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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Treasury Sanctions Over 40 Individuals and Entities Across
Nine Countries Connected to Corruption and Human Rights
Abuse
December 9, 2022

Sanctions Mark Human Rights Day and International Anti-Corruption Day

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of the Treasuryʼs O�ice of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC), in recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day and Human Rights Day, is
sanctioning a diverse array of over 40 individuals and entities that are connected to
corruption or human rights abuse across nine countries.
Over the course of 2022, Treasury took numerous actions to promote accountability for
human rights abusers and corrupt actors across the world, including sanctions on dozens of
individuals and entities including in the Western Balkans, Belarus, Liberia, Guatemala, the
Russian Federation, Burma, and Iran. Treasury utilized various tools and authorities —
including Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act — to demonstrate the U.S. governmentʼs focus
on promoting respect for human rights and countering corruption.
“Corrupt actors and human rights abusers both rely on deficiencies in the international
financial system to perpetrate their activities,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “Over the past year, Treasury has made
combatting corruption and serious human rights abuse a top priority, including through the
use of financial sanctions and addressing vulnerabilities in the U.S. and international
financial systems. By exposing the egregious behavior of these actors, we can help disrupt
their activities, dismantle their networks, and starve them of resources.”
The United States is committed to taking actions consistent with its values and recognizes
that respect for human rights is a prerequisite for global peace, security, and prosperity.
Today OFAC also designated two individuals and the networks of entities that they control in

connection with serious human rights abuse aboard distant water fishing vessels.
Todayʼs actions are also a key component of the Biden-Harris Administrationʼs e�orts to
implement the first-ever U.S. Strategy for Countering Corruption, released in December 2021.
Treasury is working diligently to implement other elements of the strategy, including e�orts
to curb illicit finance related to corruption. For example, as part of Treasuryʼs ongoing work
implementing the Corporate Transparency Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
(FinCEN) issued in September 2022 a final rule on beneficial ownership information reporting
requirements, which will help stop corrupt actors and other criminals from using anonymous
shell companies to hide their ill-gotten gains. Additionally, Treasury is working to enhance
the transparency of the real estate sector, as well as strengthen global e�orts to counter
corruption at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and other bodies, in support of the
Strategy. Through these and other e�orts, the Treasury Department is focused on addressing
the vulnerabilities in the U.S. and international financial systems that the corrupt exploit to
launder their illicit proceeds.

HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS LINKED TO THE
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLEʼS REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK)
Today, OFAC is designating the DPRKʼs Ministry of State Security Border Guard General
Bureau (BGGB), which is responsible for security along the DPRKʼs borders with China and
Russia. People inside the DPRK reportedly are subjected to forced labor, torture, and other
human rights violations and abuses at the hands of the government. Due to their dire
circumstances, tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled the country in the past two
decades. The journey to leave the DPRK is particularly treacherous due to attempts by state
security agencies, including the BGGB, to thwart escapes through tight border controls,
including land mines and shoot-on-sight orders that have resulted in the deaths of numerous
North Koreans. The BGGB is designated pursuant to E.O. 13687 for being an agency,
instrumentality, or controlled entity of the Government of North Korea or the Workersʼ Party
of Korea.
DPRK nationals are also o�en forced to work in foreign countries to generate foreign
currency that is utilized to support the DPRKʼs weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and
ballistic missile programs. UN Security Council Resolution 2397, adopted on December 22,

