Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1998 of 7 December 2020 concerning restrictive measures against serious human rights violations and abuses
a.k.a. Zhu Jack 朱中彪 (Chinese) ジュ・チュオンビャオ (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image ស្វាយ ជុងទិព្យោ (Khmer) Position(s): Chairman of Jin Bei Group Nationality: China, Cambodia DOB: 23.12.1981 Gender: male Address: Village 4, Sangkat 4, Preah Sihanouk City, Cambodia Zhu Zhongbaio is the Chairman of the Jin Bei Group. The Jin Bei Group is a conglomerate that builds casinos and scam centre compounds in Cambodia. Zhu Zhongbaio is involved in serious human rights violations in Cambodia due to his role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The Jin Bei Group network has a network of casinos and related companies in Sihanoukville in Cambodia, including Jin Bei 4, a scam centre compound that perpetrates cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes. Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims from different countries are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, torture, kidnapping, and illegal detention within those compounds. Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Furthermore, the Jin Bei Group and its related entities are associated with the Prince Holding Group, a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate based in Cambodia that builds scam centre compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma through different front companies. Therefore, Zhu Zhongbaio is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. 30.7.2026
Saw San AUNG
索桑昂 (Chinese) ソー・サン・アウン (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image စောစံအောင် (Burmese/Myanmar) Position(s): Chief of Staff of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army Nationality: Myanmar/Burma Date of birth: 28.7.1968 Gender: male Saw San Aung is among the leaders of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds. DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment. The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw San Aung is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw San Aung is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026
Sai Kyaw HLA
a.k.a. Ko Sai 赛因乔拉 (Chinese) サイン・チョー・ラ (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image စိုင်းကျော်ဠ (Burmese/Myanmar) Position(s): Major General and Chairman of the Central Economic Committee of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army Nationality: Myanmar/Burma Date of birth: 6.9.1971 POB: Myanmar/Burma Gender: male Sai Kyaw Hla is Major General and Chairman of the Central Economic Committee of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds. DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment. The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Sai Kyaw Hla is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Sai Kyaw Hla is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026
Saw STEEL
索斯蒂 (Chinese) ソー・スティー (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image စောစတီး (Burmese/Myanmar) Position(s): Patron of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army’s Central Advisory Council; former Commander-in-chief of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army Nationality: Myanmar/Burma Date of birth: 27.3.1961 Gender: male Saw Steel is the Patron of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army’s (DKBA) Central Advisory Council and former Commander-in-Chief of the DKBA, a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds. DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment. The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw Steel is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw Steel is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026
Saw Sein WIN
盛温 (Chinese) セイン・ウィン (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image စိန်ဝင်း (Burmese/Myanmar) Position(s): Adjutant-General of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army Nationality: Myanmar/Burma Date of birth: 1956 Gender: male Saw Sein Win is Adjutant-General of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds. DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment. The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw Sein Win is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw Sein Win is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026
Saw Eh Le HTOO
索依李图 (Chinese) ソー・イリトゥー (Japanese) Image omitted; see official source Text of image စောအိလိထူး (Burmese/Myanmar) Position(s): Colonel in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army and operator of Deeko Park scam centre compound Nationality: Myanmar/Burma Gender: male Saw Eh Le Htoo is a colonel in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), a Myanmar/Burmese armed group controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma–Thailand border. The DKBA is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. In addition, Saw Eh Le Htoo is reported to be operating the Deeko Park scam centre compound. The DKBA has allowed scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. In those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Reports from victims indicate abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment inside those compounds. DKBA soldiers have also been reported to participate in violence against trafficked individuals, including beatings of handcuffed trafficked individuals. Those who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to intimidation, violence, and other forms of severe mistreatment. The DKBA supports and protects cyber-scam centres, provides security for compounds such as the Tai Chang and Deeko Park compound, enables their continued operation, and actively benefits from the revenues generated by those criminal activities. Therefore, Saw Eh Le Htoo is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. Saw Eh Le Htoo is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026 (*1)
Article 5 (-1) shall not apply to entries identified with an asterisk.
