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ramus

25th December 2017, 14:41

US mainstream propaganda media has yet to inform the American people that President Donald Trump has declared a National Emergency—it's a crime what they don't tell us, but this is amazing no one is speaking on this in the media.... not really !!!!

According to this report, 72 hours ago, on 21 December, President Trump issued a gravely worded Executive Order declaring a National Emergency, and whose exacts words stated:

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.

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index2458.htm

Executive Orders
Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption

Law & Justice

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/

Issued on: December 21, 2017

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;

(C) to be or have been a leader or official of:

(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:

(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.

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.

DONALD J. TRUMP

THE WHITE HOUSE,
December 20, 2017.

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 Juárez Ramírez; 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

Hervé

25th December 2017, 15:20

Jim Stone's take on the above: http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?94417-Done-Sworn-in-45th-US-president-Donald-Trump-The-Sequels...&p=1197925&viewfull=1#post1197925

ramus

25th December 2017, 15:39

Sorry i didn't see that post ...........

[No need to apologize, Jim Stone's only excerpted portions that seemed significant to him, whereas your thread shows the whole of the Executive order, Hervé]

Cardillac

25th December 2017, 16:02

@ramus

many thanks for posting; but I think most of us on this website realize that whatdoesitmean. com hosted by Sorcha Faal (named by most as "Sucha Fool") is a CIA front but that doesn't mean everything posted on this website is bogus info; it's always a mixed bag- typical CIA :-(

as for the validy of website whitehouse.gov I have no idea; am not an insider-

but as history has always proven to be true: whenever a head of state is being mercilessly lambasted by the MSM (Trump seems to be the worst victim) it means he/she is probably doing something right behind the scenes that is a threat to someone/s power structure; and no president in US history has a worse MSM track record than Trump;

Trump simply can't be as "stoopid" as the MSM portrays him; in order for him to have built his financial empire he has to be more clever than a whole national park full of foxes;

and to what Hervé has also generously posted above, I guess will just have to wait and see if Jim Stone is right or not; let's just hope the whitehouse.gov and JS are legit-

please continue all to have a blessed holiday-

Larry

dynamo

25th December 2017, 16:40

...I guess will just have to wait and see if Jim Stone is right or not; let's just hope the whitehouse.gov and JS are legit-..
seems legit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.gov

whitehouse.gov is the official website of the White House and is owned by the United States government. Launched in October 1994,[4] it contains information about the President, the Vice President, their families, press releases, proclamations, executive orders, and some speeches by White House officials. It has the official web sites of several offices in the Executive Office of the President, such as the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The website has been completely redesigned for each new president. Websites for former presidents in office are moved to archive versions.[5] As of 2011, the website is considered among the best of the United States federal government.[6]

The content of the website is in the public domain or licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license.[7]

Cardillac

25th December 2017, 17:03

@dynamo

wikipedia.org is also not a trustworthy organization;

one must not forget it's a website to which anyone can contribute meaning it can manipulated- I'm not sure anymore whether it's much better than Snopes; I have 2 former co-workers from looong ago (sadly now both dead for some yrs.) who are "entried" in wikipedia and I can state that their own personal testimonies to me about their life stories as explained to me as we worked together but later posted posthumosly in wikipedia (I researched the entries in wikipedia long after their passings) are slightly (understatement) different than they explained their life stories to me- am just saying-

please be well dynamo and all reaers-

Larry

Kryztian

25th December 2017, 18:28

If you check Avalon archives, there are a huge number of posts with "[HOAX]" marked in the heading. About 50% of this Magnam Opus is authored by Sorcha Faal and published by whatdoesitmean.com and republished by many click bait websites. You might also wish to read some of these articles they published 5 years ago. They are all monumental hysterical warnings about things that never ever happened, not on our planet, not even on another timeline, not even in an imaginary universe where unicorns fart rainbow chemtrails.

Ramus, You can be come a productive and much loved member of the Project Avalon community, but only if you never, ever, ever, again post something here from the dark CIA sponsored kingdom of "Sorcha Faal and "whatdoesitmean.com."

Hervé

25th December 2017, 18:43

... completely missing the point that, unless the WhiteHouse site (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/) has been hacked, that Executive order is totally legit:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/themes/whitehouse/assets/img/white-house-logo-sm-bl.png White House Logo (https://www.whitehouse.gov)

Executive Orders

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Executive Order Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-involved-serious-human-rights-abuse-corruption/)

Law & Justice (https://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/law-justice/) | Issued on: December 21, 2017

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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...

Cardillac

25th December 2017, 22:10

@Hervé

I hope you're right- we wouldn't want it any other way, would we?

Larry

ramus

26th December 2017, 01:37

Well , then thank you !!!

DNA

26th December 2017, 02:10

Wow this appears indeed to be a Christmas day miracle. The wording and aim of this document seem to be the act of sharpening the axe before the execution of pedophiles and human trafickers world wide. As much as we would like to see those in power here in the US being placed before justice, it is the Rothschildes and other rich families that have been making fortunes off human trafficking women and children so hopefully the axe will find more than just domestic necks. :happythumbsup:

dynamo

26th December 2017, 02:58

@dynamo
wikipedia.org is also not a trustworthy organization;
one must not forget it's a website to which anyone can contribute meaning it can manipulated- I'm not sure anymore whether it's much better than Snopes...
Larry

Hi Larry, my point was not about the validity of the whitehouse.gov website, it was about the .gov extension on the domain name.
I guess I should have made myself clearer...
I've registered at least 70 domain names since 1996 and not once have I had the option to use the .gov extension.
(Not that I have ever wanted to for what seemed to me to be obvious reasons...)
So, I just dug into it some more and here's what I found:
https://www.dotgov.gov/dotgov-web/

Welcome

You have reached the General Services Administration (GSA) website for domain name registration for the U.S. government. Since 1997, we have been proud to manage the .gov and .fed.US top-level domains.

In order to manage .gov domains you must have a user ID and password into this system. If you do not have a user ID and password, please click on the Account tab to apply for a new account.

Fee Increase FAQs

There will be a fee increase on all DotGov domains beginning January 1, 2017. The official notice can be found at:

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2016/04/21/2016-09294/notice-of-fee-amounts-to-be-set-by-the-general-services-administrations-request-for-the-registration

******************************************** WARNING *******************************************

This is a U.S. General Services Administration Federal Government computer system that is "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY." This system is subject to monitoring. Individuals found performing unauthorized activities are subject to disciplinary action including criminal prosecution.

If you are registering a Federal Executive Branch Agency domain please be familiar with OMB guidance with the following Memorandum.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/egov/memo/policies-for-dot-gov-domain-issuance-for-federal-agency-public-websites.pdf .

Cheers and good health...

shaberon

26th December 2017, 04:54

It's a bit interesting.

I noticed that the prohibitions may be limited by statutes, or by various permits or directives in the future.

ramus

26th December 2017, 16:47

@KRYZTIAN I HOPE YOUR JOKING, I AM VERY AWARE OF "SORCHA FAAL AND WHATDOESITMEAN. COM" I CONSIDER WHAT YOU HAVE SAID OF ME AN INSULT, SO AGAIN I HOPE YOUR JOKING.

Ramus, You can be come a productive and much loved member of the Project Avalon community, but only if you never, ever, ever, again post something here from the dark CIA sponsored kingdom of "Sorcha Faal and "whatdoesitmean.com."

TrumanCash

26th December 2017, 16:50

IMO, even if the EO is true this is much ado about nothing given his support for the corrupt, human rights abuses of the governments of Israel, Saudi Arabia, et al, and given the names/countries listed in the Annex. [Please notice no one from Saudi Arabia or Israel is listed.]

Given the extreme corruption and horrific human rights abuses of the CIA, FBI, BLM, NSA, IRS why does he not issue an EO on them as well?

Perhaps Trump should read his Bible again: [I]You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

What's more corrupt than trying to ignite a world war as Trump has been doing? And BTW, Executive Orders are a violation of the separation of powers. No president may legislate; that is the job of congress. However, Trump like most US presidents doesn't seem to be interested in following the Constitution anyway.

ramus

26th December 2017, 16:58

HERE IS AN ISRAELI

3. Dan Gertler; DOB December 23, 1973; nationality, Israel; alt. nationality, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hervé

26th December 2017, 17:24

...

https://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/106030/40/1060304006.jpg
Lookin' for Outlaws in All the Wrong Places...

Cardillac

26th December 2017, 18:43

@dynamo

many thanks for your latest update/posting- greatly appreciated-

Larry :-)

Satori

26th December 2017, 19:12

pyrangello

26th December 2017, 20:17

After reading the Wilcox thread it appears that our President is attempting to cut the head off of the many many snakes . there have been so many laws broken by so many that is indeed to fight fire with fire. I say bring it on Mr. President, push the envelope of those that want to ride the edge of corruption, trafficking, and much much worse. A country cannot survive without law and order. It's about time we finally have someone at the top that has the balls to carry out what has needed to be done for a long long time.

indigopete

26th December 2017, 20:38

Back to "Mass Arrests" mania ? This sounds like fun.

