Rafiq SHAQLAWAY

Director Disqualification Sanction, travel ban and asset freeze

Rafiq SHAQLAWAY ('SHAQLAWAY') is an involved person under the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 ('the Regulations') as he is or has been involved in a relevant activity, namely people smuggling, the unlawful arrival in a country of a person who is not a national of that country or permanently resident in it, by taking any action with the intention of being involved in that activity, which is intended to facilitate such an activity. Specifically, he intends to facilitate smuggling by instructing migrants to use a number of Hawala bankers in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to pay for their smuggling to Europe via Turkey.

Rafiq SHAQLAWAY ("SHAQLAWAY") is an involved person under the Global Irregular Migration and Trafficking in Persons Sanctions Regulations 2025 (“the Regulations”) as he is or has been involved in a relevant activity, namely people smuggling, the unlawful arrival in a country of a person who is not a national of that country or permanently resident in it, by taking any action with the intention of being involved in that activity, which is intended to facilitate such an activity. Specifically, he intends to facilitate smuggling by instructing migrants to use a number of Hawala bankers in the Kurdistan region of Iraq to pay for their smuggling to Europe via Turkey.

Programme GB-SAMLAReference 17039Reference GIM0024Last updated 23 Jul 2025gov.uk