2017, requires UN Member States to have repatriated DPRK nationals earning income in their
jurisdictions by December 22, 2019, subject to limited exceptions. Foreign entities that are
involved in the use of DPRK labor enable the continued poor treatment that these workers
endure, which includes constant surveillance, being forced to work long hours, and having a
significant portion of their wages confiscated by the regime. The DPRK government-run
animation studio, SEK Studio (SEK), which was previously designated on December 10, 2021
pursuant to E.O. 13722, has been subcontracted by foreign companies to provide low-cost
labor and has utilized its animation workers that are located in the DRRK and the PRC to
fulfill these contracts. SEK has also evaded sanctions targeting the DPRK government using
front companies.
Kim Myong Chol is a Paris-based representative of SEK and has facilitated payment
transactions for SEK in 2022, including the collection of unpaid payments on contracts
between European companies and SEK. Everlasting Empire Limited, Tian Fang (Hong
Kong) Holdings Limited, Yancheng Three Line One Point Animation Co., Ltd., Quanzhou
Yiyangjin Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd., and Fujian Nanan Import and Export
Corporation have all facilitated financial transactions on behalf of SEK. Kim Myong Chol,
Everlasting Empire Limited, Tian Fang (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited, Yancheng Three Line
One Point Animation Co., Ltd., Quanzhou Yiyangjin Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd., and
Fujian Nanan Import and Export Corporation are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13722 for
having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, SEK.
Deepak Jadhav is an India based director of Funsaga Pte Ltd. and has entered a contract
with SEK to produce an animation project, while providing payments to Quanzhou Yiyangjin
Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd. and Yancheng Three Line One Point Animation Co., Ltd. A
SEK o�icial indicated that Deepak Jadhav sent over $15,000 to Quanzhou Yiyangjin Import
and Export Trade Co., Ltd. and Funsaga Pte. Ltd. sent more than $50,000 to SEK, with part of
the funds being transferred to Tian Fang (Hong Kong) Holdings Ltd. Kinoatis LLC has sent
over $100,000 to Fujian Nanan Import and Export Corporation, which acted as an a�iliate for
SEK, to pay for an animation project. Deepak Jadhav, Funsaga Pte Ltd., and Kinoatis LLC are
being designated pursuant to E.O. 13722 for having materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, SEK.

CORRUPTION IN EL SALVADOR
Conan Tonathiu Castro Ramirez (Castro Ramirez), during his tenure as Presidential Legal
Secretary, obstructed investigations into the misappropriation of public funds during the
governmentʼs response to the pandemic and used his o�ice for personal financial gain.
Oscar Rolando Castro (Castro), Minister of Labor, engaged in corruption and
misappropriated public funds for his personal benefit. As Minister, Rolando used his position
to influence unions to align with the Ministry of Laborʼs political interests, and engage in
activities that benefitted him and his political allies in order to receive expedited processing
of their credentials. Some of those who agreed received additional benefits, such as favored
access for international travel, while some of those who refused to align with Castro faced
harassment, retaliation, and delayed union certification.
OFAC is designating Castro Ramirez and Castro pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being foreign
persons who are current or former government o�icials, or persons acting for or on behalf of
such an o�icial, who are responsible for or are complicit in, or have directly or indirectly
engaged in, corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of
private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction
of natural resources, or bribery.

CORRUPTION IN GUATEMALA
Allan Estuardo Rodriguez Reyes (Rodriguez) utilized his authority as President of Congress
to award construction grants in exchange for financial kickbacks. Rodriguez has used his
political influence to strike deals in exchange for bribes and facilitated bribes to others,
including, for example, by allegedly o�ering bribes for votes on a state of emergency bill
during a floor session of congress.
Jorge Estuardo Vargas Morales (Vargas) is a Guatemalan congressman and one of several
individuals at the apex of a network designed to control contracts and operations at
government-run ports for personal profit. He oversees project execution once contracts are
awarded and pays out a percentage to board members who vote in favor. Additionally, Vargas
controls employment at the port through his influence in the port labor unions and uses
those unions to gain political leverage. He maintains loyalties by paying bribes in exchange

for unions creating blockades and strikes to advance political objectives.
Luis Alfonso Chang Navarro (Chang) was the Minister of Energy and Mines from 2016-2020;
additionally, as Minister of Energy and Mines, Chang was the head of the board of
Guatemala's National Electrification Institute (INDE) and used his position to secure
kickbacks. He solicited bribes and other favors in exchange for not revoking an oil
exploitation license. Changʼs modus operandi was to use his position as Minister to “create
problems” for a business and then o�er a solution in exchange for bribes and other unlawful
favors.
OFAC is designating Rodriguez, Chang, and Vargas pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being foreign
persons who are current or former government o�icials, or persons acting for or on behalf of
such an o�icial, who are responsible for or are complicit in, or have directly or indirectly
engaged in, corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of
private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction
of natural resources, or bribery.