- B. Legal persons, entities and bodies Name (Transliteration into Latin script) Name Identifying information Reasons for listing Date of listing
Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Public Security Bureau
新疆生产建设兵团公安局 (Chinese spelling) Address: 106 Guangming Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China Telephone: +86 991 598 8114 Type of entity: Governmental Agency Place of registration: 106 Guangming Road, Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China Date of registration: April 1984 Principal place of business: Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), China Associated individuals: Guangqiu YANG 杨光秋 (2.2017-2.2023); Zhiyong GONG 龚志勇 (Since 2.2023-); CPC Secretary/Police Chief/Chief Inspector of the XPCC Public Security Bureau; The Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) Public Security Bureau is in charge of implementing all policies of the XPCC relating to security matters, including the management of detention centres. The XPCC is a state-owned economic and paramilitary organisation in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which exercises administrative authority and controls economic activities in Xinjiang. As the organisation in charge of security policies within the XPCC, the XPCC Public Security Bureau is responsible for serious human rights violations in China, in particular large-scale arbitrary detentions and degrading treatment inflicted upon Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities, as well as systematic violations of their freedom of religion or belief, linked, inter alia, to the XPCC’s implementation of a large-scale surveillance, detention and indoctrination programme targeting Muslim ethnic minorities. As part of the aforementioned programme, the XPCC uses Uyghurs and people from other Muslim ethnic minorities as a forced workforce, in particular in cotton fields. As the organisation in charge of security policies within the XPCC, the XPCC Public Security Bureau is responsible for the systematic use of forced labour. 22.3.2021
Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office (a.k.a. Office of the Prosecutor of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK))
The Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office is an institution which oversees all criminal proceedings in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including investigation, interrogation, pre-trial detention and trial. The Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office is used to prosecute and punish persons for political wrongdoing in fundamentally unfair trials. It also carries institutional responsibility for serious human rights violations in ordinary prisons and interrogation detention centres by failing to enforce the rights of pre-trial detainees and convicted prisoners. In close cooperation with the Ministries of State Security and of Social Security, it bears responsibility for and provides legitimacy to serious human rights violations committed by the DPRK security apparatus, in particular torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, enforced disappearances of persons, and arbitrary arrests or detentions. 22.3.2021
Kaniyat Militia (f.k.a. 7th Brigade, Tarhuna 7th Brigade, Tarhuna Brigade) (a.k.a. 9th Brigade, Al-Kani Militia, Al-Kaniyat, Kani Brigade, Kaniat, Kaniyat, Kanyat)
مليشيا كانيات (Arabic spelling)
The Kaniyat Militia is a Libyan armed militia, which exercised control in the Libyan town of Tarhuna between 2015 and June 2020. Mass graves attributed to the Kaniyat Militia have been discovered in Tarhuna since June 2020, after the militia fled to eastern Libya. The Kaniyat Militia is responsible for serious human rights abuses, in particular extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances of persons. 22.3.2021
National Security Office (a.k.a. National Security Agency) of the Government of Eritrea
- Headed by Major General Abraha Kassa The National Security Office (a.k.a. National Security Agency) of the Government of Eritrea is headed by Major General Abraha Kassa and is under the supervision of the Office of the President. The National Security Office is organised into six offices, each of which is divided into three sections responsible for intelligence, arrests and interrogations, respectively. The National Security Office is responsible for serious human rights violations in Eritrea, in particular arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances of persons and torture committed by its agents. 22.3.2021
Wagner Group (a.k.a. Vagner Group, PMC Wagner, Liga, League)
Группа Вагнера (a.k.a ЧВК ‘Вагнер’) (Russian spelling)
The Wagner Group is a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity, which was established in 2014 as a successor organisation of the Slavonic Corps. It was led by Dimitriy Utkin and financed by Yevgeny Prigozhin. Through the setting-up of local entities, and with the support of local governments, the Wagner Group finances and conducts its operations. The Wagner Group is responsible for serious human rights abuses in Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic (CAR), Sudan, Mali and Mozambique, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings. 13.12.2021
Lobaye Invest SARLU
Place of registration: Bangui (Central African Republic) Date of registration: 24.10.2017 Registration number: M 354838 D 0001 (‘NIF’ number, Tax identification number) Principal place of business: Central African Republic Other information: Branch of M-Finans Lobaye Invest SARLU is a private company registered in the Central African Republic (CAR), subsidiary of the Russian company M-Finans, which was controlled by Yevgeny Prigozhin. It is managed by Dimitri Sytii, a senior Wagner Group executive and by Yevgeny Khodotov, who was associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin. Lobaye Invest operates gold and diamond mines in CAR. It has been linked to the Wagner Group’s operations in CAR. It also finances several media outlets, such as the radio station Lengo Sengo, a Central African radio station conducting disinformation campaigns and promoting the Wagner Group’s presence in CAR. Lobaye Invest is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including the CAR. Through its activities, Lobaye Invest also provides support for such abuses committed in CAR. 25.2.2023
DIAMVILLE
Date of registration: 28.3.2019 Registration number: CA/BG2019B519 Principal place of business: Central African Republic Other information: associated individuals and entities: Yevgeny Prigozhin (deceased), Wagner Group, Dimitri Sytii, Valery Zakharov, Perfilev, Svetlana Troitskaya, Lobaye Invest Diamville is a screen company used by the Wagner Group present in the Central African Republic (CAR) to illegally trade diamonds. It is closely linked to all major actors of the Wagner Group in CAR, such as Dimitri Sytii and formerly Yevgeny Prigozhin. Diamville is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including the CAR. Through its activities, it provides support for such abuses committed in CAR. 25.2.2023
Foundation for the Defence of National Values (FDNV)