Fellow Aspirant

27th December 2017, 03:52

bluestflame

27th December 2017, 04:04

ThePythonicCow

27th December 2017, 04:41

Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.
As best as I can figure, Trump is very serious.

It seems that the Bush, Clinton, Obama, Anglo-American Exceptionalist crime syndicate, with deep connections to the Rockefellers and Rothschilds, that has been corrupting many branches of the US government, and that has been engaging in world wide trafficking of arms, drugs, body parts, and children, has fallen on hard times.

Their human trafficking, of children and organs, is one of their most vulnerable activities, that most good people, of whatever race, creed, color, age, gender or political persuasion, will not tolerate.

Overall, they are a threat to humanity and a security threat to the United States, and Trump is attacking them where they are particularly vulnerable.

I expect that we will be hearing more of this over the coming year. Various powerful people in politics, corporations, news media and entertainment will choose to step down, and/or will be charged with serious crimes.

No one's saying that we will "rid the world" of such abuses ... but we will trim them back quite a bit, and in so doing trim back the power of some dastardly people and institutions.

TrumanCash

27th December 2017, 06:54

[...] And BTW, Executive Orders are a violation of the separation of powers. No president may legislate; that is the job of congress. However, Trump like most US presidents doesn't seem to be interested in following the Constitution anyway.

I have to respectfully disagree with this statement taken as a whole because it is too broad.

It is correct as a matter of law that the POTUS cannot constitutionally legislate. Further, it is beyond doubt that EOs are misused and abused, and, thus, many (if not most) are unconstitutional to that extent. And, EOs are often over-used, even when enacted in a constitutional manner. But EOs are not per se a violation of the separation of powers on the ground that they are unconstitutional legislation by the POTUS.

Rather, the US Constitution expressly impresses upon the POTUS the duty, right and authority to "...take care that the laws be faithfully executed[.]" See, Article II, Section 3 ("Duties of the President"). The language in Art. II, sec. 3 stating that "... he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed..." was intended by the Framers of the Constitution, and has been determined by the US Supreme Court, to provide the constitutional basis for the POTUS to issue EOs.

That is why EOs do make reference to Acts of Congress, as well as rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Acts of Congress. These are some of the "laws" that the POTUS has the duty to faithfully execute. Other laws include treaties to which the US is a party.

You make a good point of which I was well aware in writing that post, but my intention though not properly expressed was to point out that the "statutes"/"codes" must be pursuant to the supreme Law of the Land (Article VI). If the so-called "statutues"/"codes" are not authorized by the Constitution then they are not "law" and are not enforceable.

I would venture to say that most EOs are not constitutionally authorized. There is absolutely no constitutional authorization for Obamacare, social security, IRS, CIA, FBI, NSA, FDA, BLM, Federal Reserve, United Nations, etc, etc, ad nauseum. However, Trump never brings these issues up most likely because he is either ignorant of the law or just an elitist friend to the bankers--probably both.

He does not apply this EO equally to all because he gives the corrupt Israeli government and the Saudi human rights violators a free pass. He is carrying out the Pentagon's plan to overthrow Middle East governments including Iran (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YKB6nz9ubk). Although he was the lesser of the two evils in the last election, he is just another warmonger, IMO.

As one who has researched and experienced who is really in control I understand how the banksters, Bar Association, military and corporations overthrew the United States and gradually turned us into slaves overseen by the Grays and their cohorts. Since I was abducted twice into a deep underground military/Grays base I can speak with firsthand experience on this matter. However, most people are only aware of the aforementioned alphabet agencies, etc.

ramus

27th December 2017, 20:27

HERE IS INDIVIDUALS ADD TO THE LIST, OFF THE U.S. TREASURY WEB SITE:

United States Sanctions Human Rights Abusers and Corrupt Actors Across the Globe

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0243

December 21, 2017

New Executive Order Implements Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act,
Provides for Treasury Sanctions Against Malign Actors Worldwide

Washington – Today, the Trump Administration launched a new sanctions regime targeting human rights abusers and corrupt actors around the world. Building on the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act passed by Congress last year, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order (Order) today declaring a national emergency with respect to serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world and providing for the imposition of sanctions on actors engaged in these malign activities. In an Annex to the Order, the President imposed sanctions on 13 serious human rights abusers and corrupt actors. In addition, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, imposed sanctions on an additional 39 affiliated individuals and entities under the newly-issued Order.

“Today, the United States is taking a strong stand against human rights abuse and corruption globally by shutting these bad actors out of the U.S. financial system. Treasury is freezing their assets and publicly denouncing the egregious acts they’ve committed, sending a message that there is a steep price to pay for their misdeeds,” said Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin. “At the direction of President Trump, Treasury and our interagency partners will continue to take decisive and impactful actions to hold accountable those who abuse human rights, perpetrate corruption, and undermine American ideals.”

As a result of today’s actions, all of the assets within U.S. jurisdiction of the individuals and entities included in the Annex to the Order or designated by OFAC are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. Further details on these designations are included below.

Yahya Jammeh

Yahya Jammeh (Jammeh), the former President of The Gambia who came to power in 1994 and stepped down in 2017, has a long history of engaging in serious human rights abuses and corruption. Jammeh created a terror and assassination squad called the Junglers that answered directly to him. Jammeh used the Junglers to threaten, terrorize, interrogate, and kill individuals whom Jammeh assessed to be threats. During Jammeh’s tenure, he ordered the Junglers to kill a local religious leader, journalists, members of the political opposition, and former members of the government, among others. Jammeh used the Gambia’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) as a repressive tool of the regime – torturing political opponents and journalists. Throughout his presidency, Jammeh routinely ordered the abuse and murder of those he suspected of undermining his authority.

During his tenure, Jammeh used a number of corrupt schemes to plunder The Gambia’s state coffers or otherwise siphon off state funds for his personal gain. Ongoing investigations continue to reveal Jammeh’s large-scale theft from state coffers prior to his departure. According to The Gambia’s Justice Ministry, Jammeh personally, or through others acting under his instructions, directed the unlawful withdrawal of at least $50 million of state funds. The Gambian Government has since taken action to freeze Jammeh’s assets within The Gambia.

In a related action, OFAC designated Africada Airways, Kanilai Group International, Kanilai Worni Family Farms Ltd, Royal Africa Capital Holding Ltd, Africada Financial Service & Bureau de Change Ltd, Africada Micro-Finance Ltd, Africada Insurance Company, Kora Media Corporation Ltd, Atlantic Pelican Company Ltd, Palm Grove Africa Dev’t Corp. Ltd, Patriot Insurance Brokers Co. Ltd, and Royal Africa Securities Brokerage Co Ltd.

Roberto Jose Rivas Reyes

As President of Nicaragua’s Supreme Electoral Council, drawing a reported government salary of $60,000 per year, Roberto Jose Rivas Reyes (Rivas) has been accused in the press of amassing sizeable personal wealth, including multiple properties, private jets, luxury vehicles, and a yacht. Rivas has been described by a Nicaraguan Comptroller General as “above the law,” with investigations into his corruption having been blocked by Nicaraguan government officials. He has also perpetrated electoral fraud undermining Nicaragua’s electoral institutions.

Dan Gertler

Dan Gertler (Gertler) is an international businessman and billionaire who has amassed his fortune through hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Gertler has used his close friendship with DRC President Joseph Kabila to act as a middleman for mining asset sales in the DRC, requiring some multinational companies to go through Gertler to do business with the Congolese state. As a result, between 2010 and 2012 alone, the DRC reportedly lost over $1.36 billion in revenues from the underpricing of mining assets that were sold to offshore companies linked to Gertler. The failure of the DRC to publish the full details of one of the sales prompted the International Monetary Fund to halt loans to the DRC totaling $225 million. In 2013, Gertler sold to the DRC government for $150 million the rights to an oil block that Gertler purchased from the government for just $500,000, a loss of $149.5 million in potential revenue. Gertler has acted for or on behalf of Kabila, helping Kabila organize offshore leasing companies.

In a related action, OFAC designated Pieter Albert Deboutte, Fleurette Properties Limited, Fleurette Holdings Netherlands B.V., Gertler Family Foundation, Oil of DR Congo SPRL, Jarvis Congo SARL, International Diamond Industries, D.G.D. Investments Ltd., D.G.I. Israel Ltd, Proglan Capital Ltd, Emaxon Finance International Inc., Africa Horizons Investment Limited, Caprikat Limited, Foxwhelp Limited, Caprikat and Foxwhelp SARL, Lora Enterprises Limited, Zuppa Holdings Limited, Orama Properties Ltd, DGI Mining Ltd, and Rozaro Development Limited.

