Sudan sanctions: two individuals listed

Summary#

These final regulations (SOR/2025-18) amend the Special Economic Measures (Sudan) Regulations to add two people to Canada’s Sudan sanctions list and to update birth-date details for two others. The measures came into force on the day they were registered (February 6, 2025) and bar dealings with the newly listed individuals.

What it does#

• Replaces items in Part 1 to add birth-date details for Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo and Ali Karti.
• Adds two people to the schedule: Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa (born August 7, 1990) and Mirghani Idris Suleiman Idris (born December 28, 1959).
• Prohibits anyone in Canada, and Canadians abroad, from:
  • dealing in the listed persons’ property;
  • entering into transactions with them;
  • providing them with financial or related services; or
  • transferring property or making goods available to them.
• Makes listed individuals inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA).
• Adds the names to the Consolidated Canadian Autonomous Sanctions List so banks and other institutions can screen for them.
• Enforcement details:
  • Summary conviction penalty: up to $25,000 fine and/or up to one year in prison.
  • Indictable offence penalty: up to five years in prison.
• The regulations apply from their registration date and were set to apply before publication in the Canada Gazette.

Who's affected#

• The two newly listed individuals (Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa and Mirghani Idris Suleiman Idris) and the two whose birth dates were updated (Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo and Ali Karti).
• Canadians, people and businesses in Canada, and Canadians abroad who might otherwise deal with those individuals. They are prohibited from providing funds, goods, or services to the listed people.
• Banks and other financial institutions in Canada, which must add the names to their screening systems.
• Travelers/immigration: listed people are barred from entering Canada (inadmissible under IRPA).
• Enforcement agencies: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) carry out enforcement and investigations.
• According to Global Affairs Canada, the newly listed people appear to have limited links to Canada, so most Canadians and Canadian businesses are not expected to be directly affected.

Why it matters#

• These are targeted sanctions aimed at people believed to help fund or support the fighting in Sudan. Canada says the goal is to reduce the parties’ ability to keep fighting and to signal opposition to gross human-rights abuses.
• For people who deal with international clients or transfer funds, the listing is a legal red flag: banks will block or report suspect transactions, and breaking the rules can lead to fines or jail time.
• For the wider public, the action is part of Canada’s foreign-policy and humanitarian response to the Sudan crisis. The government points to the conflict that began on April 15, 2023, with more than 8.8 million people internally displaced and over 3.3 million having fled the country, and notes Canada provided over $100 million in humanitarian aid in 2024.