Qatar Lists Two of Its Own, and the UK Rewrites the Opening of a Russia Entry
Two authorities moved after Friday's capture, and neither is a mass designation round. The Public Prosecution of the State of Qatar issued Decision No. 128 of 2026 on 10 September, adding one individual and one company, both Lebanon-linked, to the Local Section of the Qatari sanctions list; the National Counter Terrorism Committee circulated it on 13 September. At 14:03 UTC on Friday 11 September the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office varied the Russia entry for the Turkish electronics manufacturer S-MIKRON ELEKTRONIK, RUS3060, adding the standard reasonable grounds to suspect formula to the opening of its statement of reasons. Two designations, one amendment, no removals. The Qatari listing is the item to act on: it names two parties that appear on no other major list. Two authorities moved after Friday's capture, and neither is a mass designation round. The Public Prosecution of the State of Qatar issued Decision No. 128 of 2026 on 10 September, adding one individual and one company, both Lebanon-linked, to the Local Section of the Qatari sanctions list; the National Counter Terrorism Committee circulated it on 13 September.
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Qatar Lists Two of Its Own, and the UK Rewrites the Opening of a Russia Entry
Two authorities moved after Friday's capture, and neither is a mass designation round. The Public Prosecution of the State of Qatar issued Decision No. 128 of 2026 on 10 September, adding one individual and one company, both Lebanon-linked, to the Local Section of the Qatari sanctions list; the National Counter Terrorism Committee circulated it on 13 September. At 14:03 UTC on Friday 11 September the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office varied the Russia entry for the Turkish electronics manufacturer S-MIKRON ELEKTRONIK, RUS3060, adding the standard reasonable grounds to suspect formula to the opening of its statement of reasons. Two designations, one amendment, no removals. The Qatari listing is the item to act on: it names two parties that appear on no other major list.
Party detail
Every row below was read against the issuing authority's own notice, not against a press report. Aliases are reproduced in full, including non Latin script forms, because the alias field is where a screening run usually fails. Identifiers are published sanctions data.
| Party | Action and instrument | Identifiers | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muhammad Nayif Majid | DesignationLaw No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, State of Qatar; Local Section of the Sanctions List | Date of birth: Not published in the decisionNationality: LebanonIdentifier: No passport, national identification number or date of birth is published in Decision No. 128 of 2026. The decision records the name and the nationality only.Address: Not published in the decision; nationality recorded as Lebanese | Listed on 10 September 2026 by Decision No. 128 of 2026 of the Attorney General of the State of Qatar, taken on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee under Law No. 20 of 2019 on combating money laundering and terrorism financing as amended by Decree-Law No. 19 of 2021, Law No. 27 of 2019 on combating terrorism, and Attorney General Decision No. 1 of 2020 on the mechanisms for implementing targeted financial sanctions. The decision places the name on the sanctions list and directs the National Counter Terrorism Committee and the competent authorities to give it effect from the date of issue. The decision does not publish a statement of reasons, so no ground beyond the listing itself is attributed here. |
| Al-Jood Company | DesignationLaw No. 27 of 2019 on Combating Terrorism and Law No. 20 of 2019 on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, State of Qatar; Local Section of the Sanctions List | Identifier: No commercial registration number, licence number, address or officer is published in Decision No. 128 of 2026. The decision records the name and the location only.Address: Lebanon, as recorded in the location column of the decision | Listed on 10 September 2026 by Decision No. 128 of 2026 of the Attorney General of the State of Qatar, taken on the proposal of the National Counter Terrorism Committee under Law No. 20 of 2019 on combating money laundering and terrorism financing as amended by Decree-Law No. 19 of 2021, Law No. 27 of 2019 on combating terrorism, and Attorney General Decision No. 1 of 2020 on the mechanisms for implementing targeted financial sanctions. The decision places the company on the sanctions list, records its location as Lebanon, and directs the National Counter Terrorism Committee and the competent authorities to give it effect from the date of issue. The decision does not publish a statement of reasons, so no ground beyond the listing itself is attributed here. |
