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Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 2017 

Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human 

Rights Abuse or Corruption 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), the Global Magnitsky Human 

Rights Accountability Act (Public Law 114–328) (the ‘‘Act’’), section 212(f) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), 

and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find 

that the prevalence and severity of human rights abuse and corruption 

that have their source, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 

States, such as those committed or directed by persons listed in the Annex 

to this order, have reached such scope and gravity that they 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. 

I therefore determine that serious human rights abuse and corruption around 

the world constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 

security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and I hereby 

declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. 

I hereby determine and order: 

Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United 

States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 

come within the possession or control of any United States person of the 

following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 

withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; 

(ii) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General: 

(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 

engaged in, serious human rights abuse; 

(B) to be 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: 

(1) 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; 

or 

(2) the transfer or the facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of 

corruption; 

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(1) an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, 

or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described 

in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section relating to 

the leader’s or official’s tenure; or 

(2) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to this order as a result of activities related to the leader’s 

or official’s tenure; or 

(D) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in 

subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section; and 

(iii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General: 

(A) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support 

of: 

(1) any activity described in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) 

of this section that is conducted by a foreign person; 

(2) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to this order; or 

(3) any entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, 

or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described 

in subsections (ii)(A), (ii)(B)(1), or (ii)(B)(2) of this section, where the 

activity is conducted by a foreign person; 

(B) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to 

act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(C) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in 

subsections (iii)(A) or (B) of this section. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to 

the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or 

licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding 

any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the effective 

date of this order. 

Sec. 2. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United 

States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 

1 of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, 

and the entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or 

nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended. Such persons shall be treated as persons 

covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension 

of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans 

and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). 

Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of 

articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, 

to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to 

deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit 

such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 include: 

(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to this order; and 

(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

from any such person. 

Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading 

or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 

in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order: 


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(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 

corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and 

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, 

permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign 

branches), or any person in the United States. 

Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence 

in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds 

or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures 

to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. 

I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing 

the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice 

of a listing or determination made pursuant to this order. 

Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including adopting rules 

and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA and 

the Act as may be necessary to implement this order and section 1263(a) 

of the Act with respect to the determinations provided for therein. The 

Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate 

any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States. 

All agencies shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to 

implement this order. 

Sec. 9. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to take such actions, 

including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted 

to me by IEEPA, the INA, and the Act as may be necessary to carry out 

section 2 of this order and, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 

the reporting requirement in section 1264(a) of the Act with respect to 

the reports provided for in section 1264(b)(2) of that Act. The Secretary 

of State may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions 

to other officers and agencies of the United States consistent with applicable 

law. 

Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State and the Attorney General, is hereby authorized to determine that 

circumstances no longer warrant the blocking of the property and interests 

in property of a person listed in the Annex to this order, and to take 

necessary action to give effect to that determination. 

Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the 

Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with 

section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA 

(50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). 

Sec. 12. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time, December 21, 2017. 


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Sec. 13. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right 

or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by 

any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, 

its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

December 20, 2017. 

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ANNEX 

1. Mukhtar Hamid Shah; Date of Birth (DOB) August 11, 1939; 

alt. DOB November 8, 1939; nationality, Pakistan 

2. Angel Rondon Rijo; DOB July 16, 1950; nationality, 

Dominican Republic 

3. Dan Gertler; DOB December 23, 1973; nationality, Israel; 

alt. nationality, Democratic Republic of the Congo 

4. Maung Maung Soe; DOB March 1964; nationality, Burma 

5. Yahya Jammeh; DOB May 25, 1965; nationality, The Gambia 

6. Sergey Kusiuk; DOB December 1, 1966; nationality, 

Ukraine; alt. nationality, Russia 

7. Benjamin Bol Mel; DOB January 3, 1978; alt. DOB December 

24, 1978; nationality, South Sudan; alt. nationality, 

Sudan 

8. Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez; DOB December 1, 1980; 

nationality, Guatemala 

9. Goulnora Islamovna Karimova; DOB July 8, 1972; 

nationality, Uzbekistan 

10. Slobodan Tesic; DOB December 21, 1958; nationality, 

Serbia 

11. Artem Yuryevich Chayka; DOB September 25, 1975; 

nationality, Russia 

12. Gao Yan; DOB April 1963; nationality, China 

13. Roberto Jose Rivas Reyes; DOB July 6, 1954; nationality, 

Nicaragua