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DATES: Issued on 02/19/2024. 

Physical Loan Application Deadline 

Date: 04/19/2024. 

Economic Injury (EIDL) Loan 

Application Deadline Date: 11/19/2024. 

ADDRESSES: Visit the MySBA Loan 

Portal at https://lending.sba.gov to 

apply for a disaster assistance loan. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Escobar, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience, U.S. Small 

Business Administration, 409 3rd Street 

SW, Suite 6050, Washington, DC 20416, 

(202) 205–6734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that as a result of the 

President’s major disaster declaration on 

02/19/2024, applications for disaster 

loans may be submitted online using the 

MySBA Loan Portal https://

lending.sba.gov or other locally 

announced locations. Please contact the 

SBA disaster assistance customer 

service center by email at 

disastercustomerservice@sba.gov or by 

phone at 1–800–659–2955 for further 

assistance. 

The following areas have been 

determined to be adversely affected by 

the disaster: 

Primary Counties (Physical Damage and 

Economic Injury Loans): San Diego. 

Contiguous Counties (Economic Injury 

Loans Only): 

California: Imperial, Orange, 

Riverside 

The Interest Rates are: 

Percent 

For Physical Damage: 

Homeowners with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 5.375 

Homeowners without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 2.688 

Businesses with Credit Available Elsewhere ...................... 8.000 

Businesses without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations with 

Credit Available Elsewhere ... 3.250 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

For Economic Injury: 

Business and Small Agricultural 

Cooperatives without Credit 

Available Elsewhere .............. 4.000 

Non-Profit Organizations without Credit Available Elsewhere ..................................... 3.250 

The number assigned to this disaster 

for physical damage is 201706 and for 

economic injury is 201710. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 59008) 

Francisco Sa ́nchez, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, Office of Disaster 

Recovery & Resilience. 

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BILLING CODE 8026–09–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice: 12335] 

Global Magnitsky Human Rights 

Accountability Act Annual Report 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains the text 

of the report required by the Global 

Magnitsky Human Rights 

Accountability Act, as submitted by the 

Secretary of State. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Self, Email: SelfAH@state.gov, 

Phone: (202) 412 3586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 25, 2024, the Under Secretary of 

State for Political Affairs approved the 

following report pursuant to the Global 

Magnitsky Human Rights 

Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114–328, 

title XII, subtitle F) (‘‘the Act’’), which 

is implemented and built upon by 

Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 

2017, ‘‘Executive Order Blocking the 

Property of Persons Involved in Serious 

Human Rights Abuse or Corruption’’ 

(E.O. 13818). The text of the report 

follows: 

Pursuant to section 1264 of the Act, 

and in accordance with E.O. 13818, the 

Secretary of State, in consultation with 

the Secretary of the Treasury, submits 

this report to detail the Administration’s 

implementation of the Act in the 2023 

reporting period. 

In 2023, the United States took 

significant action under the Global 

Magnitsky sanctions program (‘‘Global 

Magnitsky’’), sanctioning 78 foreign 

persons over the course of the year. As 

of December 2023, the United States has 

sanctioned over 650 foreign persons 

(individuals and entities) pursuant to 

E.O. 13818 since 2017. This sanctions 

program, which targets those connected 

to serious human rights abuse, corrupt 

actors, and their enablers, represents the 

best of the United States’ values and 

enduring commitment to promoting 

respect for human rights and combatting 

corruption around the world. Through 

Global Magnitsky, the United States has 

sought to disrupt and deter serious 

human rights abuse and corruption 

abroad; promote accountability for those 

who act with impunity; and maintain 

U.S. global leadership on anticorruption and human rights promotion 

in coordination with U.S. partners, 

allies, and civil society where 

appropriate. The Administration can 

and will continue to utilize this tool to 

promote respect for human rights and 

the rule of law globally. 

As the President outlined in the 

National Security Strategy (NSS), the 

United States will stand with our allies 

and partners to combat new threats 

confronting our democracies. The 

Administration will take special aim at 

countering corruption, which corrodes 

democracy from the inside, erodes 

government stability, impedes economic 

development, and is increasingly 

weaponized by authoritarian states to 

undermine democratic institutions. The 

United States also seeks to promote 

respect for human rights; address 

discrimination, inequity, and 

marginalization in all its forms; and 

stand up for democracy, the rule of law, 

and human dignity. On all these issues, 

the United States works to forge a 

common approach with likeminded 

countries. Through implementation of 

the Global Magnitsky sanctions 

program, the Administration is taking 

action to execute the President’s vision 

as described in the NSS. 

