Search

Sanctions Screening

Note: Results may include potential matches and should be reviewed in accordance with your internal compliance procedures.

Screening Results

Sanctioned Entity Found

Ahmed Dahir AWEYS

Date of Birth: 1935-01-01

Type: individual

Updated: 2026-06-17 15:58:32

Accuracy: 90

Information:

Nationality: Somalia
Address: Eritrea
Address: Somalia
Birthplace: Somalia
Regime: Somalia
Info: (UK Sanctions List Ref):AQD0194 and SOM0003. (UN Ref):QDi.042 and SOi.002. Listed under the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida and Somalia sanctions regimes. Family background: from the Hawiye's Habergidir, Ayr clan. Senior leader of Al-Itihaad Al-Islamiya (AIAI) (QDe.002) and Hizbul Islam in Somalia. Since 12 April 2010, also subject to the sanctions measures set out in Security Council resolution 1844 (2008) concerning Somalia and Eritrea (see https://www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/751). Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) was concluded on 22 Jun. 2010. Review pursuant to Security Council resolution 2368 (2017) was concluded on 4 Dec. 2019. INTERPOL-UN Security Council Special Notice web link: https://www.interpol.int/en/How-we-work/Notices/View-UN-Notices-Individuals

Source: https://ofsistorage.blob.core.windows.net/publishlive/2022format/ConList.csv

Aweys Ahmed Dahir

Date of Birth: 1935-01-01

Type: individual

Updated: 2026-06-17 15:58:32

Accuracy: 75

Information:

Function: Hassan Dahir Aweys has acted and continues to act as a senior political and ideological leader of a variety of armed opposition groups responsible for repeated violations of the general and complete arms embargo and/or acts that threaten the Djibouti peace agreement, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces. Between June 2006 and September 2007, AWEYSs served as chairman of the central committee of the Islamic Courts Union; in July 2008 he declared himself chairman of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia-Asmara wing; and in May 2009 he was named chairman of Hisbul Islam, an alliance of groups opposed to the TFG. In each of these positions, AWEYS's statements and actions have demonstrated an unequivocal and sustained intention to dismantle the TFG and expel AMISOM by force from Somalia.
Alias: Aweys Hassan Dahir
Alias: Ali Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
Alias: Awes Hassan Dahir
Alias: Awes Shaykh Hassan Dahir
Alias: Aweyes Hassen Dahir
Alias: Aweys Ahmed Dahir
Alias: Aweys Sheikh Hassan Dahir
Alias: Dahir Aweys Hassan
Alias: Ibrahim Mohammed Hassan
Alias: Oais Hassan Tahir
Alias: Uways Hassan Tahir
Birth: 1935-01-01

Source: https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/consolidated-list-of-persons-groups-and-entities-subject-to-eu-financial-sanctions