In accordance with paragraph 13 of resolution 1822 (2008) and subsequent related resolutions, the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee makes accessible a narrative summary of reasons for the listing for individuals, groups, undertakings and entities included in the ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List.
Myrna Ajijul Mabanza was listed on 18 June 2018 pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 4 of resolution 2368 (2017) as being associated with ISIL or Al-Qaida for “participating in the financing, planning, facilitating, preparing, or perpetrating of acts or activities by, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of” and “supplying, selling or transferring arms and related material to” Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115).
Myrna Ajijul Mabanza acts for or on behalf of and assists in, sponsors, or provides financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), listed as Al-Qaida in Iraq (QDe.115). In February 2016, Mabanza served as an intermediary for an individual who wanted to provide funding to ISIL’s network in the Philippines on behalf of ISIL. In April 2016, Mabanza helped facilitate travel for and accompanied a representative of an undesignated armed group to Basilan to meet Isnilon Totoni Hapilon (QDi.204), the former leader of ISIL’s network in the Philippines and previous deputy to the Abu Sayyaf Group’s (QDe.001) leader, and another individual. The armed group representative travelled to the Philippines to purchase arms for ISIL-aligned forces in Indonesia and to set up training courses for pro-ISIL recruits from Indonesia with ISIL’s network in the Philippines. After Isnilon Totoni Hapilon agreed to the plan, the recruits from Indonesia who eventually attended the terrorist training camps were trained in firearm use and basic bomb-making instructions.
In March 2016, a senior ISIL official in the Syrian Arab Republic planned to send financial support to ISIL’s network in the-Philippines through Mabanza. Mabanza coordinated the transfer of funds with Isnilon Totoni Hapilon. In February 2016, Mabanza served as an intermediary between Hapilon and ISIL elements in the Syrian Arab Republic. In January 2016, Mabanza coordinated the transfer of approximately $7000 with Hapilon. Additionally, Mabanza was instructed by Hapilon to deliver money to a member of ISIL’s network in the Philippines. In January 2016, Mabanza coordinated the transfer of up to $100,000 with Hapilon.