Slobodan Tesic

Slobodan Tesic (Tesic) is among the biggest dealers of arms and munitions in the Balkans; he spent nearly a decade on the United Nations (UN) Travel Ban List for violating UN sanctions against arms exports to Liberia. In order to secure arms contracts with various countries, Tesic would directly or indirectly provide bribes and financial assistance to officials. Tesic also took potential clients on high-value vacations, paid for their children’s education at western schools or universities, and used large bribes to secure contracts. Tesic owns or controls two Serbian companies, Partizan Tech and Technoglobal Systems DOO Beograd, and two Cyprus-based companies, Grawit Limited and Charso Limited. Tesic negotiates the sale of weapons via Charso Limited and used Grawit Limited as a mechanism to fund politicians.

In a related action, OFAC designated Preduzece Za Trgovinu Na Veliko I Malo Partizan Tech DOO Beograd-Savski Venac (“Partizan Tech”), Charso Limited, Grawit Limited, and Technoglobal Systems DOO Beograd.

Maung Maung Soe

In his former role as chief of the Burmese Army’s Western command, Maung Maung Soe oversaw the military operation in Burma’s Rakhine State responsible for widespread human rights abuse against Rohingya civilians in response to attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army. The Secretary of State determined on November 22 that the situation in northern Rakhine state in Burma constituted ethnic cleansing. The United States Government examined credible evidence of Maung Maung Soe’s activities, including allegations against Burmese security forces of extrajudicial killings, sexual violence, and arbitrary arrest as well as the widespread burning of villages. Security operations have led to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing across Burma’s border with Bangladesh. In August 2017, witnesses reportedly described mass killings and arson attacks by the Burmese Army and Burmese Border Guard Police, both then under Maung Maung Soe’s command in northern Rakhine State. In August 2017, soldiers described as being from the Western Command allegedly entered a village and reportedly separated the inhabitants by gender. According to witnesses, soldiers opened fire on the men and older boys and committed multiple acts of rape. Many of the women and younger children were reportedly also shot. Other witnesses described soldiers setting huts on fire with villagers inside.

Benjamin Bol Mel

Benjamin Bol Mel (Bol Mel) is the President of ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company Limited (ABMC), and has served as the Chairman of the South Sudan Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture. Bol Mel has also served as South Sudanese President Salva Kiir’s principal financial advisor, has been Kiir’s private secretary, and was perceived within the government as being close to Kiir and the local business community. Several officials were linked to ABMC in spite of a constitutional prohibition on top government officials transacting commercial business or earning income from outside the government.

Bol Mel oversees ABMC, which has been awarded contracts worth tens of millions of dollars by the Government of South Sudan. ABMC allegedly received preferential treatment from high-level officials, and the Government of South Sudan did not hold a competitive process for selecting ABMC to do roadwork on several roads in Juba and throughout South Sudan. Although this roadwork had been completed only a few years before, the government budgeted tens of millions of dollars more for maintenance of the same roads.

In a related action, OFAC designated ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company Limited and Home and Away LTD.

Mukhtar Hamid Shah

Shah is a Pakistani surgeon specializing in kidney transplants who Pakistani police believe to be involved in kidnapping, wrongful confinement, and the removal of and trafficking in human organs. As an owner of the Kidney Centre in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Shah was involved in the kidnapping and detention of, and removal of kidneys from, Pakistani laborers. Shah was arrested by Pakistani authorities in connection with an October 2016 incident in which 24 individuals from Punjab were found to be held against their will. Impoverished and illiterate Pakistanis from the countryside were reportedly lured to Rawalpindi with the promise of a job, and imprisoned for weeks. Doctors from the Kidney Centre were allegedly planning to steal their kidneys in order to sell them for a large profit. Police state that one of the accused arrested in connection with the events estimated that more than 400 people were imprisoned in the apartment at various times.

Gulnara Karimova

Gulnara Karimova (Karimova), daughter of former Uzbekistan leader Islam Karimov, headed a powerful organized crime syndicate that leveraged state actors to expropriate businesses, monopolize markets, solicit bribes, and administer extortion rackets. In July 2017, the Uzbek Prosecutor General’s Office charged Karimova with directly abetting the criminal activities of an organized crime group whose assets were worth over $1.3 billion. Karimova was also charged with hiding foreign currency through various means, including the receipt of payoffs in the accounts of offshore companies controlled by an organized criminal group, the illegal sale of radio frequencies and land parcels, siphoning off state funds through fraudulent dividend payments and stock sales, the illegal removal of cash, the non-collection of currency earnings, and the import of goods at inflated prices. Karimova was also found guilty of embezzlement of state funds, theft, tax evasion, and concealment of documents. Karimova laundered the proceeds of corruption back to her own accounts through a complex network of subsidiary companies and segregated portfolio funds. Karimova’s targeting of successful businesses to maximize her gains and enrich herself in some cases destroyed Uzbek competitors. Due in part to Karimova’s corrupt activities in the telecom sector alone, Uzbeks paid some of the highest rates in the world for cellular service.

Angel Rondon Rijo

Angel Rondon Rijo (Rondon) is a politically connected businessman and lobbyist in the Dominican Republic who funneled money from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, to Dominican officials, who in turn awarded Odebrecht projects to build highways, dams, and other projects. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Odebrecht is a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate that has pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and agreed to a criminal fine of $4.5 billion. In 2017, Rondon was arrested by Dominican authorities and charged with corruption for the bribes paid by Odebrecht.

Artem Chayka

Artem Chayka (Chayka) is the son of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and has leveraged his father’s position and ability to award his subordinates to unfairly win state-owned assets and contracts and put pressure on business competitors. In 2014, reconstruction of a highway began, and Chayka’s competitor for supplying materials to the project suddenly fell under prosecutorial scrutiny. An anonymous complaint letter with a fake name initiated a government investigation against the competitor. Government inspectors did not produce any documents confirming the legality of the inspections, and did not inform subjects of the investigation of their rights. Traffic police were deployed along the route to the competitor, weight control stations were suddenly dispatched, and trees were dug up and left to block entrances. The competitor was forced to shut down, leaving Chayka in a position to non-competitively work on the highway project. Also in 2014, Chayka bid on a state-owned stone and gravel company, and was awarded the contract. His competitor contested the results and filed a lawsuit. Prosecutors thereafter raided his home. After Chayka’s competitor withdrew the lawsuit, prosecutors dropped all charges.

Gao Yan

Gao Yan (Gao) was the Beijing Public Security Bureau Chaoyang Branch director. During Gao’s tenure, human rights activist Cao Shunli was detained at Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Chaoyang Branch where, in March 2014, Cao fell into a coma and died from organ failure, her body showing signs of emaciation and neglect. Cao had been arrested after attempting to board a flight to attend human rights training in Geneva, Switzerland. She was refused visitation by her lawyer, and was refused medical treatment while she suffered from tuberculosis.

Sergey Kusiuk

Sergey Kusiuk (Kusiuk) was commander of an elite Ukrainian police unit, the Berkut. Ukraine’s Special Investigations Department investigating crimes against activists identified Kusiuk as a leader of an attack on peaceful protesters on November 30, 2013, while in charge of 290 Berkut officers, many of whom took part in the beating of activists. Kusiuk has been named by the Ukrainian General Prosecutor’s Office as an individual who took part in the killings of activists on Kyiv’s Independence Square in February 2014. Kusiuk ordered the destruction of documentation related to the events, and has fled Ukraine and is now in hiding in Moscow, Russia, where he was identified dispersing protesters as part of a Russian riot police unit in June 2017.

Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez

Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez (Juarez) is a Guatemalan Congressman accused of ordering an attack in which two journalists were killed and another injured. Guatemalan prosecutors and a UN-sponsored commission investigating corruption in Guatemala allege that Juarez hired hit men to kill Prensa Libre correspondent Danilo Efrain Zapan Lopez, whose reporting had hurt Juarez’s plan to run for reelection. Fellow journalist Federico Benjamin Salazar of Radio Nuevo Mundo was also killed in the attack and is considered a collateral victim. Another journalist was wounded in the attack.

Yankuba Badjie

Yankuba Badjie (Badjie) was appointed as the Director General of The Gambia’s NIA in December 2013 and is alleged to have presided over abuses throughout his tenure. During Badjie’s tenure as Director General, abuses were prevalent and routine within the NIA, consisting of physical trauma and other mistreatment. In April 2016, Badjie oversaw the detention and murder of Solo Sandeng, a member of the political opposition. In February 2017, Badjie was charged along with eight subordinates with Sandeng’s murder. Prior to becoming Director General, Badjie served as the NIA Deputy Director General for Operations. Prior to becoming a member of the NIA’s senior leadership, Badjie led a paramilitary group known as the Junglers to the NIA’s headquarters to beat a prisoner for approximately three hours, leaving the prisoner unconscious and with broken hands. The following day, Badjie and the Junglers returned to beat the prisoner again, leaving him on the verge of death.