Fund for the Defence of National Values (FDNV) Foundation/organization for the Protection of National Values (FPNV)/(FZNC) Foundation for National Values Protection Organization for the Protection of National Values
Place of registration: Moscow (64 Zemlyanoy Val str., building 2, office 201, Moscow, Russian Federation) Website: https://en.fznc.ru/ Registration number: 1197700003137 Individual Taxpayer Number: 7709448606 The Foundation for the Defence of National Values (FDNV) is associated with the Wagner Group. The FDNV operates as the public relations arm of the Wagner Group. It steers pro-Wagner Group propaganda and disinformation campaigns, including to enhance the reputation of the Wagner Group and support its deployment, and engages in covert interference on behalf of the Wagner Group in the various countries that it is active in. The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic. FDNV is associated with the Wagner Group and is responsible for supporting and encouraging the acts of the Wagner Group through pro-Wagner Group propaganda, political interference and disinformation. 25.2.2023
Radio Centrafricaine Lengo Sengo
Place of registration: Bangui, Central African Republic Date of registration: November 2018 Principal place of business: Galabadja Bangui, Commune de Bangui Galabadja, 8eme Arr. [GPS]-> 4.4070, 18.5465 Radio Lengo Sengo is a Central African radio station engaged in online influence operations on behalf of the Wagner Group. Its ultimate objective is to manipulate public opinion. The company conducts disinformation campaigns and promotes the Wagner Group’s presence in the Central African Republic (CAR). Radio Lengo Sengo is financed by Lobaye Invest, a private company formerly linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin and connected to the Wagner Group that serves as a cover for its activities in CAR. The Wagner Group is listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings in several countries including CAR. Radio Lengo Sengo is responsible for supporting and encouraging the acts of the Wagner Group in CAR. 25.2.2023
Meroe Gold Co. Ltd
(a.k.a.: Meroe For Agricultural & Animal Production; Al-Solag; Al-Sarraj Mining Company Ltd; Al-Sawlaj Mining Company Ltd; Al-Solaj Mining Company; Al-Soladzh Mining Company; Al-Solag Mining Company; Sullaj Mining Company; Al-Sullaj; Al-Solage; Solange; Sullag)
Place of registration: Al-jref Gharb Plot 134 Blok 1h, Khartoum, Sudan Other information: Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores Associated with: Al Sawlaj for Mining Ltd Image omitted; see official source Aswar Multi Activities Co., Ltd Meroe Gold is a cover entity for, and closely linked to, the Wagner Group’s operations in Sudan. By being affiliated with the Sudanese military, the Wagner Group secured the exploiting and exporting of Sudanese gold to Russia. Meroe Gold is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including Sudan. Through its activities, Meroe Gold also provides support for such abuses committed in Sudan. 25.2.2023
M-Invest
Place of registration: d. 76 korp. 4 litera A ofis N620, prospekt Obukhovskoi Oborony St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Registration number: 1177847044066 Principal place of business: Khartoum, Sudan Other information: Tax ID number: 7811636632; Government gazette number: 06513574 M-Invest is a cover entity for the Wagner Group’s operations in Sudan. It was closely linked to Yevgeny Prigozhin. By being affiliated with the Sudanese military, the Wagner Group secured the exploiting and exporting of Sudanese gold to Russia. M-Invest is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including Sudan. Through its activities, M-Invest also provides support for such abuses committed in Sudan. 25.2.2023
Sewa Security Services
Place of registration: Bangui (Central African Republic) Principal place of business: Central African Republic Other information: subsidiary of Lobaye Invest Sewa Security Services is a Central African Republic (CAR)-based private company that provides protection for senior CAR government officials. It serves as a cover for the Wagner Group’s activities in CAR. It is a subsidiary of Lobaye Invest, managed by Dimitri Sytii, a senior Wagner Group executive and by Yevgeny Khodotov, who was associated with Yevgeny Prigozhin. Sewa Security has been involved alongside the Wagner Group in a series of violent attacks that have occurred in CAR since the presidential elections of December 2020. Sewa Security is associated with the Wagner Group, listed for serious human rights abuses, which include torture and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings, in several countries, including CAR. Through its activities, Sewa Security Services also provides support for such abuses committed in CAR. 25.2.2023
Qarchak Prison
a.k.a. Gharchak Prison, Zendân-e-Qarchak, Qarchak Women’s Prison, Shahr-e Rey Prison زندان قرچک (Farsi spelling) Place of registration: Varamin County, Tehran province, Iran Date of registration: 2010 Qarchak Prison is one of the Iranian regime’s detention facilities for women in Varamin County (Teheran province). Detainees include political prisoners and participants in peaceful pro-democracy protests as well as pregnant women and mothers with children. Living conditions in Qarchak Prison are deplorable and inhumane. Female detainees in Qarchak prison are subject to torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence. They are held in overcrowded cells, without access to clean drinking water, food and medical assistance, amounting to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Released prisoners report instances of sexual abuse by prison guards and security personnel. Female protesters sent to Qarchak prison are often threatened with rape to extract confessions. Qarchak Prison is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment as well as systematic sexual and gender-based violence. 7.3.2023
Syrian Republican Guard
Place of registration: Syria Associated individuals: Brigadier General Mohamed Qasem (deputy commander), General Malik Aliaa (supreme commander), Mohammad Nayouf, Mohamed Kaddor (commanders), President Bashar Al-Assad The Syrian Republican Guard is an entity responsible for the security of officials and is part of the Syrian security forces. In its ranks, sexual and gender-based violence against women is widespread, particularly during the ongoing Syrian conflict. Victims have reported violent rapes and torture after arbitrary arrests and during arbitrary detention. The Syrian Republican Guard is part of a systematic approach by the Syrian regime to use sexual and gender-based violence to repress and intimidate the Syrian people, in particular women and girls. The Syrian Republican Guard is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Syria, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrests or detentions, as well as widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 7.3.2023
Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA)
