This news release is issued to publicise the addition of four entries under the Sudan sanctions regime.
The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 have effect in the Isle of Man by the Sanctions (Implementation of UK Sanctions) Regulations 2024 ('the Regulations'), which are made under the Sanctions Act 2024. This regime imposes financial, trade and immigration sanctions for the purpose of giving effect to the Island’s obligations under United Nations Security Council Resolutions including 1556 (2004), 1591 (2005), 2035 (2012) and 2750 (2024) aimed at promoting the peace, stability and security of Sudan, including through the promotion of respect of democracy, the rule of law and good governance, and an end to conflict.
Individuals and entities who are designated under this regime are included on the UK Sanctions List.
Types of sanctions applicable under this regime:
- Asset freeze
- Trade
- Immigration
On 12 December 2025 the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office updated the UK Sanctions List. This list provides details of those designated under sanctions legislation.
Addition
Four entries have been added to the UK Sanctions List and are now subject to an asset freeze. Further information can be found in the Annex to this Notice.
What you must do in relation to additions, amendments or corrections
If, through your sanctions compliance programme, you identify a possible match to a person or entity included in the Sanctions Lists, and you hold or otherwise deal with funds or economic resources of that person:
- You must immediately freeze any assets you hold or otherwise deal with belonging to that person (assets includes funds and economic resources, owned directly or indirectly by that person).
- You must review the information you hold for that person against the Sanctions Lists to establish whether you have a true match or a 'false positive' (see section 8 of the Financial Sanctions General Guidance).
- Where a true match is confirmed, do not deal with those assets or make them available to, or for the benefit of the designated person unless:
- You have a legal exemption
- You have a licence
- You must report the frozen assets to the FIU
If you have a suspicion or knowledge that there has been a breach of sanctions law, or any attempted transactions that you have blocked, report your suspicions to the FIU.
Failure to comply with financial and trade sanctions legislation or to attempting to circumvent its provisions is a criminal offence.
Where a relevant institution has already reported details of accounts, other funds or economic resources held frozen for the designated person, you are not required to report these details again.
Note: determining if a customer is on the Sanctions Lists includes whether any corporate entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person on the Sanctions Lists.