| S-MIKRON ELEKTRONIK ELEKTRIK SANAYI TAAHHUT TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI | AmendmentThe Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, United Kingdom | Identifier: Type of entity: joint stock companyIdentifier: Turkey Tax Identifier 7350759377Identifier: telephone +90 224 443 5233Identifier: website www.s-mikron.com.trIdentifier: email info@s-mikron.com.trAddress: Nilufer Ticaret Merkezi 66. Sokak No:8, Nilufer, Bursa 16130 NILUFER, Turkey | Designated by the United Kingdom on 15 October 2025 under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The statement of reasons as varied on 11 September 2026 records that the Secretary of State considers that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the company is an involved person because it is, or has been, involved in destabilising Ukraine or undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty or independence of Ukraine by making available economic resources, goods or technology that could contribute to that end. The entry carries an asset freeze, trust services sanctions and a director disqualification sanction. |
What this means for your organisation
- 01
Load the two Qatari names in Arabic first, then attach the Latin variants: The decision publishes محمد نايف ماجد and شركة الجود in Arabic only, with nationality Lebanese and location Lebanon respectively, and no other identifier. Ingest the Arabic strings as the primary records so an Arabic-script customer file matches cleanly, then attach Mohammed Naif Majid, Muhammad Nayef Majed, Mohamad Nayif Maged and Muhammad Naif Majed as aliases of the individual, and Sharikat Al-Jood, Al Jood Company, Al-Joud Company, Aljood Co. and Al Goud Company as aliases of the entity. Do not create them as separate parties; five aliases screened as five records will multiply your alert volume without improving coverage.
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Check whether your Qatar coverage includes the Local Section at all: Many screening configurations subscribe to Qatar through an aggregator that carries the UN Section only, because that section reconciles neatly to the Security Council list. The Local Section is where Qatar's own designations live, and today's two parties sit there and nowhere else. If you cannot demonstrate that your list feed carries Local Section entries, that is a coverage gap to raise before your next board or regulator report, not an alert to work.
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Re-screen Lebanese exposure, and treat a fuzzy hit as an escalation not a clearance: Both parties are Lebanon-linked and neither carries a date of birth, a passport number or a registration number, so your only matching handle is the name. Run the two names across the Lebanese counterparty book, correspondent relationships, trade finance files and any remittance or exchange counterparties. Where a fuzzy match lands, send it to manual review with a documented rationale. Auto-clearing on the absence of a date of birth is not a defensible control when the source published no date of birth to begin with.
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Reload UK entry RUS3060 if you store statement text or the last-updated date: S-MIKRON ELEKTRONIK ELEKTRIK SANAYI TAAHHUT TICARET ANONIM SIRKETI now opens its statement of reasons with the reasonable grounds to suspect formula, and its last-updated date moved from 15/10/2025 to 11/09/2026. No name, alias, address, identifier or measure changed, so your match logic needs no work. This is the second such variation in five days, after JSC Solid Bank on 10 September, so expect more of the same wording tidy on Russia entries and build your refresh around the last-updated field rather than around individual notices.
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Record what was not verified, and do not let it read as clear: 63 of the 85 sources were retrieved this cycle. Twenty-two were not, including the Central Bank of Nigeria circulars register, the Monetary Authority of Singapore circulars index, the Bangladesh Bank circulars register, the SARB financial surveillance page, the BCEAO regulations register and the Central Bank of Kenya press register. Those are carried forward for re-check on the next run and are logged as unverified, not as clear. Qatar is a live example of why that distinction matters: its pages were carried forward on Friday, and the designation they were hiding is today's lead.
Where this issue came from
The map plots the sources Youverify monitors. The pulsing markers are the two authorities cited in this issue: FCDO and QATAR-NCTC. Hover any marker to name the sources read there.
Method statement
Parties are taken from the issuing authorities' list data and notices as recorded in the Youverify Sanctions Monitor of 14 September 2026, one row per party. Website copy for this archive edition is compiled from that day's published briefing.
Corrections
No corrections issued for this issue. Corrections are published on the issue they affect, dated, with the original text retained.Cite this issue
Vyra from Youverify. "Qatar Lists Two of Its Own, and the UK Rewrites the Opening of a Russia Entry." Youverify Sanctions Monitor, issue 124, 14 September 2026. https://youverify.co/en/sanctions/2026-09-14. Accessed 14 September 2026.