Place of registration: Naypyitaw, Myanmar/Burma The Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (OCMSA) is responsible for the management of detention and interrogation centres in Myanmar/Burma and tasked with intelligence gathering. OCMSA staff uses forced nudity, rape, electro-shocks, burning of genitalia and excessive violence during the arbitrary detention and interrogation of men, women and members of the LGBTIQ community. Therefore, the OCMSA is responsible for serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma, including arbitrary detentions and torture, as well as for systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 7.3.2023
Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow [^E0002]
Главное Управление Внутренних дел по городу Москве (Russian spelling) Address: 127994, Moscow, 38 Petrovka St., Russia Telephone: +8 (495) 694-92-29 Website: https://77.xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai/ The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow is comprised of police forces, criminal investigators, detention facilities, the Center for Combating Extremism and other law enforcement units in Moscow. It is headed by Oleg Baranov. It monitored and arbitrarily detained independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It also tracked down and detained draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. To these ends, it employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression. Therefore, it is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023
Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow
Департамент Информационных Технологий города Москвы (Russian spelling) Address: (Legal) Russia, 123100 Moscow, 1-Y Krasnogvardeyskiy Proyezd, 21, bld 1; (Actual) Russia, 105064 Moscow Yakovoapostol’skiy Pereulok, 12с1 Telephone: + 7 (495) 957-01-31 Fax: + 7 (495) 957-75-42 Email: dit@mos.ru Website: https://www.mos.ru/dit/ Telegram: t.me/dit_moscow The Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow develops and uses the facial recognition system in Moscow. It transmits data from the facial recognition system to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression. It used it to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow is responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023
Ntechlab [^E0002]
Нтехлаб (Russian spelling) Address: 127055, Russia, Moscow, Novolesnaya St., 2, prem. 1/3 (BC ‘Brigantina Hall’) Telephone: +7 (499) 110-22-54 Email: info@ntechlab.ru Website: https://ntechlab.ru/ NtechLab is a Russian facial recognition technology company. It has cooperated with the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow in the development of the facial recognition system in Moscow. The data from the facial recognition system is transmitted to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression. It used it to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, NtechLab is responsible for providing technical or material support for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023
Tevian
a.k.a. Tekhnologii Videoanaliza LLC [^E0002] ООО Технологии видеоанализа (Russian spelling) Address: (legal) 119634 Moscow, Skulptora Mukhina St. 7, 1st floor, II, room 2B, Russia; (office) 119048, Moscow, Efremova St., 10, building 2, Office 11, Russia Telephone: +7 (917) 531-86-41 Website: https://tevian.ai Email: info@tevian.ru; support@tevian.ai Tevian is a facial recognition technology company. It has cooperated with the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow in the development of the facial recognition system in Moscow. The data from the facial recognition system is transmitted to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression. It used it to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Tevian is responsible for providing technical or material support for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023
JSC Elektronnaya Moskva [^E0002]
AO ‘Электронная Москва’ (Russian spelling) Address: (Actual) 105064, Moscow, Nizhny Susalny pereulok, building 5, building 19, floor a1, room X, room 1 (Legal) 105064, Moscow, Nizhny Susalny lane, 5, building 19, floor a1, room X, room 1 (Postal) 107078, Moscow, PO Box 185 Telephone: +7 (495) 988-2270 Email: e-moskva@e-moskva.ru Website: https://www.e-moskva.ru/ INN no. 7707314029 Elektronnaya Moskva is an ICT company established by the Government of Moscow. It organised tenders for the supply of facial recognition software, which was later used in the implementation of the facial recognition system in Moscow. The facial recognition system in Moscow has been developed and used by the Department of Information Technologies of the City of Moscow. The data from the system has been transmitted to the law enforcement units of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow. The Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow employed the facial recognition system in Moscow as a tool of repression. It used it to monitor and arbitrarily detain independent journalists and opposition activists who participated in peaceful protests in support of Alexei Navalny, against corruption of the government of Russia and in opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The facial recognition system was also used by the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the City of Moscow to track down and detain draftees seeking to evade mobilisation for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Therefore, Elektronnaya Moskva is responsible for providing technical or material support for serious human rights violations in Russia, including arbitrary arrests or detentions, and violations or abuses of freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. 20.7.2023
Safe Internet League [^E0002]
Лига безопасного интернета (Russian spelling) Address: Usovo, flat 100, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 143084 Telephone: +7 8 800 700-56-76 Email: info@ligainternet.ru Website: https://ligainternet.ru Associated individuals: Ekaterina Mikhailovna Mizulina; Konstantin Valerevich Malofeev Safe Internet League is a Russian para-governmental organisation co-founded by the owner of the Tsargrad TV channel Konstantin Malofeev, with support from the Russian government. Safe Internet League allows the Russian government to reinforce censorship practices by silencing Internet content creators and artists, who make content not consistent with the official line of the Russian government. Safe Internet League makes official complaints to the Russian law enforcement agencies against Russian Internet content creators, i.e. bloggers, as well as musicians, celebrities and influencers. Using the threat of imposing punitive or economic measures, Safe Internet League is trying to make Internet content creators and artists either to delete anti-government content or to create content in favour of the Russian government and praising its policies. Therefore, Safe Internet League is responsible for serious and systematic abuses of freedom of opinion and expression, which are also of serious concern with regards to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 29.1.2024
IK-3 penal colony