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN GUINEA
OFAC is designating Alpha Conde (Conde), the former President of Guinea, who was ousted
in a coup dʼetat in September 2021. Under his presidency, security forces engaged in violence
against supporters of Condeʼs opposition leading up to a March 2020 constitutional
referendum that enabled Conde to run for a third term. Violence against opposition
members continued through and a�er the October 2020 Guinean presidential election.
In early 2020, Conde ordered ministers to create a police unit to respond to anti-Conde
protesters, with violence if necessary. Reporting indicates that in 2020 the government
arbitrarily arrested and detained opposition members. Around the October 2020 Guinean
presidential election, security forces used excessive force to disperse opposition supporters.
Among other incidents, security forces reportedly fired live bullets into crowds that had
gathered to celebrate the victory announcement of Condeʼs opposition and shot two minors,
killing one, and shot another in the back as he ran away. A�er the October 2020 election,
security forces reportedly killed over a dozen individuals, including individuals killed at close
range who presented no immediate danger to the security forces.

Conde is designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is or has been a
leader or o�icial of an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose
members have engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to his tenure.

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN IRAN
Iran has experienced mass, countrywide protests following the death in custody of Mahsa
Amini, who was arrested by Iranʼs Morality Police in mid-September 2022 for allegedly
improperly wearing a hijab. Iranian security forces have responded with violence to the
protests, reportedly killing hundreds, including children, and arresting thousands. Since
September, Treasury has issued five rounds of sanctions targeting the Morality Police, a range
of Iranian security and government o�icials involved in the use of violence against Iranian
protestors, prison o�icials involved in the detention of protestors, Iranian media o�icials
associated with broadcasts of coerced confessions relating to the protests, and o�icials
responsible for shutting down Iranʼs Internet to stifle freedom of expression online.
Todayʼs action targets Ali Akbar Javidan (Javidan), the Law Enforcement Forces of the
Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF) commander in Iranʼs Kermanshah Province who has direct
oversight over forces that have killed protesters, including children and the elderly. The LEF
was designated in 2011 pursuant to E.O. 13553, an Iran human rights authority, for being
responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses in Iran since the June 2009
disputed presidential election. The LEF has repeatedly used excessive force in response to
protests in Iran in recent years, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of unarmed protesters.
Javidan has made public statements justifying the police response to the ongoing protests
while valorizing the LEF forces for suppressing them. Javidan also publicly vowed to punish
so-called moral crimes, including the alleged improper wearing of the hijab, during a July
2022 roundup of 1700 people.
Javidan is designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is or has been a
leader or o�icial of an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose
members have engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to his tenure.
Ebrahim Kouchakzaei (Kouchakzaei) served as an LEF commander in Chabahar, in Iranʼs
Sistan and Baluchistan Province. Kouchakzaei is the alleged perpetrator of a mid-September
2022 rape of a 15-year-old girl. According to reports, the incident, which occurred shortly

a�er the death of Mahsa Amini, fueled major protests throughout the province in late
September, leading to a violent backlash from security forces and the killings of more than 60
people.
Kouchakzaei is designated pursuant to E.O. 13553 for having acted or purported to act for or
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iranʼs LEF.
OFAC is also designating Allah Karam Azizi (Azizi), the warden of Iranʼs notorious Rejaee
Shahr Prison. Rejaee Shahr Prison is known to house political prisoners and those who
protest against the regime. Those imprisoned there have su�ered serious physical abuse at
the hands of the prisonʼs guards. Azizi has personally ordered these abuses; under Aziziʼs
leadership, Rezaee Shahr Prison has remained a place rife with abuse, where prisoners su�er
from physical abuse.and medical neglect.
Azizi is designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is or has been a
leader or o�icial of an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose
members have engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to his tenure.