Global Magnitsky, paired with 

cooperation with likeminded 

international partners, directly 

addresses the objectives outlined in the 

2021 United States Strategy on 

Countering Corruption (‘‘the strategy’’), 

which underscores the fight against 

corruption as a national security 

priority. The strategy directs U.S. 

government action to: strengthen efforts 

to hold accountable corrupt individuals 

and their facilitators, including by, 

where appropriate, identifying, freezing, 

and recovering stolen assets through 

sanctions or other authorities; bolster 

the capacity of domestic and 

international institutions and 

multilateral bodies focused on 

establishing global anti-corruption 

norms; and work with international 

partners to counteract strategic 

corruption by foreign leaders, foreign 

state-owned or affiliated enterprises, 

and other foreign actors and their 

domestic collaborators. 

The strategy spotlights the Global 

Magnitsky sanctions program among the 

U.S. Government’s foreign policy tools 

for promoting global accountability for 

serious human rights abuse and 

corruption through the imposition of 

financial sanctions on foreign persons. 

Actions taken in 2023 continue to 

demonstrate the reach, flexibility, and 

broad scope of Global Magnitsky. The 

United States responded to serious 

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globally, deterring and disrupting some 

of the most egregious behavior by 

foreign actors. Actions taken in 2023 

targeted, among others, corrupt 

politicians undermining the rule of law 

in Paraguay, Guatemala, Bulgaria, and 

Haiti and serious human rights abuse 

involving Russia’s treatment of human 

rights defender, prominent opposition 

leader, author, and historian Vladimir 

Kara-Murza as well as abductions and 

sexual violence committed by Haitian 

gangs and their leaders. Actions against 

Paraguayan and former Afghan 

government officials highlighted the 

U.S. Government’s ongoing effort to 

disrupt pervasive corruption and illicit 

financial networks in their most 

entrenched forms and at the highest 

level of public office. 

When considering financial sanctions 

under Global Magnitsky, the United 

States prioritizes actions that are 

expected to produce a tangible and 

significant impact on corrupt actors, 

serious human rights abusers, and their 

affiliates, and prompt changes in 

behavior or disrupt the activities of 

malign actors. Sanctions under Global 

Magnitsky aim to target systemic 

corruption and human rights abuse, 

including the networks that engage in, 

facilitate, or perpetuate sustained 

patterns of such illicit behavior. Persons 

sanctioned pursuant to this authority 

appear on the Office of Foreign Assets 

Control’s (OFAC’s) List of Specially 

Designated Nationals and Blocked 

Persons (SDN List). As a result of these 

actions, all property and interests in 

property of the sanctioned persons that 

are in the United States or in the 

possession or control of U.S. persons are 

blocked and must be reported to OFAC. 

Unless authorized by a general or 

specific license issued by OFAC or 

otherwise exempt, OFAC’s 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 blocked person or the 

receipt of any contribution or provision 

of funds, goods, or services from any 

such person. 

In 2023, the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of 

State and the Attorney General, imposed 

economic sanctions on the following 78 

foreign persons (individuals and 

entities) pursuant to E.O. 13818: 

Afghanistan 

• Fariduddin Mahmood: Mahmood 

was designated on December 8, 2023, 

for being a foreign person who is 

responsible for, or complicit in—or has 

directly or indirectly engaged in— 

serious human rights abuses involving 

the restriction of access to all secondary 

education for women and girls in 

Afghanistan, solely on the basis of 

gender, which interferes with their 

enjoyment of equal protection. 

Mahmood is a member of the Taliban’s 

so-called ‘‘cabinet’’ that made decisions 

to close education centers and schools 

to women and girls after the sixth grade. 

He serves as the so-called ‘‘head of the 

Afghanistan Academy of Sciences’’ and 

supported the education-related bans on 

women and girls. 

• Khalid Hanafi: Hanafi was 

designated on December 8, 2023, for 

being a foreign person who is, or has 

been, a leader or official of an entity, 

including any government entity, that 

has engaged in, or whose members have 

engaged in, serious human rights abuse 

relating to the leader’s or official’s 

tenure. Hanafi serves as the Taliban’s 

so-called ‘‘Minister’’ for the so-called 

‘‘Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue 

and Prevention of Vice’’ (MPVPV). 