a.k.a. The Federal State Institution ‘Correctional Colony No. 3’ (IK-3); IK-3 men’s maximum security correctional colony; Polar Wolf [^E0002] ФКУ ИК-3 a.k.a Полярный волк (Russian spelling) Address: 629420, st. Gagarina, 1 A, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Kharp village Date of registration: 1961 Principal place of business: Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russian Federation Associated individuals: Head of the IK-3 penal colony, Colonel Vadim Konstantinovich KALININ IK-3 is a penal colony in the Russian correctional services, which is run by Vadim Kalinin. As part of the Russian penal system, it is under the authority of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The IK-3 penal colony is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners as well as the poor quality of medical services. Alexei Navalny, who was held in the IK-3 penal colony from 25 December 2023 until his death on 16 February 2024, suffered abuse in the IK-3 penal colony, including through solitary confinement in a punishment cell and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, leading to the severe deterioration of his health and his eventual death. The IK-3 penal colony is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the systematic violation of the freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024
IK-6 penal colony
a.k.a. Penal colony No. 6, Vladimir Oblast; IK-6 Melekhovo; Melekhovo correctional colony [^E0002] ИК-6 Мелехово a.k.a. ФКУ ‘ИК № 6 УФСИН по Владимирской области’ (Russian spelling) Address: village of Melekhovo (Vladimir region), Kovrovsky district, at Pervomaiskaya str., 261-A. Type of entity: Russian men’s correctional colony Place of registration: Russia Date of registration: 1959 IK-6 is a penal colony in the Russian correctional services, which is run by Dmitry Nozhkin. As part of the Russian penal system, it is under the authority of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. The IK-6 penal colony is known for exerting physical and psychological pressure, full isolation, torture and violence on prisoners. Alexei Navalny, who was held in the IK-6 penal colony from June 2022 to 25 December 2023, suffered abuse in the IK-6 penal colony, including through solitary confinement in a punishment cell and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, leading to the severe deterioration of his health. The IK-6 penal colony is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and the systematic violation of the freedom of opinion and expression. 22.3.2024
Al-Quds Brigades
a.k.a. Sarāyā al-Quds سرايا القدس (Arabic spelling) Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon The Al-Quds Brigades are the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organisation which is subject to Union restrictive measures. On 7 October 2023, Al-Quds Brigades fighters committed jointly with Hamas brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. In so doing, they also committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using it as a weapon of war. Notably, Al-Quds Brigades fighters were involved in attacks on kibbutzim such as Kfar Aza and Nahal Oz, where grave forms of sexual and gender-based violence were committed including rape, murder of female infants and the targeted abduction of women and girls. The Al-Quds Brigades are therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 12.4.2024
Nukhba Force
a.k.a. Al-Nukhba نخبة (Arabic spelling) Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon The Nukhba Force is a special forces unit of the Hamas terrorist organisation which is subject to Union restrictive measures. On 7 October 2023, Nukhba Force fighters committed brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. In so doing, they also committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using it as a weapon of war. Notably, Nukhba Force fighters infiltrated, amongst others, the Kibbutz Kfar Aza and paraglided into Re’im (Nova) music festival. In both places, Nukhba Force fighters committed widespread and systematic sexual and gender-based violence, including the rape and subsequent murder of female minors, mutilation of corpses as well as genital mutilation. The Nukhba Force is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 12.4.2024
Qassam Brigades
a.k.a. Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades; AQB
Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon The Qassam Brigades are the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organisation which is subject to Union restrictive measures. On 7 October 2023, Qassam Brigades fighters committed brutal and indiscriminate terrorist attacks across Israel. In so doing, they also committed widespread sexual and gender-based violence in a systematic manner, using it as a weapon of war, including the sexual abuse of minors and corpses, genital mutilations and the targeted abduction of women and girls. The Qassam Brigades are therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence, which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 12.4.2024
Lehava
a.k.a. Prevention of Assimilation in the Holy Land להב"ה (Hebrew spelling) Telephone: 079-9130000 Email: o.leava@gmail.com Website: www.lehava-us.com; vod.leava.co.il Lehava is a radical right-wing Jewish supremacist group led by its founder Ben-Zion ‘Bentzi’ Gopstein. Lehava uses violence and incites violence against Palestinians, Christians and Messianic Jews, for example, Lehava members chanted ‘death to Arabs’ and called to pick up arms during rallies. Lehava organises violent protests against Jewish-Muslim weddings and the LGBTQI community. Lehava members harass and assault Arab-Jewish couples. Lehava is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, in particular systematic advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred which constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence which is also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 19.4.2024
Hilltop Youth (a.k.a. No’ar HaGva’ot)
נוער הגבעות (Hebrew spelling) Associated individuals: Meir Mordechai Ettinger; Elisha Yered Hilltop Youth is a radical youth group consisting of members known for violent acts against Palestinians and their villages in the West Bank. The group establishes unauthorised outposts on hilltops in the West Bank and engages in settler violence through so-called ‘price tag attacks’. This settler violence, including physical and psychosocial harassment, beatings, murder and demolition of property, against Palestinians and their villages is of a systematic nature and has led to the forcible transfer of entire communities. Hilltop Youth is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, as well as serious violations or abuses of the right to property and the right to private and family life of Palestinians in the West Bank, which are also of serious concern with regard to the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 19.4.2024
Moshe’s Farm (a.k.a. Tirza Valley Farm Outpost)