CORRUPTION IN MALI
Karim Keita (Keita) is the son of former Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and the
former president of the Security and Defense Commission of Maliʼs National Assembly. Keita
oversaw Maliʼs defense spending from February 2014 until August 2020, when the military
overthrew his father. Keita allegedly used his position to receive bribes, assign contracts to
a�iliates who subsequently paid him kickbacks, and embezzle government funds by
overpaying on contracts for materiel. Through his father, Keita allegedly arranged to remove
from their positions o�icials who did not support his corruption. Keita also ostensibly
arranged bribes to support his fatherʼs re-election. A�er his father was ousted, Keita fled to
Cote dʼIvoire, where he serves as the CEO of Konijane Strategic Marketing.
OFAC is designating Keita pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is a current
or former government o�icial, or person acting for or on behalf of such an o�icial, who is
responsible for or is complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption,
including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for
personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural

resources, or bribery. OFAC is also designating Cote dʼIvoire-based Konijane Strategic
Marketing for being owned or controlled by Keita.
Separately, Keita is also alleged to have arranged the abduction, torture, and apparent
murder of Birama Toure (Toure), a reporter who was investigating Keitaʼs involvement in
corruption. Multiple witnesses claim to have seen Toure at a prison run by Maliʼs intelligence
service with clear signs of having been brutally tortured. At least one witness claimed to have
seen Toureʼs apparently lifeless body removed from the prison in Keitaʼs presence. Keita
purportedly pressured a lawyer not to take up Toureʼs case, while another witness claimed
Toure had told him in prison that Toure had been arrested on Keitaʼs orders.

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE PHILIPPINES
For more than a decade, Apollo Carreon Quiboloy (Quiboloy) engaged in serious human
rights abuse, including a pattern of systemic and pervasive rape of girls as young as 11 years
old, as well as other physical abuse. In 1985, Quiboloy founded The Kingdom of Jesus Christ,
The Name Above Every Name (KOJC) church in the Philippines. In 2021, a federal indictment
alleged Quiboloy was involved in sex tra�icking “pastorals” — young women within the KOJC
selected to work as personal assistants for Quiboloy. Pastorals were directed to have “night
duty,” which required them to have sexual intercourse with Quiboloy on a determined
schedule. Quiboloy kept pastorals in various countries, including the Philippines and the
United States.
Quiboloy exploited his role within the KOJC to rape his victims and subject them to other
physical abuse, describing these acts as sacrifices required by the Bible and by God for the
victimsʼ salvation. The pastorals, who were mostly minors when initially abused by Quiboloy,
were told by him to “o�er your body as a living sacrifice.” One female reported she lost count
of the number of times she was forced to have sex with Quiboloy, as it was at least once a
week even when she was a minor and in every country to which they traveled. Another
woman reported she was forced to perform night duty at least 1,000 times.
Quiboloy also subjected pastorals and other KOJC members to other forms of physical abuse.
Reports indicate Quiboloy personally beat victims and knew where to hit them so there
would be no visible bruising. Pastorals and KOJC members who angered Quiboloy were at
times sent to “Upper Six,” a walled compound used solely for punishment.

Quiboloy is designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is responsible
for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse. As
noted above, Quiboloy was indicted in November 2021. Quiboloy is currently on the FBIʼs
Wanted List

