Shabaab
Programmes / regimes: Somalia
Listed on: 2014-10-08
Last updated: 2025-03-26
Aliases: Al-Shabab · Shabaab · The Youth · Mujahidin Al-Shabaab Movement · Mujahideen Youth Movement · Mujahidin Youth Movement · Mym · Harakat Shabab Al-Mujahidin · Hizbul Shabaab · Hisb’ul Shabaab · Al-Shabaab Al-Islamiya · Youth Wing (+6)
Countries: Somalia
Addresses: Somalia
Identifiers: Foreign identifier: SOe.001
Remarks: Al-Shabaab has engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia, including but not limited to acts that threaten the Djibouti Agreement of Aug 18, 2008, or the political process and acts that threaten the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), or other international peacekeeping operations related to Somalia. Al-Shabaab has also obstructed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to Somalia, or access to, or distribution of humanitarian assistance in Somalia. According to the Statement by the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia to the Security Council delivered on 29 Jul 2009, both Al-Shabaab and Hisb’ul Islam publicly and repeatedly claimed responsibility for the attacks by their forces on the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and AMISOM. Al-Shabaab had also claimed responsibility for the killing of TFG officials, and on 19 Jul 2009 had raided and shut down the field offices of UNOPS, UNDSS and UNDP in the Bay and Bakool regions, in violation of paragraph 8 (c) of resolution 1844 (2008). Al-Shabaab has also

UK Sanctions ListActive listingID SOM0001

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Source date: 2022-01-14
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    <DateDesignated>12/04/2010</DateDesignated>
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        <Name6>MUJAHIDIN AL-SHABAAB MOVEMENT</Name6>
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        <Name6>THE YOUTH</Name6>
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      <Name>
        <Name6>YOUTH WING</Name6>
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      <CharteringOfShips>false</CharteringOfShips>
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      <CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>false</CrewServicingOfShipsAndAircraft>
      <Deflag>false</Deflag>
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      <ProhibitionOfPortEntry>false</ProhibitionOfPortEntry>
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      <PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>false</PreventionOfCharteringOfShipsAndAircraft>
      <TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>false</TechnicalAssistanceRelatedToAircraft>
      <TrustServicesSanctions>false</TrustServicesSanctions>
      <DirectorDisqualificationSanction>false</DirectorDisqualificationSanction>
    </SanctionsImposedIndicators>
    <OtherInformation>INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5775567</OtherInformation>
    <UKStatementofReasons>
</UKStatementofReasons>
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Name on list: AL-SHABAAB
Programmes / regimes: Somalia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Listed on: 2010-04-12
Last updated: 2022-01-14
Aliases: AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAAM · AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAMIYA · AL-SHABAAB AL-JIHAAD · HARAKAT AL-SHABAAB AL - MUJAAHIDIIN · HARAKAT SHABAB AL-MUJAHIDIN · HARAKATUL SHABAAB AL MUJAAHIDIIN · HISB'UL SHABAAB · HIZBUL SHABAAB · MUJAAHIDIIN YOUTH MOVEMENT · MUJAHIDEEN YOUTH MOVEMENT (MYM) · MUJAHIDIN AL-SHABAAB MOVEMENT · MUJAHIDIN YOUTH MOVEMENT (+5)
Countries: Somalia
Addresses: Somalia
Identifiers: UN reference: SOe.001
OFSI group ID: 11090
Remarks: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/notice/search/une/5775567 Sanctions imposed: Asset freeze

UN Security CouncilActive listingID 6908033

Source

Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source

Source: UN Security Council
Retrieved: 2026-09-30
Source date: 2010-04-12
Extractor: un-xml-parser

Raw evidence

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      <REFERENCE_NUMBER>SOe.001</REFERENCE_NUMBER>
      <LISTED_ON>2010-04-12</LISTED_ON>
      <COMMENTS1>INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities</COMMENTS1>
      <HAS_INTERPOL_LINK>YES</HAS_INTERPOL_LINK>
      <INTERPOL_LINK>https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities#2014-12944</INTERPOL_LINK>
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        <QUALITY>a.k.a.</QUALITY>
        <ALIAS_NAME>HARAKAT AL - SHABAAB AL - MUJAAHIDIIN</ALIAS_NAME>
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      <ENTITY_ALIAS>
        <QUALITY>a.k.a.</QUALITY>
        <ALIAS_NAME>HARAKATUL SHABAAB AL MUJAAHIDIIN</ALIAS_NAME>
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      <ENTITY_ALIAS>
        <QUALITY>a.k.a.</QUALITY>
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Name on list: AL-SHABAAB
Programmes / regimes: Somalia
Listed on: 2010-04-12
Aliases: AL-SHABAB · SHABAAB · THE YOUTH · MUJAHIDIN AL-SHABAAB MOVEMENT · MUJAHIDEEN YOUTH MOVEMENT · MUJAHIDIN YOUTH MOVEMENT · MYM · HARAKAT SHABAB AL-MUJAHIDIN · HIZBUL SHABAAB · HISB’UL SHABAAB · AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAMIYA · YOUTH WING (+6)
Identifiers: UN reference: SOe.001
Remarks: INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice:https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Entities

Linked parties & vessels (2)

Linked to (sanctions list) (2)

Haleel Commodities L.l.c.Sanctions-listed party · ofac
Source
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OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List
Retrieved
2026-09-30
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sanctions-group/1
Raw evidence
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(Linked To: AL-SHABAAB)
```
Qemat Al Najah General Trading L.l.cSanctions-listed party · ofac
Source
Verified: copied from a structured field of an authoritative source
Source
OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List
Retrieved
2026-09-30
Extractor
sanctions-group/1
Raw evidence
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(Linked To: AL-SHABAAB)
```

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About these lists

OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List (U.S. Department of the Treasury – OFAC): U.S. blocking sanctions on individuals, entities and vessels. Official page.

UK Sanctions List (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office): UK financial, trade and shipping sanctions designations, including specified ships. Official page.

EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List (European Commission (DG FISMA)): Persons, groups and entities subject to EU financial sanctions, with legal acts. Official page.

UN Security Council Consolidated List (United Nations Security Council): Individuals and entities subject to UN Security Council sanctions measures. Official page.

Swiss SECO Sanctions List (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO): Persons, entities and objects subject to Swiss sanctions under the Embargo Act. Official page.

Inclusion on a list is an administrative designation, not a criminal conviction. Designations can be challenged and are periodically reviewed; entries marked “no longer listed” have been removed from the respective list. The legal effect of a listing depends on the jurisdiction and the programme concerned.

Compiled automatically from official public sources. Name similarity is not identity; nothing here is a legal determination or allegation of wrongdoing. Verify against the linked official source before relying on any information.