Abid Kalid Sharif ABID

Iraq; Russia; Syria

1974-05-28

Male

Russia

591609096100 , Tax ID

The Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that Abid Kalid Sharif ABID is an involved person under the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 as he is or has been involved in a relevant activity, namely the instrumentalisation of migration for the purposes of destabilisation based on the following grounds: Ground 1: as part of a group backed by the Government of Russia, he facilitates the travel of individuals in countries like Iraq, Syria, Somalia and Yemen to Finland via Russia for the purpose of causing the destabilisation of Finland and other European Union Member States. Ground 2: as part of a group backed by the Governments of Russia and Belarus, he facilitates the travel of individuals in countries like Iraq and Syria to Poland via Belarus for the purpose of causing the destabilisation of Poland and other European Union Member States. Ground 3: as part of a group backed by the Government of Russia, he facilitates the travel of individuals in countries like Bangladesh, Iraq, India and Yemen to Ukraine via Russia for the purpose of causing the destabilisation of Ukraine as the individuals are deployed to fight for Russia in its war of aggression in Ukraine.

UK

Asset freeze, Travel Ban, Director Disqualification Sanction

2026-05-05

UK

The Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025

UK horizontal

Human Rights

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

The global irregular migration and trafficking in persons sanctions (GIM) regime was established on 23 July 2025 via the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025. The primary legislation underpinning the Regulations is the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018. The sanctions regime allows the UK government to impose sanctions to tackle people-smuggling, trafficking in persons and the instrumentalisation of migration for the purpose of destabilisation around the world. The regime is not intended to target individual countries or individual migrants. Rather, it is intended to target those that exploit some of the most vulnerable in society, putting lives at risk for their own gain and profiting from the dangerous smuggling and trafficking of innocent people. The measures which can be imposed under the GIM sanctions regime are travel bans, asset freezes, and director disqualifications.