ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida terrorist organisations

Purpose of the Sanctions Regime

This sanctions regime gives effect to obligations under United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2368 (2017) and imposes certain measures against those for the time being named on the UNSC’s ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida sanctions list.

UNSC Resolution 2368 (2017) currently imposes the asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo affecting all individuals and entities named on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List.

UNSC Resolution 2368 (2017) notes that the asset freeze requirements apply to financial transactions involving any funds, economic resources or income-generating activities that benefit individuals, groups, undertakings and entities on the ISIL (Da’esh) & Al-Qaida Sanctions List, including, but not limited to, trade in petroleum products, natural resources, chemical or agricultural products, weapons, or antiquities by listed individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, kidnapping for ransom, and the proceeds of other crimes including, trafficking in persons, extortion and bank robbery.

Overview of current sanctions measures

Current sanctions measures implemented by Jersey in relation to ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida include:

• asset freezes and restrictions on making funds, financial services, and economic resources available to designated persons and entities associated with ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida
• prohibitions against the export, supply and/or delivery, the making available of, or the transfer of military goods and military technologies
• prohibitions against the provision of technical assistance, financial services and funds, or brokering services, relating to military goods and military technology
• prohibition against enabling or facilitating conduct of armed hostilities

Latest news

07 November 2025

The UK Sanctions List has been updated. All current asset-freezing sanctions designations effective in Jersey are available on the OFSI Consolidated List of financial sanctions targets. Further information can be found on Jersey Gazette. 

21 October 2025

The UNSC Sanctions List has been amended with immediate effect in Jersey. Further information can be found on the Jersey Gazette.

16 October 2025

The UNSC Sanctions List has been amended with immediate effect in Jersey. Further information can be found on the Jersey Gazette.

*All published Latest News notices relating to financial sanctions, including those extending beyond the last 30 days, may be obtained from the Jersey Gazette.

Jersey regime

The Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021 (the Jersey Order) implements the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the UK Regulations).

Article 3 of the Jersey Order imposes the asset-freeze provisions in Part 3 of the Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019 (the SAFL) on any person listed by or under the UK Regulations. The Part 3 provisions also include, but are not limited to, Articles 15-17 of the SAFL on exceptions, licences, and circumventing prohibitions etc.

Offences

The offences for this regime are set out in both the SAFL and the Jersey Order.

Reporting obligations

Reporting obligations are set out at Article 32 of the SAFL and apply to all regimes in force. These obligations include requirements for a relevant financial institution to inform the Minister if:

• it holds an account of a person, has entered into dealings or an agreement with a person or has been approached by or on behalf of a person, and
• it knows, or has reasonable cause to suspect, that the person:
  • is a designated person, or;
  • has committed, is committing or intends to commit an offence under the SAFL, and
• the information or other matter on which the knowledge or reasonable cause for suspicion is based came to it in the course of carrying on its business.

Licences and exceptions

A Jersey General Licence, granted by the Minister, allows multiple parties to conduct specified activities that sanctions measures would otherwise restrict. Supervised persons must ensure that their activities are within the scope of the General Licence's terms and adhere to all its conditions.

The Minister may also grant a specific licence under the SAFL and/or the Jersey Order.

To apply for a specific sanctions licence, a supervised person must complete the relevant Sanctions form and return it to [email protected].

The FSIU provides guidance on sanctions licences and exceptions on the Government of Jersey website Sanctions licences and exceptions.

Legal acts

Jersey

• Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Jersey) Law 2019
• Sanctions and Asset-Freezing (Implementation of External Sanctions) (Jersey) Order 2021

United Kingdom

• The ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
• The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
• The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020
• The Sanctions (EU Exit) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No.3) Regulations 2020

United Nations Security Council Resolutions:

• UNSCR 1267 (1999)
• UNSC Resolution 1333 (2000)
• UNSC Resolution 1390 (2002)
• UNSCR 1989 (2011)
• UNSCR 2253 (2015)
• UNSCR 2368 (2017)
• UNSCR 2610 (2021)
• UNSCR 2734 (2024)

Further information

Useful information is provided on gov.uk regarding Financial sanctions, ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida

Sanctions evasion typologies examples: UNSC Monitoring reports