Since August 2021, members of the socalled MPVPV have engaged in serious 

human rights abuse, including killings, 

abductions, whippings, and beatings. 

Members of the so-called MPVPV have 

assaulted people protesting the 

restrictions on women’s activity, 

including access to education. 

• Mir Rahman Rahmani and Ajmal 

Rahmani: Mir Rahmani and Ajmal 

Rahmani, collectively ‘‘the Rahmanis,’’ 

were designated on December 11, 2023, 

for being government officials, or 

persons acting for or on behalf of such 

an official, who are responsible for or 

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. The Rahmanis engaged in 

corruption related to government 

contracts involving the import and 

delivery of fuel, contract inflation, 

import tax fraud, fuel theft, and 

parliamentary corruption. 

Æ On December 11, 2023, 41 entities 

were designated for being owned or 

controlled by, or having acted or 

purported to act for or on behalf of, 

directly or indirectly, Ajmal Rahmani: 

b 21 German companies: Ozean 

Immobilien Projektentwicklung 

Verwaltungs- GmbH, Ozean 

Immobilien Management GmbH & Co. 

KG, Ozean Immobilien 

Projektentwicklung GmbH & Co. KG, 

Pyramaxia Immoprojekt GmbH & Co. 

KG, Pyramaxia Real Estate 

Development GmbH & Co. KG, 

Pyramaxia Real Estate GmbH & Co. 

KG, Ozean Group GmbH, Ozean 

Baustoffe GmbH & Co. KG, Ozean 

Horizont Baumaschinen & 

Bauequipment GmbH & Co. KG, 

Ozean Horizont Bauwerke GmbH, 

Ozean Horizont Erdarbeiten GmbH & 

Co. KG, Ozean Horizont 

Objektplanung GmbH & Co. KG, 

Ozean Horizont Projektentwicklungs 

GmbH & Co. KG, Ozean Horizont 

Spezialtiefbau GmbH & Co. KG, RG 

Immoprojekt GmbH & Co. KG, RG 

Real Estate Development GmbH & Co. 

KG, RG Real Estate GmbH & Co. KG, 

NAI Energy Europe GmbH & Co. KG, 

NAI Energy Europe Verwaltungs 

GmbH, NAI Europe Energy GmbH & 

Co. KG, and NAI Management GmbH 

b Eight Cypriot companies: Pyramaxia 

Limited, RG Holdings Limited, NAI 

Logistics Limited, Buoyant Holdings 

Limited, Ocean Europe CY Limited, 

DCH. Dream Creators Holdings LTD, 

Riseonic Holdings LTD, and ZEM 

Holdings LTD 

b Six Emirati companies: RG Group 

FZE, The Fern Limited, Ascent 

Holdings LTD, Orbit International 

FZE, Ocean Estate Company Limited, 

and Rahmani Group International JLT 

b Two Afghan companies: Fidelis 

Logistic and Supply Services and 

Secure Movement Logistics Services 

b Two Austrian companies: Ocean 

Estate GmbH and Ocean Properties 

GmbH 

b One Dutch company: NAI Logistics 

B.V. 

b One Bulgarian company: Lego 

Investments EOOD 

Æ Additionally, the following two 

German companies were designated for 

being owned or controlled by, or for 

having acted or purported to act for or 

on behalf of, directly or indirectly, 

Ocean Properties GmbH: Ozean 

Development Real Estate GmbH & Co. 

KG and Ozean Real Estate GmbH & Co. 

KG. 

Æ The following Dutch company was 

designated for being owned or 

controlled by, or for having acted or 

purported to act for or on behalf of, 

directly or indirectly, RZ Group FZE: 

AlphaOne Pharmaceutical B.V. 

Bulgaria 

• Rumen Stoyanov Ovcharov: 

Ovcharov was designated on February 

10, 2023, for being a foreign person who 

is a current or former government 

official, or a person acting for or on 

behalf of such an official, who is 

responsible for or complicit in, or has 

directly or indirectly engaged in, 


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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. 

Ovcharov is a former Minister of Energy 

and Economy, Bulgarian member of 

parliament (MP), and current member of 

the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) 

National Council. Ovcharov repeatedly 

engaged in corrupt energy contracts 

with Russian energy companies, 

receiving bribes and other kickbacks in 

exchange for fixed-price contracts for 

Russian gas and nuclear fuel and 

support contracts at the Kozloduy 

Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP). Russianbased nuclear fuel contracts negotiated 

by Ovcharov proxies overcharged KNPP 

up to Ö50 million, resulting in tens of 

millions in ill-gotten profits for 

participants. 