החווה של משה (Hebrew spelling) Address: West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories Date of registration: 2021 Associated individuals: Moshe Sharvit Moshe’s Farm, also known as Tirza Valley Farm, is owned by Israeli settler Moshe Sharvit, and was founded by him in 2020. Moshe Sharvit is engaged in settler violence and threats towards Palestinian residents in shepherding communities close to his hilltop outpost in the West Bank. Moshe’s Farm is an illegal outpost located approximately 1,5 kilometers southeast of the Hamra settlement, in the West Bank. Moshe’s Farm has expanded since its founding, and currently includes several residential buildings, a guest lodge for travellers and an events complex. The guest lodge can accommodate up to 100 people, and all buildings were set up without permits and are thus illegal. Since the establishment of Moshe’s Farm, it has been a hub of violence and harassment against Palestinian shepherding communities and been the base from which Moshe Sharvit and other farm residents perpetrate violence and harassment against Palestinians. On 6 March 2025, a Jerusalem court barred Sharvit from approaching a Palestinian family’s compound near his West Bank outpost, following repeated assaults and harassment. Therefore, Moshe’s Farm is an entity associated with Moshe Sharvit, listed for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuse of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024
Zvi’s Farm
החווה של צבי (Hebrew spelling) Address: Halamish, West Bank, Occupied Palestinian Territories Associated individuals: Zvi Bar Yosef Zvi’s Farm is an illegal, unauthorised farming outpost on Palestinian territory, close to Halamish, in the West Bank. Zvi’s Farm is situated in a stretch of the West Bank which is under full Israeli military control and is home to Palestinian residents. Zvi’s Farm is operated by Zvi Bar Yosef, who uses the outpost as a base from which he perpetrates violence against Palestinian residents and prevents Palestinian farmers from accessing and using their lands. The outpost has taken over some 2 500 dunams / 620 acres that were cultivated by the villages of Jibya, Kaubar (Kobar) and Umm Safa. In 2019, 2021 and 2023, Zvi Bar Yosef repeatedly attacked and committed acts of violence against Palestinians from those villages, causing severe injuries to some of them. Therefore, Zvi’s Farm is an entity associated with Zvi Bar Yosef, listed for serious and systematic human rights abuses, including abuses of the right to physical and mental integrity, the right to property and the right to private and family life. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024
Tzav 9 (a.k.a. Tsav 9; Order 9)
Website: https://www.tzav9.co.il/faq Tzav 9 is an Israeli group of violent activists co-founded in January 2024 by Reut Ben Haim and Aviad Shlomo Sarid. Reut Ben Haim and Yossef (Sefi) Ben Haim currently head the group. According to its website, Tzav 9’s two main missions are to block supply trucks delivering humanitarian aid, including food, water and fuel, to Gaza and to tarnish the legitimacy of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Israel. Since January 2024, Tzav 9 has regularly blocked humanitarian aid trucks. On 18 January 2024, the group carried out the first blockages of aid deliveries at Kerem Shalom. On 13 May 2024 at Tarqumiyah checkpoint, Tzav 9 participated in a violent protest against a truck driver. On 16 May 2024 in the West Bank, Tzav 9 was involved in an attack against a food truck. Other incidents took place, inter alia, in the areas of Kerem Shalom and Nitzana. Tzav 9 activists intercepted aid trucks on 22, 27 and 31 May, 13, 17 and 19 July and 4 and 6 August 2025, at Allenby crossing, at Ashdod port and on the way thereto, notably in Arad and Dimona. The actions carried out include violent protests, attacks against food trucks and the destruction of food. Those actions contributed further to the already dire situation of the civilian population in Gaza. Therefore, Tzav 9 is responsible for serious human rights abuses, including abuse of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity. Those abuses are also of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 15.7.2024
Kokorat San Ras
Type of entity: Haitian gang operating mostly in the Artibonite and North West region Kokorat San Ras is a gang operating in Haiti that came into existence and gained strength between 2015 and 2017. It operates in specific areas (Artibonite/North-West) and its influence keeps on growing. Kokorat San Ras is well known for its use of violent attacks and physical aggression in order to gain control of more areas. During those attacks, rape and other violence against women are a common weapon. Kokorat San Ras is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024
Onsong County MSS Detention Centre
Type of entity: detention centre Place of registration: Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Onsong County MSS Detention Centre is a detention facility in North Hamgyong Province of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The facility is managed by the DPRK’s general police force, the Ministry of People’s Security (MPS), and is staffed by MPS state officials and correctional officers. In the Onsong County MSS Detention Centre, torture is an established part of the interrogation process, used to extract a full confession of those arbitrarily detained. Examples of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment include the prolonged denial of food, starvation, denial of medical assistance, lack of hygiene, positional torture. Detainees in the Onsong County MSS Detention Centre are also subject to rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, such as enslavement, invasive body searches, forced abortions, and systematic targeting of women’s capacity to reproduce. The Onsong County MSS Detention Centre is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, arbitrary arrest or detention, as well as other human rights violations, including systematic and widespread sexual and gender-based violence. 22.7.2024
Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade (a.k.a. Suleiman Shah Brigade, al-Amshat, Amshat)
فرقة السلطان سليمان شاه (Arabic spelling) Associated individual(s): Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim The Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade is an armed militia created in 2016, active in the Syrian civil war. It was founded in 2016 in Jarabulus by Muhammad Hussein al-Jasim, also known as Abu Amsha and claims to have more than 2 000 fighters, mainly Turkmen. In March 2025, the Sultan Sulaiman Shah Brigade took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing arbitrary killings of civilians. Sultan Sulaiman Shah brigade is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including arbitrary killings of civilians. 28.5.2025
The Hamza Division (a.k.a. Hamzat)
فرقة الحمزة (Arabic spelling) Associated individual(s): Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr The Hamza Division is an armed militia created in 2016 and operating in Syria. Throughout the Syrian civil war, the Hamza Division has been responsible for numerous acts of torture in its detention centres, for extortion and for forced displacement of civilians, especially in the region of Afrin and Aleppo. In March 2025, the Hamza Division, under Sayf Boulad Abu Bakr’s command, took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing arbitrary killings of civilians. The Hamza division is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including torture and arbitrary killings. 28.5.2025.