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THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIONʼS ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS
For years, the Government of the Russian Federation has engaged in anti-democratic
conduct and human rights abuses.
In the months following Russiaʼs full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russiaʼs forces and their
proxies began instituting a process known as “filtration,” whereby Ukraineʼs civilians are
subjected to interrogations and searches and forced to hand over personal data, nominally in
order to ascertain any connections to Ukraineʼs military or government. There are also
allegations of deportations, disappearances, and torture in connection with filtration, and
areas adjacent to the grounds of one filtration center display characteristics of mass graves.
Today, OFAC sanctioned four individuals that were directly involved in Russiaʼs filtration
operations.
Russian Federation Presidential Administration o�icials Oleg Yuryevich Nesterov (Nesterov)
and Yevgeniy Radionovich Kim (Kim) were directly involved in the planning for and
implementation of filtration points in Russia-occupied Ukraine. For example, Nesterov and
Kim oversaw the filtration of city government o�icials and other civilians from Mariupol,
Ukraine, including through the filtration center in Manhush, Ukraine. Witnesses have
reported insu�icient food supplies, overcrowded cells, and beatings at the Manhush filtration
center. One witness overheard Russiaʼs soldiers discussing shooting people who underwent
filtration at Manhush.
Nesterov also helped coordinate the sham “accession referendum” held in Ukraineʼs
Zaporizhzhyia Oblast in late September 2022.
Russian Federation national Marina Konstantinovna Sereda (Sereda) has worked with the
so-called Donetsk Peopleʼs Republic (DNR) Ministry of Internal A�airs to manage filtration
points in Russia-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
Aleksey Valentinovich Muratov (Muratov), an o�icial of the so-called DNR, has coordinated

filtration point operations with so-called DNR leader Denis Pushilin. In particular, Muratov
has spearheaded the procurement of necessary equipment and technology to support
filtration points in Russia-occupied Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Muratov was previously
designated on June 20, 2017, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13660 for being responsible
or complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten
the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine and having acted
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the DNR.
Nesterov, Kim, Sereda, and Muratov were designated today pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being
responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to
engage in, activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or territorial
integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners, for or on behalf of, or for the benefit of,
directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation.
For more information, please see the National Intelligence Councilʼs June 15, 2022
September 6, 2022

, and

, unclassified assessments on Russiaʼs filtration operations as well as

the State Departmentʼs information page on Russiaʼs filtration operations and forced
relocations.
The Department of State also sanctioned Russian Federation nationals Ochur-Suge
Terimovich Mongush and Lyudmila Nikolaevna Zaitseva, both of whom were reportedly
implicated in human rights abuses against civilians in Ukraine. According to reports,
Mongush engaged in torture while Zaitseva was involved in the kidnapping and forced
relocation of children from Ukraine.
OFAC also sanctioned the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (Russiaʼs
CEC), alongside its 15 members. In September 2022, Russiaʼs CEC helped oversee and
monitor sham referendums held in areas of Russia-controlled Ukraine that were rife with
incidents of clear voter coercion and intimidation.
Additionally, Russiaʼs CEC conducts and oversees federal and local elections in Russia,
including referendums. For years, Russiaʼs CEC has touted as clean and transparent elections
in Russia that have been riddled with irregularities and credible accusations that the Kremlin
has carefully managed the results.
Russiaʼs CEC is designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being a political subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality of the Government of the Russian Federation.

The 15 members of Russiaʼs CEC that were sanctioned are:
• Chairperson Ella Aleksandrovna Pamfilova (Pamfilova)
• Deputy Chairperson Nikolay Ivanovich Bulaev (Bulaev)
• Secretary Nataliya Alekseevna Budarina
• Pavel Viktorovich Andreev
• Igor Borisovich Borisov
• Boris Safarovich Ebzeev
• Elmira Abdulbarievna Khaimourzina
• Yevgeny Ivanovich Kolyushin
• Aleksandr Borisovich Kurdiumov
• Nikolay Vladimirovich Levichev (Levichev)
• Anton Igorevich Lopatin
• Liudmila Leonidovna Markina
• Konstantin Sergeevich Mazurevskii
• Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Shevchenko
• Andrey Yurievich Shutov

All 15 members of Russiaʼs CEC were designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being or having
been a leader, o�icial, senior executive o�icer, or member of the board of directors of the
Government of the Russian Federation. Pamfilova and Levichev have previously been
sanctioned by Canada, the European Union (EU), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (UK).
Bulaev has previously been sanctioned by the EU, Switzerland, and the UK.

SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN THE TIBETAN
AUTONOMOUS REGION OF THE PEOPLEʼS REPUBLIC OF
CHINA
OFAC is designating two individuals involved in serious human rights abuse in the Tibetan
Autonomous Region (TAR) of the Peopleʼs Republic of China (PRC). The PRC has targeted
Tibetans under “social stability work” programs for decades. Tibetans have been subject to

serious human rights abuse in the TAR, including arbitrary detention, extrajudicial killings,
and physical abuse, as part of the PRCʼs e�orts to severely restrict religious freedoms.
Wu Yingjie (Wu) was the TAR Party Secretary between 2016 and 2021. During this timeframe,
Wu directed government o�icials to engage in “stability policies.” The implementation of
these stability policies involved serious human rights abuse, including extrajudicial killings,
physical abuse, arbitrary arrests, and mass detentions in the TAR. Additional abuses during
Wuʼs tenure include forced sterilization, coerced abortion, restrictions on religious and
political freedoms, and the torture of prisoners.
Wu is designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is responsible for or
complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.
Zhang Hongbo (Zhang) has been the director of the Tibetan Public Security Bureau (TPSB)
since 2018 through at least November 2022. Zhang has worked to advance the PRCʼs goals
and policies in the TAR as “Tibetʼs police chief.” During Zhangʼs tenure, the TPSB engaged in
serious human rights abuse, including at TPSB-run detention centers that were involved in
the torture, physical abuse, and killings of prisoners, which included those arrested on
religious and political grounds. Additional abuses perpetrated by security forces in Tibet
include arbitrary arrests, persecution of religious and political freedoms, and mass
detentions in the TAR.
Zhang is designated pursuant to E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who is or has been a
leader or o�icial of the TPSB, an entity that has engaged in, or whose members have
engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to his tenure.
The designation of Zhang is complemented by the U.S. Department of Stateʼs announcement
of his designation, with associated visa restrictions, under Section 7031(c) of the Department
of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act for his involvement in
a gross violation of human rights. Pursuant to Section 7031(c), Zhang and his immediate
family members are ineligible for entry into the United States.

SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONS
As a result of todayʼs action, all property and interests in property of the designated persons
described above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons

are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly
or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons, individually or in the
aggregate Unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt,
OFACʼs regulations generally prohibit all transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting)
the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or
otherwise blocked persons. The prohibitions include the making of any contribution or
provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any designated person, or
the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such
person.
The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from OFACʼs ability to designate
and add persons to the Department of the Treasuryʼs List of Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons (SDN List), but also from its willingness to remove persons from the
SDN List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring
about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the process for seeking
removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, please refer to OFACʼs Frequently Asked
Question 897. For detailed information on the process to submit a request for removal from
an OFAC sanctions list, please visit here.

GLOBAL MAGNITSKY
Building upon the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, E.O. 13818 was issued
on December 20, 2017, in recognition that the prevalence of human rights abuse and
corruption that have their source, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States,
had reached such scope and gravity as to threaten the stability of international political and
economic systems. Human rights abuse and corruption undermine the values that form an
essential foundation of stable, secure, and functioning societies; have devastating impacts
on individuals; weaken democratic institutions; degrade the rule of law; perpetuate violent
conflicts; facilitate the activities of dangerous persons; and undermine economic markets.
The United States seeks to impose tangible and significant consequences on those who
commit serious human rights abuse or engage in corruption, as well as to protect the
financial system of the United States from abuse by these same persons.

INTERNATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION DAY
International Anti-Corruption Day has been observed annually on December 9 since the
United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against
Corruption (UNCAC) on October 31, 2003, to raise public awareness of the importance of anticorruption initiatives in countering corruption and preventing it from undermining
democratic institutions, eroding governmental stability, and slowing economic
development. Treasuryʼs actions today are part of a whole-of-government e�ort, including
hosting this yearʼs International Anti-Corruption Conference, that commemorate these
events.

HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Human Rights Day is observed annually on December 10, which marks the day the United
Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. That
declaration enumerates human rights and fundamental freedoms, including freedoms of
expression, religion or belief, association, and peaceful assembly, and the right to be free
from arbitrary interference with privacy.

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