• Aleksandar Hristov Nikolov: 

Nikolov was designated on February 10, 

2023, for being a foreign person who is 

a current or former government official, 

or a person acting for or on behalf of 

such an official, who is responsible for 

or 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. Nikolov is a former CEO and 

deputy director of KNPP. Nikolov, 

Ovcharov, and Ivan Kirov Genov 

coordinated personal commissions by 

corruptly diverting service contracts for 

KNPP to their own business interests, 

avoiding scrutiny from Bulgarian 

officials through offshore management. 

Nikolov and Genov agreed to accept five 

million Bulgarian leva in bribes from 

foreign nuclear power executives in 

exchange for guarantees of KNPP 

contracts. 

• Ivan Kirov Genov: Genov was 

designated on February 10, 2023, for 

being a foreign person who is a current 

or former government official who is 

responsible for or complicit in, or who 

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. Genov 

is a former CEO of KNPP and was a 

Bulgarian MP with the BSP from 2017 

to 2019. Genov, Nikolov, and Ovcharov 

coordinated personal commissions by 

corruptly diverting service contracts for 

KNPP to their own business interests, 

avoiding scrutiny from Bulgarian 

officials through offshore management. 

Genov and Nikolov agreed to accept five 

million Bulgarian leva in bribes from 

foreign nuclear power executives in 

exchange for guarantees of KNPP 

contracts. Even after exiting his position 

as Executive Director of KNPP, Genov 

solicited three million Bulgarian leva in 

bribes from Bulgarian business 

executives to facilitate the 

reconsideration of KNPP contract 

awards to benefit their companies. 

• Nikolay Simeonov Malinov: 

Malinov was designated on February 10, 

2023, for being a foreign person who is 

a current or former government official, 

or a person acting for or on behalf of 

such an official, who is responsible for 

or 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. Malinov is a former MP from 

the BSP and leader of the pro-Russian 

lobby group Russophiles National 

Movement. After he was arrested and 

charged with espionage for spying for 

Russian-backed interests and barred 

from international travel in September 

2019, Malinov bribed a Bulgarian judge 

to allow him to travel to Russia to 

personally receive the Friendship Medal 

from Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

• Inter Trade 2021 EOOD, MS 

Konsult 2016 EOOD, Russophiles 

National Movement, Russophiles for the 

Revival of the Fatherland Political Party: 

These entities were designated on 

February 10, 2023, for being owned or 

controlled by, directly or indirectly, 

Malinov. 

• Vladislov Ivanov Goranov: Goranov 

was designated on February 10, 2023, 

for being a foreign person who is a 

current or former government official, or 

a person acting for or on behalf of such 

an official, who is responsible for or 

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. Goranov served as a Bulgarian 

MP and was Minister of Finance in the 

second and third administrations led by 

the Citizens for European Development 

of Bulgaria (GERB) political party until 

2020. As Minister of Finance, Goranov 

participated in a corruption scheme that 

resulted in tens of millions of euros paid 

to Bulgarian officials in exchange for 

favorable legislation for interested 

parties involved in the gambling 

industry. 

• Trilemma Consulting Ltd EOOD: 

This entity was designated on February 

10, 2023, for being owned or controlled 

by, directly or indirectly, Goranov. 

Trilemma Consulting Ltd EOOD is a 

sole proprietorship consulting company. 

Guatemala 

• Luis Miguel Martinez Morales: 

Martinez was designated on December 

1, 2023, for being a foreign person who 

is a current or former government 

official, or person acting for or on behalf 

of such an official, who is responsible 

for or complicit in, or who 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. Martinez is the former head of 

the now-defunct Centro de Gobierno. 

Martinez has influenced the government 

contracts process to benefit himself and 

close associates. Martinez colluded with 

other Guatemalan government officials 

to illegally award contracts to favored 

bidders outside of Guatecompras, the 

Guatemalan government’s formal 

procurement system. Martinez and his 

conspirators used antiquated 

procurement law to forego the bidding 

process and secure government 

contracts for companies in which he has 

a financial interest. 

Haiti 

• Gary Bodeau: Bodeau was 

designated on April 5, 2023, for being a 

foreign person who is a current or 

former government official, or a person 

acting for or on behalf of such an 

official, who is responsible for or 

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. Bodeau is the former President 

of the Haitian Chamber of Deputies. 

