Yankuba Badjie
Sanctioned entityBorn 24 Feb 1973 (53 years old),Gambia. Named in 3 sanctions listings.
Summary
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Sanctions and listings3
- Listed
- 29 Jun 2018
- Effective
- 21 Dec 2017
Reciprocal
OFACUS SAM Procurement ExclusionsUnited StatesActive
Prohibition/Restriction
Redacted for Security Reasons
- Listed
- 21 Dec 2017
Global Magnitsky Sanctions - GLOMAG
Office of Foreign Assets ControlUS OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) ListUnited States
GLOMAG and block
Executive Order 13818 (Global Magnitsky)
Programme US-GLOMAGReference 23305treasury.govofac.treasury.gov
- Effective
- 10 Dec 2020
UK sanctions relating to global human rights - The Global Human Rights Sanctions Regulations 2020
UK; Foreign, Commonwealth & Development OfficeUK FCDO Sanctions ListUnited Kingdom
Director Disqualification Sanction, travel ban and asset freeze
Yankuba Badjie was the Deputy Director General and then Director General of the Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) from 2013 to early 2017. In this capacity, he had responsibility for, and direct oversight of, operations that were carried out by The Gambia’s NIA. During Badjie’s tenure, the NIA were responsible for extra judicial killings, torture and other cruel inhuman and degrading treatment.
Programme GB-HRReference 14005Reference GHR0058Last updated 9 Apr 2025gov.ukgov.uk
Positions held1
2013 to 2017
Former Director General of the Gambian National Intelligence Agency (NIA)
Other names7
Also known as7
Addresses2
Banjul
Banjul, The Gambia
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