SECO updates SESAM identifiers for listed ISIL financier Hamida Nabaggala
Swiss sanctions-screening teams must update Hamida Nabaggala's corrected date of birth, name spelling and ID number in filters to keep matching the listed ISIL financier
Change
On 10 July 2026, Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) mirrored a UN 1267 Committee amendment into the SESAM database under the ISIL and Al-Qaida Ordinance (SR 946.231.08), correcting the identifying particulars — date of birth, name spelling and identification number — of already-listed individual Hamida Nabaggala (QDi.439), directly applicable in Switzerland.
Why it matters
The amendment does not add or remove a designation; it corrects the identifiers of an individual already subject to the asset freeze, changing her recorded date of birth to 23 February 1989 and updating her name spelling and identification data. Swiss financial institutions screening against the outdated particulars risk both missed matches and false hits, so filter records must be reconciled to the corrected SESAM entry to keep the existing freeze effective.
Implications
- — Sanctions-screening teams at Swiss banks and financial intermediaries must update the record for Hamida Nabaggala (UN reference QDi.439) with the corrected date of birth (23 February 1989), name spelling and national identification number — screening against the superseded particulars can produce missed matches and let prohibited transactions through, breaching the ISIL/Al-Qaida Ordinance.
Who is affected
- — Sanctions-screening teams at Swiss banks and financial intermediaries