Bodeau was involved in several corrupt 

schemes wherein he engaged in efforts 

to influence the outcome of Haitian 

political appointments, including 

facilitating and soliciting bribes worth 

millions of dollars. In 2018, Bodeau 

paid Haitian officials to secure their 

votes while seeking ministerial position 

appointments. He also solicited a large 

bribery payment worth hundreds of 

thousands of dollars from senior 

government officials in exchange for his 

political support. In 2019, Bodeau 

offered to deliver a successful vote in 

the Chamber of Deputies for a 

prospective ministerial appointee in 


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exchange for millions of dollars paid out 

through individual payments to 

members of the Chamber of Deputies. 

• Johnson Andre ́, Renel Destina, 

Vitel’homme Innocent, and Wilson 

Joseph: Andre ́, Destina, Innocent, and 

Joseph were each designated on 

December 8, 2023 for being a foreign 

person who is responsible for or 

complicit in, or has directly or 

indirectly engaged in, serious human 

rights abuse and for being a foreign 

person who is or has been a leader or 

official of an entity, including any 

government entity, that has engaged in, 

or whose members have engaged in, 

serious human rights abuse relating to 

the leader’s or official’s tenure in their 

roles as leaders of criminal gangs in 

Haiti. Respectively, Andre ́, Destina, 

Innocent, and Joseph are the leaders of 

four criminal gangs: 5 Segond, Grand 

Ravine, Kraze Barye ́, and 400 Mawozo. 

Innocent and Joseph have both been 

indicted by the U.S. Department of 

Justice for their role in the armed 

kidnapping of U.S. citizens in Haiti. 

Andre ́ and his gang have been identified 

by survivors as being directly 

responsible for 1,035 documented cases 

of sexual violence in 2022 alone. 

Destina, who is a key ally of Andre ́, has 

committed kidnappings as well as 

killings, robberies, rapes, looting and 

burning of residences, and continuous 

attacks against Haitian police officers. 

Liberia 

• Jefferson Koijee: Koijee was 

designated on December 8, 2023, for 

being a foreign person who is 

responsible for or complicit in, or who 

has directly or indirectly engaged in, 

serious human rights abuse and for 

being a foreign person who is a current 

or former government official, or a 

person acting for or on behalf of such an 

official, who is responsible for or 

complicit in, or who 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. Koijee and his supporters have 

been involved in violence in connection 

with: an opposition rally in July 2022, 

students attending a memorial service 

for former Liberian president Amos 

Sawyer in March 2022, an anti-rape 

protest in August 2020, a student 

graduation ceremony in December 2019, 

and an opposition rally in November 

2018. Koijee has also engaged in corrupt 

acts, including bribery and 

misappropriation of state assets for use 

by private political movements and 

pressuring anti-corruption investigators 

to halt corruption investigations. 

Paraguay 

• Horacio Manuel Cartes Jara: Cartes 

was designated on January 26, 2023, for 

being a foreign person who is a current 

or former government official, or a 

person acting for or on behalf of such an 

official, who is responsible for or 

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. Former Paraguayan president 

Cartes engaged in corruption before, 

during, and after his term as President 

of Paraguay. Cartes paid party members 

up to $10,000 each to support his 

candidacy ahead of the 2013 elections. 

While President of Paraguay, Cartes 

continued his corrupt schemes, 

including making cash payments to 

officials in exchange for their loyalty 

and support. He maintained his grip on 

policymaking through monthly cash 

bribes paid out to loyal legislators; 

payments ranged from $5,000 to $50,000 

per member. Cartes continued to 

influence legislative activities after 

leaving office, targeting political 

opponents, and bribing legislators to 

direct votes in his interest, with top 

supporters receiving as much as $50,000 

monthly. 

• Hugo Adalberto Velazquez Moreno: 

Velazquez was designated on January 

26, 2023, for being a foreign person who 

is a current or former government 

official, or a person acting for or on 

behalf of such an official, who has 

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. ThenParaguayan Vice President Velazquez 

interfered in legal processes to protect 

himself and criminal associates from 

criminal investigations, including by 

bribing and threatening those who 

would expose his criminal activity. 

• Tabacos USA Inc., Bebidas USA 

Inc., Dominicana Acquisition S.A., 

Frigorifico Chajha S.A.E.: These entities 

were designated on January 26, 2023, for 

being owned or controlled by Cartes. 