The Sultan Murad Division
فرقة السلطان مراد (Arabic spelling)
The Sultan Murad Division is an armed militia established in 2013 and operating during the Syrian Civil War. The Sultan Murad Division is affiliated with the Syrian National Army (SNA) and claims to have between 5 000 and 10 000 fighters. Before the fall of President al-Assad’s regime, the Sultan Murad Division participated in operations targeting Syria’s Kurdish community and the Syrian Democratic Forces, using torture, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearance and the ill-treatment of prisoners. The Sultan Murad Division also participated in military operations outside Syria, including in Libya, the Nagorno-Karabakh region and Niger. In March 2025, the Sultan Murad Division took part in the violence in the coastal region of Syria, targeting civilians and especially the Alawite community, including by committing inhuman treatment and arbitrary killings of civilians. The Sultan Murad Division is therefore responsible for serious human rights abuses in Syria, including torture, inhuman treatment and arbitrary killings of civilians. 28.5.2025
The Zindashti Network a.k.a. Zindashti’s criminal network
Zindashti criminal organisation
Date of registration: 18.8.1983 Principal place of activities: Iran, Türkiye, Europe Associated individuals: Naji Ibrahim Sharifi-Zindashti, Reza Hamidiravari, Nihat Abdul Kadir Asan, Ekrem Abdulkerym Oztunc, Ali Esfanjani, Ali Kocak, Abdulvahap Kocak Other associated entities: Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) The Zindashti Network is a criminal group that has carried out numerous acts of transnational repression including assassinations outside of Iran. The Zindashti Network is led by Iranian narcotics trafficker Naji Sharifi-Zindashti and is connected to the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), which is the branch of the Iranian government tasked, inter alia, with kidnapping as well as assassinating persons critical of the actions or policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran, or persons otherwise deemed to be opponents of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Islamic Republic of Iran. Therefore, the Zindashti Network is responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses outside of Iran, in particular extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and killings and enforced disappearance of persons. 15.7.2025
Amana
a.k.a. Amana – Cooperative Society for Community Settlement Ltd אמנה (Hebrew spelling) Address: Clermont-Ganneau St. 13, Jerusalem Website: https://amana.co.il/ Date of registration: 18.2.1979 Registration number: 570025742 Amana is the cooperative development company and settlement movement of the movement Gush Emunim. Since its creation, it has played a key role in initiating, financing and facilitating at least 30 violent outposts and settlements, including outposts founded by individuals listed by the European Union (Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm Outpost; Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / Moshe’s Farm; and Isaschar Manne, founder of the Manne Farm outpost) in the occupied West Bank. Along with settler violence emanating from them, including against human rights defenders, these outposts led to the widespread displacement of vulnerable Palestinian communities and dispossession of Palestinian properties. Amana’s major involvement in these illegal violent outposts includes facilitating land acquisition, constructing and marketing houses, initiating and preparing settlements masterplans and funding infrastructure. On various occasions, the organisation and its management have clearly stated their objective of dispossessing Palestinian communities. Therefore, Amana is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy as set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 28.5.2026
Nachala Movement
נחלה (Hebrew spelling) Address: West Bank, occupied Palestinian territories Website: https://www.nachalaisrael.org/ The Nachala Movement (‘Nachala’) has the aim of promoting Jewish settlements and illegal outposts in the West Bank. Through its activities, the movement plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that lead to the forced displacement of Palestinians and violate their right to property, their right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, as well as the right to life and to physical integrity. Nachala’s outposts, such as Evyatar, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion, Ramat Migron, Nachalat Zvi and Haeitam Farm, have been persistent sources of settler violence. Several of these Nachala outposts, including Yahish Zion, Maoz Esther, Oz Zion and Ramat Migron, were built on privately owned Palestinian land. All of Nachala’s outposts obstruct access to Palestinian agricultural and grazing land. After 7 October 2023, Nachala has furthermore been at the forefront of efforts to resettle the Gaza Strip. Therefore, Nachala is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including abuses of the right of Palestinians to self-determination, their right to property, their right to private and family life, as well as the right to life and to physical health, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 28.5.2026
Regavim
a.k.a. Regavim Movement רגבים (Hebrew spelling) Address: Rehovot, Mo’din, Jerusalem, Haifa, Maale Adumin, Ariel, Tel Aviv District, Efrat, Bersheeba Website: https://www.regavim.org/ Place of registration: Sha’ar Binyamin PO BOX 44439, Jerusalem, Israel, 9144302 Regavim is an Israeli NGO with an active pro-Israeli settler and settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank. Regavim institutes legal proceedings and lobbies for the demolition of Palestinian property with the aim of expanding the control of Israel to the whole West Bank. Through its activities Regavim plays an instrumental role in facilitating and encouraging coercive acts that aim to destroy Palestinian property and demolish Palestinian homes, leading to forced displacement of Palestinians. Regavim is responsible for multiple court proceedings, and lobbied, for the demolition of a Palestinian primary school, funded by the European Union, at the Jabbet al Dhib village, near Bethlehem, in the West Bank in May 2023. Therefore, Regavim is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including violations of the right to property, the right to private and family life and their right to self-determination, and the right to education of Palestinians, as well as the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 28.5.2026
Hashomer Yosh