For identifying information on the individuals and entities designated today, click here (https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20171221.aspx) (shown below).

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Issuance of Global Magnitsky Executive Order; Global Magnitsky Designations
12/21/2017

The President has issued a new Executive Order on December 20, 2017 Blocking the Property of Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuses and Corruption. OFAC is concurrently releasing new FAQs related to this Executive Order and the office is publishing the following designations.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL

Specially Designated Nationals List Update

The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List:

BADJIE, Yankuba (a.k.a. BADGIE, Yankuba; a.k.a. BADJI, Yankouba), Banjul, The Gambia; DOB 25 Feb 1973; alt. DOB 24 Feb 1973; POB New Jeshwang, Kanifang Municipality, The Gambia; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

BOL MEL, Benjamin (a.k.a. BOL MEL KUOL, Benjamin; a.k.a. BOL MOL KUOT, Benjamin; a.k.a. BOL, Benjamin; a.k.a. BOR, Benjamin), Othaya Road, Othaya Villas House #2, Nairobi 00202, Kenya; Hai-Jalaba, Centre Street, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan; Juba, South Sudan; DOB 03 Jan 1978; alt. DOB 24 Dec 1978; POB Awiil, Sudan; alt. POB Rialdit, South Sudan; alt. POB Warrap State, South Sudan; alt. POB Abiem, Aweil East County, Northern Bahr al Ghazal, South Sudan; nationality South Sudan; alt. nationality Sudan; Gender Male; Passport B00000006 (South Sudan) issued 26 Jul 2013 expires 26 Jul 2018; President of ABMC Thai-South Sudan Construction Company (individual) [GLOMAG].

CHAYKA, Artem Yuryevich (a.k.a. CHAIKA, Artem), 38/2 Staraya Basmannaya, Apt. 310, Moscow, Russia; DOB 25 Sep 1975; POB Sverdlovsk, Russia; Gender Male; National ID No. 4501052463 (Russia) (individual) [GLOMAG].

DEBOUTTE, Pieter Albert; DOB 15 Jun 1966; POB Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium; nationality Belgium; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan; Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED; Linked To: GERTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION).

GAO, Yan, Beijing, China; DOB Apr 1963; POB Hongtong, Shanxi, China; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

GERTLER, Dan, 17 Daniel Street, Bnei Brak, Israel; 28 Daniel Street, Bnei Brak, Israel; Avenue Tchatchi 29, Gombe, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 23 Dec 1973; POB Tel Aviv, Israel; nationality Israel; alt. nationality Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Gender Male; Passport 10945182 (Israel) issued 28 Jun 2010 expires 27 Jun 2020; alt. Passport 10926248 (Israel) issued 25 Feb 2008 expires 27 Feb 2018; alt. Passport DB0009084 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the) issued 28 May 2015 expires 27 May 2020; National ID No. 027100619 (Israel) (individual) [GLOMAG].

JAMMEH, Yahya (a.k.a. JAMMEH BABILI MANSA, Yahya AJJ; a.k.a. JAMMEH, Alhaji Dr. Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung; a.k.a. JAMMEH, Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung), Equatorial Guinea; DOB 25 May 1965; POB Kanilai, The Gambia; nationality The Gambia; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

JUAREZ RAMIREZ, Julio Antonio (a.k.a. JUAREZ, Julio), Quinta Esterlima Km. 152.5, San Bernardino, Suchitepequez, Guatemala; DOB 01 Dec 1980; POB Mazatenango, Guatemala; nationality Guatemala; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

KARIMOVA, Gulnara (a.k.a. KARIMOVA, Goulnara; a.k.a. KARIMOVA, Goulnora Islamovna; a.k.a. "Googoosha"), Tashkent, Uzbekistan; DOB 08 Jul 1972; POB Fergana, Uzbekistan; nationality Uzbekistan; citizen Uzbekistan; Gender Female; Passport DA0006735 (Uzbekistan) (individual) [GLOMAG].

KUSIUK, Sergey (a.k.a. KUSYUK, Sergej Nikolaevich; a.k.a. KUSYUK, Serhiy; a.k.a. KYSYUK, Sergei), Moscow, Russia; DOB 01 Dec 1966; POB Malaya Mochulka, Vinnitska, Ukraine; nationality Ukraine; alt. nationality Russia; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].

RIVAS REYES, Roberto Jose, Managua, Nicaragua; DOB 06 Jul 1954; POB Matagalpa, Nicaragua; nationality Nicaragua; Gender Male; Passport A00000604 (Nicaragua) issued 19 Jun 2013 expires 19 Jun 2023; alt. Passport 04091979435 (Nicaragua) issued 19 Jun 2013 expires 19 Jun 2023; National ID No. 4410607540007S (Nicaragua) (individual) [GLOMAG].

RONDON RIJO, Angel, Ave Anacaona #83 Torre Caney Apt 25, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; DOB 16 Jul 1950; POB Higuey, Dominican Republic; Gender Male; Passport SC2249384 (Dominican Republic) issued 14 Jan 2015 expires 14 Jan 2021; alt. Passport 3297843 (Dominican Republic) issued 14 Jan 2015 expires 14 Jan 2021; National ID No. 00101629970 (Dominican Republic) (individual) [GLOMAG].

SHAH, Mukhtar Hamid, 1 Hill Park Jhellum Road, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan; DOB 11 Aug 1939; alt. DOB 08 Nov 1939; POB Chakwal, Pakistan; nationality Pakistan; Gender Male; National ID No. 3740502728729 (Pakistan) (individual) [GLOMAG].

SOE, Maung Maung, Burma; DOB Mar 1964; nationality Burma; Gender Male; National ID No. Tatmadaw Kyee 19571 (Burma) (individual) [GLOMAG].

TESIC, Slobodan (a.k.a. SLOBODAN, Tezic), Serbia; DOB 21 Dec 1958; POB Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina; nationality Serbia; citizen Serbia; Gender Male; Passport 009511357 (Serbia) expires 27 Oct 2020; alt. Passport 007671811 (Serbia) expires 05 Aug 2019 (individual) [GLOMAG].

The following entities have been added to OFAC's SDN List:

ABMC THAI-SOUTH SUDAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED (a.k.a. ABM CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; a.k.a. ABMC THAI SOUTH SUDAN CONSTRUCTION; a.k.a. AGGREGATE BUILDING MATERIALS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; a.k.a. THAI SOUTH SUDAN CRUSHER, AGGREGATES, AND BUILDING MATERIALS COMPANY; a.k.a. TSSABM), Customs Area, Adjacent to the Bus Park, Juba, South Sudan; Jebel Kujur, Juba-Yei Road, South Sudan; Luri, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan [GLOMAG] (Linked To: BOL MEL, Benjamin).

AFRICA HORIZONS INVESTMENT LIMITED, Cayman Islands; 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

AFRICADA AIRWAYS, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

AFRICADA FINANCIAL SERVICES AND BUREAU DE CHANGE LTD (a.k.a. AFRICADA FINANCIAL SERVICES & BUREAU DE CHANGE LTD), The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

AFRICADA INSURANCE COMPANY, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

AFRICADA MICRO-FINANCE LTD, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

ATLANTIC PELICAN COMPANY LTD, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

CAPRIKAT AND FOXWHELP SARL, Congo, Democratic Republic of the [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED; Linked To: CAPRIKAT LIMITED; Linked To: FOXWHELP LIMITED).

CAPRIKAT LIMITED, Akara Building, 24 Castro Street, Wickhams Cay 1, P.O. Box 3136, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British; Public Registration Number 1577164 (Virgin Islands, British) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

CHARSO LIMITED, P. Lordos Center, Makariou C'Avenue & Vironos Street, Block B, Floor 2, Flat 203 3105, Limassol, Cyprus; Elli Court 210, Archiepiskopou Makariou C'Avenue, 2nd Floor Apt 4, 3030, Limassol, Cyprus; Registration ID C301690 (Cyprus) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: TESIC, Slobodan).