• Tabacalera Del Este S.A. (Tabesa): 

On March 31, 2023, OFAC identified 

Tabesa as an entity that is owned, 

directly or indirectly, 50 percent or 

more by Cartes and added Tabesa to the 

SDN List. 

People’s Republic of China 

• Gao Qi: Gao was designated on 

December 8, 2023, for being a foreign 

person who is or has been a leader or 

official of the Xinjiang Public Security 

Bureau (XPSB), an entity, including any 

government entity, that has engaged in, 

or whose members have engaged in, 

serious human rights abuse relating to 

his tenure. OFAC designated the XPSB 

on July 9, 2020, for being a foreign 

person responsible for, or complicit in, 

or that has directly or indirectly engaged 

in, serious human rights abuse. Gao was 

concurrently sanctioned under the 

Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act. 

• Hu Lianhe: Hu was designated on 

December 8, 2023, for being a foreign 

person who is or has been a leader or 

official of an entity, including any 

government entity, that has engaged in, 

or whose members have engaged in, any 

of the activities described in subsection 

(ii)(A) of Section 1(a) of E.O. 13818. Hu 

has served as the Deputy Office Director 

for the Xinjiang Work Coordination 

Small Group of the Central Committee 

since 2012. The XWCSG engaged in 

direct and close involvement in the 

PRC’s March 2017 Xinjiang Uyghur 

Autonomous Region ‘‘DeExtremification Regulation,’’ and its 

October 2018 revision, which provided 

the framework for Xinjiang’s ‘‘deextremification’’ through re-education 

campaign. 

Russia 

• Andrei Andreevich Zadachin: 

Zadachin was designated on March 3, 

2023, for being a foreign person who is 

responsible for or complicit in, or has 

directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 

human rights abuse. Zadachin is a 

Special Investigator assigned to the 

Chief Investigative Directorate of the 

Investigative Committee of the Russian 

Federation. Zadachin ordered that a 

criminal case be initiated against 

Vladimir Kara-Murza based on his 

speech before the Arizona House of 

Representatives. Zadachin requested 

that detention be ordered as a pre-trial 

restraint for Kara-Murza and defended 

this request in court. 

• Danila Yurievich Mikheev: Mikheev 

was designated on March 3, 2023, or 

being a foreign person who has 

materially assisted, sponsored, or 

provided financial, material, or 

technological support for, or goods or 

services to or in support of, serious 

human rights abuse that is conducted by 

a foreign person. Mikheev is a Russian 

Federation national who served as an 

expert witness for the Russian 

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speech and providing a report that 

served as part of the basis on which 

Elena Anatolievna Lenskaya ordered 

Kara-Murza be held. 

• Elena Anatolievna Lenskaya: 

Lenskaya was designated on March 3, 

2023, for being a foreign person who is 

responsible for or complicit in, or has 

directly or indirectly engaged in, serious 

human rights abuse. Lenskaya is a judge 

of the Basmannyy District Court in 

Moscow who oversaw Kara-Murza’s pretrial detention hearing. Lenskaya 

ordered that Kara-Murza be held in pretrial detention on charges based on his 

exercising the right to freedom of 

expression. 

Uganda 

• Johnson Byabashaija: Byabashaija 

was designated on December 8, 2023, 

for being a foreign person who is or has 

been a leader or official of an entity, 

including any government entity, that 

has engaged in, or whose members have 

engaged in, serious human rights abuse 

relating to the leader’s or official’s 

tenure. Byabashaija has served as 

Commissioner General of the Uganda 

Prisons Service (UPS) since 2005. 

During that period, members of the UPS 

have engaged in serious human rights 

abuse against prisoners held within UPS 

facilities. Prisoners have reported being 

tortured and beaten by UPS staff and by 

fellow prisoners at the direction of UPS 

staff. Members of vulnerable groups, 

including government critics and 

members of Uganda’s LGBTQI+ 

community, have been beaten. 

Visa Restrictions Imposed 

Persons designated pursuant to E.O. 

13818 are subject to the entry 

restrictions articulated in section 2, 

unless an exception applies. Section 2 

provides that the entry of persons 

designated under section 1 of the order 

is suspended pursuant to Presidential 

Proclamation 8693. 