a.k.a. Guardians of Judea and Samaria, Guardians of Yehuda and the Shomron, Hashomer Judea and Samaria, Hashomer Yehudah V’Shomron השומר יו״ש (Hebrew spelling) Address: Esh Kodesh 2, Shilo, 4483000 West Bank, occupied Palestinian territories Website: https://hashomeryosh.org/home-en/ Date of registration: 18.6.2013 Registration number: 580575629 Hashomer Yosh is an Israeli NGO that provides material support and coordinates volunteers for farm work on herding farms, supporting at least 28 violent outposts and settlements in the West Bank by recruiting armed volunteers and providing guards involved in violent attacks. In particular, Hashomer Yosh is supporting outposts founded by individuals listed by the European Union: Neria Ben Pazi, founder of the Rimonim Farm Outpost; Zvi Bar Yosef, founder of Zvi’s Farm; Yinon Levi, founder of the Mitarim Farm; and Moshe Sharvit, founder of the Tirza Valley Farm Outpost / Moshe’s Farm. Therefore, Hashomer Yosh is responsible for facilitating and encouraging human rights abuses in the West Bank, including abuses of the right to property of Palestinians and their right to self-determination, and the right to physical and mental integrity, which are of serious concern as regards the objectives of the common foreign and security policy set out in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. 28.5.2026
Pre-trial detention center-2 Taganrog ‘SIZO 2’
СИЗО-2 Таганрог a.k.a. ФКУ СИЗО-2 ГУФСИН России по Ростовской области (Russian) Address: 347910, 175, Lenin Str., Rostov Region, Taganrog Place of registration: Russian Federation, Taganrog Principal place of business: Russian Federation SIZO-2 (Detention Centre No. 2, Taganrog) is one of the Russian Federation’s detention facilities used to hold Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians, including journalists and women. Former detainees report systemic torture, including electric shocks, beatings, forced confessions, and other forms of physical and psychological abuse. Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna died in the facility after a year of detention, with forensic examinations showing numerous signs of torture, including electrocution, abrasions and broken bones. Testimonies confirm that Ukrainian captives in SIZO-2 are routinely subjected to torture and ill-treatment, in a system involving FSIN special units and the FSB. Detainees are deprived of medical care, held in degrading conditions and threatened to secure confessions. SIZO-2 is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Russia, including torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. 13.7.2026
Democratic Karen Benevolent Army
Address: Myanmar/Burma, primarily in the Kayin (Karen) State and along the Thailand–Myanmar/Burma border Type of entity: Armed ethnic militia; historically a splinter of the Karen National Union (KNU) Principal place of business: Kayin (Karen) State, Myanmar/Burma The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) is a Myanmar/Burmese armed group, controlling territory in Myanmar/Burma’s Karen State, around Myawaddy on the Myanmar/Burma –Thailand border. The DKBA commits and is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The DKBA has allowed those scam centre compounds to operate under its protection and has enabled criminal networks to function within areas under its control. Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, torture, and inhumane treatment within those compounds. Soldiers of the DKBA have been reported to participate in violence against victims of trafficking in human beings trapped inside the compound, such as by beating handcuffed trafficked individuals. Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Therefore, the DKBA is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. The DKBA is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026
Prince Holding Group
Type of entity: Conglomerate The Prince Holding Group is a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate based in Cambodia that builds scam centre compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma through different front companies. The Prince Holding Group is involved in serious human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The Prince Holding Group built and operated at least ten scam centre compounds throughout Cambodia that perpetrate cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes. Those scam centre compounds include the Jinbei Compound in Cambodia, the Golden Fortune Science Case and Technology Park (also known as the Jinyun Compound) and Mango Park (also known as Jinhong Park). Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims from different countries are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, forced prostitution, extortion, torture, kidnapping, and illegal detention within those compounds. Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Associates of the Prince Holding Group have been reported to participate in violence against victims of trafficking in human beings trapped inside the compound, with the approval of Prince Holding Group director Chen Zhi. Although the group has been subjected to heavy crackdowns, the group has not been fully dismantled yet and denies the allegations and is committed defend itself in every jurisdiction. Therefore, the Prince Holding Group is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. The Prince Holding Group is also involved in those serious human rights violations, including by facilitating such acts. 30.7.2026
Jin Bei Group
Address: St. 2 thnou, Phum 04, Sangkat 04, Krong Preah Sihanouk, Preah Sihanouk Province, Sihanoukville, Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia Type of entity: Entertainment company Principal place of business: Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sihanoukville, Cambodia Website: www.jinbei-group.com The Jin Bei Group is a conglomerate that builds casinos and scam centre compounds in Cambodia. The Jin Bei Group is involved in serious human rights violations in Cambodia due to its role in facilitating large-scale scam centres. The Jin Bei Group network has a network of casinos and related companies in Sihanoukville in Cambodia, including Jin Bei 4, a scam centre compound that perpetrates cryptocurrency investment scams and other fraudulent schemes. Inside those scam centre compounds, many victims from different countries are trafficked or lured under false pretences, held against their will, and forced to carry out online scams targeting victims around the world. Additionally, victims working in the scam centre compounds report abuse, torture, kidnapping, and illegal detention within those compounds. Victims who attempt to escape or refuse to cooperate are subjected to violence, intimidation, and other forms of severe mistreatment. Furthermore, the Jin Bei Group and its related entities are associated with the Prince Holding Group, a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate based in Cambodia that builds scam centre compounds in Cambodia and Myanmar/Burma through different front companies. Therefore, the Jin Bei Group is responsible for serious human rights violations, including trafficking in human beings, torture, and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. 30.7.2026 (*1)
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ANNEX II
Websites for information on the competent authorities and address for notifications to the Commission
BELGIUM
https://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/policy/policy_areas/peace_and_security/sanctions
BULGARIA
https://www.mfa.bg/en/EU-sanctions
CZECHIA
www.financnianalytickyurad.cz/mezinarodni-sankce.html
DENMARK
https://um.dk/udenrigspolitik/sanktioner/ansvarlige-myndigheder
GERMANY
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