D.G.D. INVESTMENTS LTD. (f.k.a. DAN GERTLER DIAMONDS LTD.), 23 Tuval, Ramat Gan 5252238, Israel; P.O. Box 101, Ramat Gan 5210002, Israel; Public Registration Number 512253352 (Israel) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

D.G.I. ISRAEL LTD, 23 Tuval, Ramat Gan 5252238, Israel; P.O. Box 101, Ramat Gan 5210002, Israel; Public Registration Number 513686220 (Israel) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

DGI MINING LTD, Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British; Public Registration Number 649877 (Virgin Islands, British) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

EMAXON FINANCE INTERNATIONAL INC. (a.k.a. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CORPORATION EMAXON INC.), 8356 Rue Labarre, Montreal, Quebec H4P2E7, Canada; Business Number 1160199932 (Canada) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

FLEURETTE HOLDINGS NETHERLANDS B.V., Industrieweg 5, Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland 2421 LK, Netherlands; Chamber of Commerce Number 55389694 (Netherlands); Legal Entity Number 851683897 (Netherlands) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED, Strawinskylaan 335, WTC, B-Tower 3rd floor, Amsterdam 1077 XX, Netherlands; Gustav Mahlerplein 60, 7th Floor, ITO Tower, Amsterdam 1082 MA, Netherlands; 70 Batetela Avenue, Tilapia Building, 5th floor, Kinshasa, Gombe, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar; Public Registration Number 99450 (Gibraltar) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

FOXWHELP LIMITED, Akara Building, 24 Castro Street, Wickhams Cay 1, P.O. Box 3136, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British; Public Registration Number 1577165 (Virgin Islands, British) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

GERTLER FAMILY FOUNDATION (a.k.a. LA FONDATION FAMILLE GERTLER), Congo, Democratic Republic of the [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

GRAWIT LIMITED, Elli Court, Floor 2, Flat 4, 210, Makariou III Limassol, 3030, Limassol, Cyprus; Registration ID HE272654 (Cyprus) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: TESIC, Slobodan).

HOME AND AWAY LTD., Hai-Amarat (off May Street), Juba, South Sudan [GLOMAG] (Linked To: BOL MEL, Benjamin).

INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND INDUSTRIES (a.k.a. "IDI"), Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan).

JARVIS CONGO SARL, No. 70 Batetela Avenue, Tilapia Building (Orange), 5th floor, Kinshasa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; No. 790 Panda Avenue, Golf Quarter, Lubumbashi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the [GLOMAG] (Linked To: DEBOUTTE, Pieter Albert; Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

KANILAI GROUP INTERNATIONAL (a.k.a. KGI INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD), Banjul, The Gambia; P.O. Box 3070 Serrekunda, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

KANILAI WORNI FAMILY FARMS LTD (a.k.a. KANILAI FAMILY FARMS; a.k.a. KANILAI FARMS LIMITED; a.k.a. KANILAI WORNI FARMS), Kanilai, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

KORA MEDIA CORPORATION LTD, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

LORA ENTERPRISES LIMITED, Virgin Islands, British [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED; Linked To: ZUPPA HOLDINGS LIMITED).

OIL OF DR CONGO SPRL (a.k.a. OIL OF DRCONGO), 14 Avenue Sergent Moke, Kinshasa, Gombe, Congo, Democratic Republic of the [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

ORAMA PROPERTIES LTD, Palm Grove House, P.O. Box 438, Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands, British; Public Registration Number 1041202 (Virgin Islands, British) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

PALM GROVE AFRICA DEV'T CORP. LTD, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

PATRIOT INSURANCE BROKERS CO. LTD, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

PREDUZECE ZA TRGOVINU NA VELIKO I MALO PARTIZAN TECH DOO BEOGRAD-SAVSKI VENAC (a.k.a. PARTIZAN ARMS; a.k.a. PARTIZAN ARMS DOO; a.k.a. PARTIZAN TECH DOO; a.k.a. PARTIZAN TECH DOO BEOGRAD), Maglajska 19 11000, Beograd (Savski Venac), Serbia; Website www.partizanarms.rs; Registration ID 20125225 (Serbia); Tax ID No. 104260278 [GLOMAG] (Linked To: TESIC, Slobodan).

PROGLAN CAPITAL LTD, 23 Tuval, Ramat Gan 5252238, Israel; P.O. Box 101, Ramat Gan 5210002, Israel; Public Registration Number 515000354 (Israel) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: D.G.D. INVESTMENTS LTD.).

ROYAL AFRICA CAPITAL HOLDING LTD (a.k.a. ROYAL AFRICA HOLDING), The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

ROYAL AFRICA SECURITIES BROKERAGE CO LTD, The Gambia [GLOMAG] (Linked To: JAMMEH, Yahya).

ROZARO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED, 57/63 Line Wall Road, Gibraltar [GLOMAG] (Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

TECHNOGLOBAL SYSTEMS DOO BEOGRAD (a.k.a. CALIDUS TRADE DOO; a.k.a. CALIDUS TRADE DOO BEOGRAD), Maglajska 19 11000, Beograd 6, Beograd, Serbia; Registration ID 20295066 (Serbia); Tax ID No. 105012258 [GLOMAG] (Linked To: TESIC, Slobodan).

ZUPPA HOLDINGS LIMITED, Virgin Islands, British [GLOMAG] (Linked To: GERTLER, Dan; Linked To: FLEURETTE PROPERTIES LIMITED).

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Last Updated: 12/21/2017 10:04 AM

Rocky_Shorz

27th December 2017, 23:27

Thanks ramus,

I've wanted to look over the list since announced.

This video goes into detail not mentioned through other sources...

Tears in the everything is going to be Eyerae. (our new Star Wars hero... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uy0W2rEnE8

DNA

28th December 2017, 00:35

bobme

28th December 2017, 01:04

Just something i have learned. Never trust a man who wheres a tie. I have never met one that can be trusted.

this is only my observance of many.

System says, where a tie to look professional.

Watch out for youself when the belief in these people sets in. You are fooling yourselves.

The one thing I want to try to say , is please look beyond the portrayal of anyone that is labeled anti establishment.

Anti establishment, is only a distraction for the established ones in controll.

A back door, to your butt.

Whatch how they party with your money. Whatch how states are trying to sue federal government , Towns sueing states, unions within counties suing counties.

What it boils down to, is you are sueing yourself.

Who pays for all these wonderful organizations? You do.

****ty mess we are in.

mountain_jim

28th December 2017, 02:25

Some more info and informed speculation here:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-27/new-trump-executive-order-targets-lobbyists-clinton-linked-individuals-and-perhaps-u

New Trump Executive Order Targets Clinton-Linked Individuals, Lobbyists And Perhaps Uranium One

...
Now consider that if reports from The Hill are accurate - an FBI mole deep within the Russian uranium industry uncovered evidence that “Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton’s charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow (the Uranium One approval)” – a deal which would eventually grant the Kremlin control over 20 percent of America’s uranium supply right around the time Bill Clinton also collected $500,000 for a Moscow speech, as detailed by author Peter Schweitzer’s book Clinton Cash and the New York Times in 2015.

“The Russians were compromising American contractors in the nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all of which raised legitimate national security concerns. And none of that evidence got aired before the Obama administration made those decisions,” a person who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or Russian officials. –The Hill

The same FBI informant claims to have video evidence showing Russian agents with briefcases full of bribe money related to the controversial Uranium One deal:

....
Dan Gertler is an Israeli billionaire mining magnate revealed by the Paradise Papers to be chief negotiator between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and his primary business partner - mining company Glencore, founded by Marc Rich - who was pardoned for corruption by Bill Clinton on his last day in office after his wife gave $450,000 to the Clinton Library foundation.

Glencore immediately cut ties with Gertler following Trump's Executive Order.

jake gittes

28th December 2017, 04:20

jake gittes

28th December 2017, 04:35

Cardillac

28th December 2017, 16:10

@Paul

I can only hope and pray you are right-

please stay well-

Larry

Satori

28th December 2017, 19:13

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.

This is completely absurd. In what fantasy could anyone claim that they will rid the world of "human rights abuse and corruption around the world"?

Please don't take this "emergency" declaration seriously.

B.

I take the declaration very seriously. Those who do not take it seriously, however, I cannot take very seriously.

Massive corruption and child trafficking are two of worst, most despicable plagues afflicting this planet and I applaud any effort to deal with it. Paul's post outlines the reasons to cheer this better than I could have. I also don't see where there are claims to "rid the world" of it, rather to "deal with that threat."

I also take this particular, and any, declaration of a national emergency very seriously. This particular declaration of a national emergency is but one among many by other POTUS who preceded Trump. In many cases the declarations have not resulted in the state of emergency being lifted, but rather the state of emergency has remained in effect---ostensibly because the declared national emergencies still exist.

The principal advantage to a POTUS to declare a national emergency is that it gives the POTUS the constitutional authority, or at least the color of authority, to take certain action without being subject to Congressional prior approval or Judicial oversight and review. The declaration invokes the "Commander in Chief" powers of the POTUS. That is serious business.

Foxie Loxie

28th December 2017, 19:37

Haven't we been under Continuity of Government since 9/11? So this must be something "different"? :confused:

TargeT

28th December 2017, 20:03

Maybe he won't be re-newing the 9/11 state of emergency and needed a new one to activate special government powers?

corruption is the new "terrorist"?

