This week, OFAC listed key leaders and financial facilitators of ISIS and al-Qaida in the Maldives. 20 ISIS, ISIS-Khorasan, and al-Qaida operatives, and 29 associated companies were designated (press release, press release, notice), including: members of the Addu City cell, an ISIS-affiliated cell based in Addu City, Maldives, including its emir, Jinaau Naseem; members of the Maldives-based criminal gang Kuda …
In June 2019, the EU adopted the following measures: Council Decision (CFSP) 2019/993, repealing Decision 2018/1006/CFSP, which revoked the EU’s sanctions regime in the Maldives; Council Decision 2019/1108, which prolonged sectoral sanctions against Russia for 6 months; and Council Decision 2019/1018, which extended existing sanctions against Russia for 1 year in response to the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. Yesterday …