In 2023, the Department took steps to 

impose visa restrictions, when 

appropriate, on foreign persons 

involved in certain human rights 

violations and significant corruption 

pursuant to other authorities, including 

Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 

8697, and Section 7031(c) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act. The Department 

will continue to identify individuals 

subject to those authorities as 

appropriate, including but not limited to 

individuals designated under Global 

Magnitsky. In addition, the Department 

continues to implement all grounds of 

inadmissibility in the Immigration and 

Nationality Act (INA), including INA 

section 212(a)(3)(E) which renders 

applicants ineligible for visas if a 

consular officer has reason to believe 

that they participated in acts of 

genocide, torture, or extrajudicial 

killings. 

Efforts To Encourage Governments of 

Other Countries To Impose Sanctions 

Similar to Those Authorized by the Act 

The United States recognizes that our 

sanctions are most impactful when 

implemented in coordination with our 

foreign partners. In 2023, the 

Administration continued its successful 

outreach campaign to international 

partners regarding the expansion and 

use of domestic and multilateral 

anticorruption and human rights 

sanctions regimes. Over the course of 

the reporting period, the Administration 

coordinated with likeminded partners 

in pursuing coordinated actions against 

human rights abusers and corrupt 

actors, particularly in the run up to 

annual International Anti-Corruption 

Day and Human Rights Day. The United 

States took its Human Rights Day 

actions in concert with the United 

Kingdom and Canada, each of which 

took similar measures to deter human 

rights abuse globally. Of note, in 

coordination with partners on the 

United Nations Security Council, the 

United States co-sponsored the 

designation by the Security Council of 

four Haitian gang leaders, consistent 

with the Presidential Memorandum on 

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and 

underscoring the Administration’s 

commitment to recognizing abhorrent 

abuse and promoting accountability for 

serious human rights abusers. 

Though not concurrent with U.S. 

actions, the United Kingdom, Canada, 

European Union (EU), and Australia all 

took action against individuals in Russia 

connected to serious human rights 

abuse, namely the arbitrary detention of 

Russian pro-democracy activist 

Vladimir Kara-Murza. Additionally, the 

United States designated Gary Bodeau 

in April 2023, an individual previously 

designated by Canada under its Special 

Economic Measure for Haiti authority in 

November 2022. On the same day that 

the United States announced a second 

round of corruption sanctions in 

Bulgaria, the United Kingdom, together 

with U.S. government officials in Sofia, 

announced its designation of three 

corrupt Bulgarian actors for serious 

corruption and abuse of public 

institution funds under its Global AntiCorruption and Global Human Rights 

regimes. The UK designations 

reinforced prior U.S. designations of 

these individuals under Global 

Magnitsky on June 2, 2021: Vassil 

Kroumov Bojkov, Delyan Slavchev 

Peevski, and Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov. 

Similarly, in May 2023, the EU 

designated seven Moldovan individuals 

for undermining or threatening the 

sovereignty of Moldova, including 

Vladimir Plahotniuc, who was 

previously designated by the United 

States in October 2022 and by the 

United Kingdom in December 2022. In 

May 2023, Canada designated seven 

individuals, including Plahotniuc. In 

October 2023, Canada imposed 

sanctions on nine additional individuals 

associated with Plahotniuc. On 

December 8, 2023, the United States 

designated two Afghan individuals, 

including Khalid Hanafi, the Taliban’s 

so-called ‘‘Minister’’ for the so-called 

‘‘Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue 

and Prevention of Vice’’ (MPVPV) for 

serious human rights abuse related to 

the repression of women and girls, 

including through the restriction of 

access to secondary education for 

women and girls in Afghanistan solely 

on the basis of gender. The EU took 

similar action under its Global Human 

Rights Sanctions Regime on July 20, 

2023, imposing restrictive measures on 

two of the Taliban’s so-called ‘‘acting 

Ministers’’—including Hanafi—for their 

role in ‘‘depriving Afghan girls and 

women of their right to education, 

access to justice and equal treatment 

between men and women.’’ 

The United States is closely following 

the potential development of an EU 

anti-corruption sanctions authority and 

stands ready to support EU efforts by 

sharing insights and offering technical 

support, including regarding evidence 

collection, addressing legal challenges, 

and evidentiary requirements. The 

Administration will continue to seek 

out additional allies and partners, 

including civil society, to leverage all 

tools at our disposal to deny access to 

the United States’ and international 

financial systems and deny entry to the 

United States to all those who engage in 

serious human rights abuse and 

corruption. 

Andrew H. Self, 

Foreign Affairs Officer, Bureau of Economic 

and Business Affairs, Department of State. 

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