A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to perform actions that it would normally not be permitted. A government can declare such state during a disaster, civil unrest, or armed conflict. Such declaration alerts citizens to change their normal behavior and orders government agencies to implement emergency plans. Justitium is its equivalent in Roman law—a concept in which the senate could put forward a final decree (senatus consultum ultimum) that was not subject to dispute.

The US Constitution explicitly provides some emergency powers:

Congress may authorize the government to call forth the militia to execute the laws, suppress an insurrection or repel an invasion.
Congress may authorize the government to suspend consideration of writs of habeas corpus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus) "when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it."
Felony charges may be brought without presentment or grand jury indictment in cases arising "in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger."
A state government may engage in war without Congress's approval if "actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."

Aside from these, many provisions of law exist in various jurisdictions, which take effect only upon an executive declaration of emergency; some 500 federal laws take effect upon a presidential declaration of emergency. The National Emergencies Act regulates this process at the federal level. It requires the President to specifically identify the provisions activated and to renew the declaration annually so as to prevent an arbitrarily broad or open-ended emergency. Presidents have occasionally taken action justified as necessary or prudent because of a state of emergency, only to have the action struck down in court as unconstitutional.[63]

The 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the government to freeze assets, limit trade and confiscate property in response to an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to the United States that originates substantially outside of it. As of 2015 more than twenty emergencies under the IEEPA remain active regarding various subjects, the oldest of which was declared in 1979 with regard to the government of Iran. Another ongoing national emergency, declared after the September 11 attacks, authorizes the president to retain or reactivate military personnel beyond their normal term of service.[65]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_emergency

Harley

28th December 2017, 23:37

It's apparent to me that some people (not pointing fingers) are not quite fully understanding what's going on here with this E.O. So, if you will, please read what I posted HERE (http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?100318-The-Q-posts-and-a---Very-Bad-Day---Scenario-for-some-elite-swamp-critters--Nov-2017-and-beyond-&p=1197592&viewfull=1#post1197592):

Is this Executive Order the start of something bigger?

Yes, I believe it is.

Read and study the order until you understand it (It's not that long). This is a Global Order (National AND International) pertaining to "Serious Human Rights Abuse OR Corruption", and it looks to me the reason why we are only seeing Foreign Persons/Entities names on it so far is because of the Sealed Indictments they have against all the US Citizens/Entities that are under investigation.

I expect that these US Citizens/Entities names will be added to this list once they begin Unsealing these Indictments[1], which may be happening soon, as I believe this may be the reason this Executive Order was issued today.

After the President issued this Executive Order he also sent a letter to Congress notifying them that
I hereby report that I have issued the enclosed Executive Order (the “order”) declaring a National Emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world. Link to Text of Letter HERE (https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/text-letter-president-congress-united-states-6/).

It's important to understand that the POTUS has just declared a National Emergency to Congress and what extra powers it provides to the POTUS.[2]

He is most definitely preparing for Kick-Back.

[1] It should be quite understandable why these individuals would not be named before their Indictment is unsealed.

[2] Once Congress has enacted the National Emergency,
The President of the United States possesses certain powers to act in emergency situations. Though such “emergency power” is not specifically expressed in the Constitution, the Executive Branch is designed to be able to act quickly in times of war or national emergency. https://legaldictionary.net/emergency-power/

Yetti

29th December 2017, 00:36

Is that list at the end with only 13 named on it or there is way more, if so anyone has the complete one?

Hervé

29th December 2017, 01:19

...

... so... that's the promised storm we are still in the calm of... :jester:

Ben

29th December 2017, 01:30

In a word Herve: Mostdefinatelyyes. ;)

Ben

29th December 2017, 01:34

Bang on the money Harley :)

Fellow Aspirant

29th December 2017, 02:55

Paul, my point is that the sanctions imposed on identified violators are economic. Nowhere in this act is incarceration mentioned. In order to shut down corruption and human trafficking - a noble cause - one would need broad, sweeping and enforceable powers of arrest. It has its origins in the 1917 Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 ("TWEA"). Yes, seizing assets is a good way to thwart large organizations, but there are simply too many ways for people to be corrupted on the small scale for this to work. How many holes in the dike can be plugged by the actions of too few officials of one (granted very powerful) country? America's financial and military reach is world wide, but not all the corruption and trafficking involves U.S. interests. To claim that the intent is to stop such heinous world wide is a bit of an overreach, even for President Trump.

I see, rather, four tangible targets for this EO, all high on the Republican Party's "to do" list:

1. Hilary Clinton's financial skullduggery, and immigrants, by which I mean illegals from the south (Central and South America) and

2. Muslims, whatever their country of origin. With this EO, Trump has his Muslim ban.

3. Iran

4. North Korea

IF this is strictly enforced, though, I can see one huge problem: what will happen to the trade relationship between the U.S. and China? China's human rights abuses are numerous and well known. How far will this new policy get when it runs up against the second largest economy in the world? I can hear the screaming of the American manufacturers who have plants in China now. On a personal note, for Trump, will be what to do with Russia. Sanctions will probably be restricted to a few oligarchs - those that have fallen out of favour with The Donald's best bud Putin.

In closing, I reiterate my belief on the nature of this EO being financial. The history of the "International Emergency Economic Powers Act" shows it's original intent. This act automatically expires on the anniversary of its implementation, so all presidents are 'encouraged' to declare it every year. Kudos to President Jimmy Carter!

From Wikipedia ...

International Emergency Economic Powers Act

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Great Seal of the United States

Long title An Act with respect to the powers of the President in time of war or national emergency.

Acronyms (colloquial) IEEPA

Enacted by the 95th United States Congress

Effective December 28, 1977

Citations

Public law 95-223
Statutes at Large 91 Stat. 1625
Codification
Titles amended 50 U.S.C.: War and National Defense
U.S.C. sections created 50 U.S.C. ch. 35 § 1701 et seq.

Legislative history

Introduced in the House as H.R. 7738 by Jonathan B. Bingham (D-NY) on June 13, 1977
Committee consideration by House Foreign Affairs, Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Passed the House on July 12, 1977 (passed)
Passed the Senate on October 11, 1977 (passed) with amendment
House agreed to Senate amendment on November 30, 1977 (agreed) with further amendment
Senate agreed to House amendment on December 7, 1977 (agreed)
Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on December 28, 1977

United States Supreme Court cases

Dames & Moore v. Regan

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), Title II of Pub.L. 95–223, 91 Stat. 1626, enacted October 28, 1977, is a United States federal law authorizing the President to regulate commerce after declaring a national emergency in response to any unusual and extraordinary threat to the United States which has a foreign source.

The H.R. 7738 legislation was passed by the United States 95th Congressional session and signed by the 39th President of the United States Jimmy E. Carter on December 28, 1977.[1]

International Emergency Economic Powers Act

In the United States Code, the IEEPA is Title 50, §§1701–1707.[2] The IEEPA authorizes the president to declare the existence of an "unusual and extraordinary threat... to the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States" that originates "in whole or substantial part outside the United States."[3] It further authorizes the president, after such a declaration, to block transactions and freeze assets to deal with the threat.[4] In the event of an actual attack on the United States, the president can also confiscate property connected with a country, group, or person that aided in the attack.[5]

The IEEPA falls under the provisions of the National Emergencies Act (NEA), which means that an emergency declared under the act must be renewed annually to remain in effect.

Congress enacted the IEEPA in 1977 to clarify and restrict presidential power during times of declared national emergency under the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917 ("TWEA"). Under TWEA, starting with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, presidents had the power to declare emergencies without limiting their scope or duration, without citing the relevant statutes, and without congressional oversight.[6] The Supreme Court in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer limited what a president could do in such an emergency, but did not limit the emergency declaration power itself. A 1973 Senate investigation found (in Senate Report 93-549) that four declared emergencies remained in effect: the 1933 banking crisis with respect to the hoarding of gold,[7] a 1950 emergency with respect to the Korean War,[8] a 1970 emergency regarding the postal workers strike, and a 1971 emergency in response to the government's deteriorating economic and fiscal conditions.[9] Congress terminated these emergencies with the National Emergencies Act, and then passed the IEEPA to restore the emergency power in a limited, overseeable form.

Unlike TWEA, IEEPA was drafted to permit presidential emergency declarations only in response to threats originating outside the United States.[10] Beginning with Jimmy Carter in response to the Iran Hostage Crisis, presidents have invoked IEEPA to safeguard U.S. national security interests by freezing or "blocking" assets of belligerent foreign governments,[11] or certain foreign nationals abroad.[12]

IEEPA After 9/11[edit]

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13224 under IEEPA to block the assets of terrorist organizations.[13] The President delegated blocking authority to federal agencies led by the U.S. Treasury. In October 2001, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act which, in part, enhanced the IEEPA asset blocking provisions under §1702(a)(1)(B) to permit the blocking of assets during the "pendency of an investigation." This statutory change gave the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control the power to block assets without the need to provide evidence of the blocking subject's wrongdoing nor to permit the blocking subject a chance to effectively respond to the allegations in court.[14] Executing these blocking actions led to a series of legal cases challenging federal authority to indefinitely prevent charitable organizations from accessing their assets held in the United States.[15]

Litigation[edit]
Notable Cases[edit]
Dames & Moore v. Regan
KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development v. Geithner[16]
IEEPA Violations[edit]

Wikinews has related news: Man arrested for broadcasting Hezbollah television in New York
In 1983, financier Marc Rich was accused of violating the act by trading in Iranian oil during the Iran hostage crisis. He was one of many people pardoned by President Bill Clinton in his last days in office.[17]

The Department of Justice has brought IEEPA charges against Americans who travelled to Iraq in advance of the 2003 invasion to act as human shields, on the basis that they spent money while in Iraq.

On August 23, 2006, Javed Iqbal was arrested through the U.S. Department of the Treasury with a charge of conspiracy to violate the IEEPA for airing material produced by al-Manar (The Beacon) in New York City during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.[18]

On December 16, 2009, it was announced that the U.S. Dept. of Justice reached a settlement with Credit Suisse over accusations that the bank assisted residents of IEEPA sanctioned countries to wire money in violation of the Act from 1995 to 2006. The settlement resulted in Credit Suisse forfeiting $536 million.[19]
Current subjects of IEEPA emergencies[edit]

As of 2015, the following IEEPA emergencies are active.[20]

Starting year Target country Executive order Basis of emergency Scope

1979 Iran 12170 Iran hostage crisis Property of the government of Iran and its instrumentalities

1994 Worldwide 12938 Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction US-held property of persons that engage in or support proliferation

1995 Iran 12957 Actions and policies of the government Various forms of commerce involving Iran

1995 Middle east 12947 Terrorist violence to disrupt the peace process US-held property of Specially Designated Terrorists committing or supporting such violence

1995 Colombia 12978 Foreign narcotics traffic US-held property of traffickers and their material supporters

1997 Sudan 13067 Actions and policies of the government US-Sudan commerce generally

2001 Western Balkans 13219 Extremist violence and actions that obstruct the Dayton Agreement or UNSC Resolution 1244 US-held property of persons engaged in or providing support for such activities

2001 Worldwide 13222 Expiration of the Export Administration Act Continuation of authority for all regulations previously authorized under the Act

2001 Worldwide 13224 Threat of terrorist attacks on the US and its nationals US-held property of Specially Designated Global Terrorists that commit, threaten to commit or support terrorism, including al-Qaeda

2003 Zimbabwe 13288 Actions and policies of members of the government US-held property of 77 government officials

2003 Iraq 13303 Obstacles to reconstruction US-held property of officials and associates of the Saddam Hussein government, and of persons undermining stabilization efforts with violence. Continued as of May 22, 2017.[21]

2004 Syria 13338 Various aggressive actions of the government US-held property of persons involved in those actions

2006 Belarus 13405 Actions and policies of members of the government US-held property of government officials and other persons involved in human rights abuses

2006 Democratic Republic of the Congo 13413 Violence and atrocities that threaten regional stability US-held property of persons contributing to said violence

2007 Lebanon 13441 Actions to undermine the government Various forms of commerce involving persons engaged in such actions

2008 North Korea 13466 Actions and policies of the government Various forms of commerce involving North Korea and its nationals

2010 Somalia 13536 Deterioration of the security situation US-held property of persons that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Somalia

2011 Libya 13566 Extreme measures taken during the Libyan Civil War US-held property of officials and associates of the Muammar Gaddafi government

2011 Worldwide 13581 Activities of transnational criminal organizations US-held property of persons involved in such organizations

2012 Yemen 13611 Actions and policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen US-held property of persons engaged in such actions. Continued as of May 16th, 2017.[22]

2014 Ukraine and Russia 13660 Actions and policies of persons engaged in the Ukraine crisis US-held property of such persons. Continued as of March 6th, 2017.[23]

2014 Central African Republic 13667 Central African Republic conflict (2012–present) US-held property of persons contributing to the conflict. Continued as of May 12, 2017.[24]

2014 South Sudan 13664 Activities that threaten regional peace, security, or stability US-held property of persons engaged in such activities. Continued as of April 3rd, 2017.[25]

2015 Venezuela 13692 Human rights violations US-held property of persons responsible for such violations. Continued as of March 8th, 2017.[26]

2015 Worldwide 13694 Significant malicious cyber-enabled activities US-held property of persons responsible for or complicit in such activities. Continued as of April 1st, 2017[27]

2015 Burundi 13712 2015 Burundian unrest US-held property of persons engaged in destabilizing activities. Continued as of November 22, 2016.[28]

Past subjects of IEEPA emergencies[edit]

Afghanistan (1999-2002 for harboring al-Qaeda)
Côte d'Ivoire (2006-2016 regarding the First Ivorian Civil War)
Haiti (1991–1994)
Iraq (1990-2004 for invading Kuwait)
Kuwait (1990–1991, while occupied by Iraq)
Liberia (2001-2015 directed against President Charles G. Taylor)
Libya (1986-2004 for sponsoring terrorism)
Myanmar (1997-2016 against the policies of the military government)
Nicaragua (1985-1990 for aggressive activities in Central America)
Panama (1988-1990 for military coup by Manuel Noriega)
Russia (2000-2012 to support the Megatons to Megawatts Program)
Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2003 for sponsoring Serb nationalist groups)
Sierra Leone (2001-2004 for human rights violations)
South Africa (1985-1991 for maintaining apartheid)
UNITA (1993-2003 for interfering with UN peacekeeping efforts)

Much as everyone would like to wave a magic wand and put all the perps away, I'm afraid that this EO falls far short of being able to accomplish this end.

B.

Foxie Loxie

29th December 2017, 23:14

WHEW!!!! :gaah:

Joe from the Carolinas

1st January 2018, 07:34

Fellow Aspirant

1st January 2018, 15:13

Foxie Loxie

1st January 2018, 18:23

This is a GOOD place to be, Joe! One can learn SO MUCH.....I know I have! :highfive:

Joe from the Carolinas

1st January 2018, 18:32

Forgive my ignorance please, I’m trying to absorb all of this.

I haven’t followed the history of executive orders, does anyone remember if previous presidents have issued an executive order of similar title? If so, were the same people and companies listed on it?

I wonder if any of those folks are associated with the rothschilds or Clinton’s.

Hi Joe

I think that a good place to start would be to read my last post, found two spots above yours, which gives extensive details of just such concerns.

B.

Thank you B. You’ve nicely detailed the history of the emergency powers act, cuz this human rights abuse EO falls under it. This is so informative and I appreciate you directing me to it. I

n the list you posted, the only human rights violation was 13692 for Venezuela in 2015.

So based on your research it appears that this EO by trump applies a much broader and extensive list of human rights abuses, more than any other prior executive order by any other president.

Joe from the Carolinas

1st January 2018, 18:36

This is a GOOD place to be, Joe! One can learn SO MUCH.....I know I have! :highfive:

I know Foxie, I love it! It’s like a university level of education :)

ramus

2nd January 2018, 14:35

Fellow Aspirant

5th January 2018, 01:12

Here are more bad actors across the globe:

There are many on the SDN list ,"Specially Designated Nationals" this comes from the treasury web site

https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf There are 1074 pages of them

[Collectively, such individuals and companies are called "Specially Designated Nationals" or "SDNs." Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them. Click here for more information on Treasury's Sanctions Programs.]

Yes, Ramus, this is a good portal into the little known workings of the U.S. sanctions programs. They do a good job (with the right targets - not always true, unfortunately) of keeping certain people and organizations and states from making money in America. They also do a huge job of keeping undesireables like terrorists out of the country. However, the same problem exists for the other sanctions that we have been looking at. That is, there are no provisions for arresting these folk, unless they flaunt both the sanctions and try to enter the U.S. And although the list of forbidden persons is extensive, running to 1074 pages, as you note, it's pretty bloated with the repetitions of aliases (one of them has over 250 named entries for her alone). By far the list is concerned with terrorists, which is a good thing, but as far as human trafficking goes, almost devoid of them.

The history of human rights abusers getting onto the lists shows little progress, so far. Here are some of Barrack Obama's "picks" ...

33. ^ Jump up to:a b Obama, Barack (April 22, 2012). "Executive Order 13606 – Blocking the Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons With Respect to Grave Human Rights Abuses by the Governments of Iran and Syria via Information Technology"(pdf). Federal register. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (published April 24, 2012). 77 (79). Retrieved November 12, 2015.

34. Jump up^ Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of 2012, PL 112-239

35. Jump up^ Obama, Barack (September 28, 2010). "Executive Order 13553 – Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions" (pdf). Federal register. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (published October 10, 2010). 75 (190). Retrieved November 12, 2015.

36. Jump up^ Obama, Barack (October 9, 2012). "Executive Order 13628 – Authorizing the Implementation of Certain Sanctions Set Forth in the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and Additional Sanctions With Respect to Iran" (pdf). Federal register. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office (published October 12, 2012). 77 (198). Retrieved November 12, 2015.

One would hope that the new initiative by the current President casts a much wider net, but even so, these sanctions are financial, and carry no possibility of incarceration on American soil, unless they are foolish enough to set foot in the U.S.
The obvious exception to this situation is when someone within the U.S. works to aid a blacklisted company or state to do business with the U.S. If caught, they are in a heap of trouble. Unless of course their country intervenes and gets the problem to 'go away'.

As I mentioned in an earlier post (see above) the targets of these new "Emergency Orders" are most likely to be states and companies that the U.S. has pre-existing issues with, and will be used to punish said targets. If the U.S. were to block commerce with all of the states that have abused human rights, it would simply have no one left to trade with.

So, in summary: big "talk". I await evidence of "the walk".

Here's some further info on the ...

Office of Foreign Assets Control

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Office of Foreign Assets Control

Agency overview

Formed December 1950

Preceding • Office of Foreign Funds Control
Headquarters Washington, D.C.

Employees Approximately 200 (2013)[1]

Annual budget $30.9 million (2013)
Agency executive • John E. Smith, Director (formerly 'acting' and 'Director').[2]

Parent department Department of the Treasury

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency of the U.S. Treasury Department charged with planning and execution of economic and trade sanctions in support of U.S. national security and foreign policy objectives.[3] Under Presidential national emergency powers, OFAC carries out its activities against foreign states as well as a variety of other organizations and individuals, like terrorist groups, deemed to be a threat to U.S. national security.[4]

As a component of the U.S. Treasury Department, OFAC operates under the auspices of the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and is primarily composed of intelligence targeters and lawyers. While many of OFAC's targets are broadly set by the White House, most individual cases are developed as a result of investigations by OFAC's Office of Global Targeting (OGT).[5]

Sometimes described as one of the "most powerful yet unknown" government agencies,[5][6] OFAC has been in existence since 1950, and plays an increasingly significant role as a foreign policy lever of the U.S. government.[original research?] The agency is empowered to levy significant penalties against entities that defy its directives, including imposing fines, freezing assets, and barring parties from operating in the U.S. In 2014, OFAC reached a record $963 million settlement with the French bank BNP Paribas, which was a portion of an $8.9 billion penalty imposed in relation to the case as a whole.[7]
Contents
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• 1History
• 2Authority and activities
• 3Sanctions programs
• 4Specially Designated Nationals List
o 4.1Criticism
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7External links
History[edit]

Involvement of the U.S. Department of the Treasury in economic sanctions against foreign states dates to the War of 1812, when Secretary Albert Gallatinadministered sanctions against Great Britain in retaliation for the impressment (harassment) of American sailors.[4][8]

The Division of Foreign Assets Control, the immediate predecessor to OFAC, was established in December 1950. Predecessor agencies of the Division of Foreign Assets Control include Foreign Funds Control, which existed from 1940 to 1947, and the Office of International Finance (1947 to 1950). OFAC's earliest predecessor, Foreign Funds Control, was established by Executive Order 8389 as a unit of the Office of the Secretary of the Treasury on April 10, 1940. The authority to establish Foreign Funds Control was derived from the Trading with the Enemy Act 1917. Among other operations, Foreign Funds Control administered wartime import controls over enemy assets and restrictions on trade with enemy states. It also participated in administering the Proclaimed List of Certain Blocked Nationals, or the "Black List", and took censuses of foreign-owned assets in the United States and American-owned assets abroad. Foreign Funds Control was abolished in 1947, with its functions transferred to the newly established Office of International Finance (OIF). In 1948, OIF activities relating to blocked foreign funds were transferred to the Office of Alien Property, an agency within the Department of Justice.[9]
The Division of Foreign Assets Control was established in the Office of International Finance by a Treasury Department order in 1950, following the entry of the People's Republic of China into the Korean War; President Harry S. Truman declared a national emergency and blocked all Chinese and North Korean assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction. In addition to blocking Chinese and North Korean assets, the Division administered certain regulations and orders issued under the amended Trading with the Enemy Act.[8]

On October 15, 1962, by a Treasury Department order, the Division of Foreign Assets Control became the Office of Foreign Assets Control.[9]
John E. Smith served as director in both the Obama[10] and Trump administrations.[2]

Authority and activities[edit]

In addition to the Trading with the Enemy Act and the various national emergencies currently in effect, OFAC derives its authority from a variety of U.S. federal laws regarding embargoes and economic sanctions.[11]

In enforcing economic sanctions, OFAC acts to prevent "prohibited transactions," which are described by OFAC as trade or financial transactions and other dealings in which U.S. persons may not engage unless authorized by OFAC or expressly exempted by statute. OFAC has the authority to grant exemptions to prohibitions on such transactions, either by issuing a general license for certain categories of transactions, or by specific licenses issued on a case-by-case basis.[8] OFAC administers and enforces economic sanctions programs against countries, businesses or groups of individuals, using the blocking of assets and trade restrictions to accomplish foreign policy and national security goals. See United States embargoes for a list of affected countries.

OFAC is headquartered in the Treasury Annex, located on the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Madison Place, N.W., in Washington, D.C.

Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the President of the United States is empowered during national emergencies to block the removal of foreign assets under the jurisdiction of the United States. That mandate is then executed by OFAC through issue of regulations that direct financial institutions accordingly.

Between 1994 and 2003, OFAC collected over $8m in violations of the Cuban embargo, against just under $10,000 for terrorism financing violations. It had ten times more agents assigned to tracking financial activities relating to Cuba than to Osama Bin Laden.[12]

As part of its efforts to support the Iraq sanctions, in 2005, OFAC fined Voices in the Wilderness $20,000 for gifting medicine and other humanitarian supplies to Iraqis.[13] In a similar case, OFAC is still attempting to collect (as of 2011) a $10,000 fine, plus interest, against Bert Sacks for bringing medicine to residents of Basra.[14]

In October 2007, a set of Spanish travel agency websites had their domain name access disabled by eNom: the domain names had been on the OFAC blacklist.[15][16] When queried, the United States Treasury referred to a 2004 press release that claimed the company "had helped Americans evade restrictions on travel to Cuba".[15]

In the case of United States v. Banki, on June 5, 2010, a U.S. citizen was convicted of violating the Iran Trade Embargo for failing to request Iranian currency transfer licenses in advance from OFAC. On August 25, 2010, the Iranian American Bar Association announced that it would file an amicus curiaebrief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on United States v. Banki.[17] It has also hired lawyers to request further guidance from OFAC on import of goods from Iran.[18]

Appointment as director is not subject to Senate confirmation.[2]
Sanctions programs[edit]
This section needs expansionwith: citations and dates for authorizations in table. You can help by adding to it. (November 2015)

As of November 10, 2015, OFAC was administering the following sanctions programs:[19]

Table note: The numbers of individuals, companies, vessels, and aircraft are taken from the SDN List. However, any single entry on that list may be a target of multiple sanctions programs, so summing lines of the table will inflate the true sum due to duplication.
Tag Last updated Sanctions program Individuals Companies Vessels Aircraft 31 CFR
CFR date EO
EO
[561LIST] Iran Financial – – – – 561[20]

Balkans related[21]
229 – – – 588[22]
13304[23]

[BELARUS] Belarus 208 – – – 548 13405
[BPI-PA] Patriot Act[24]
– – – –
[BPI-SDNTK] Narcotics related[25]
– – – – 598
[BURMA] Myanmar related 219 – – – 537 13448 13464
[CAR] Central African Republic 39 – – – 553
[COTED] Côte d'Ivoire 9 – – – 543
[CUBA] Cuban Assets Control
220 – 5 – 515
[CYBER] Computer hacking related – – – – 13694[26]

[DARFUR] Darfur 28 3 – – 546
[DPRK] North Korea 7 44 20 – 510 13551
[DPRK2] North Korea related 10 16 – – 13687
[DRCONGO] Democratic Republic of the Congo 106 27 – – 547
[EO13622] Iran related 17 6 – – 13622[27]

[EO13645] Iran related 9 10 9 – 13645[28]

[FSE-IR] Iran sanctions evaders 3 2 – – 13608[29]

[FSE-SY] Syria sanctions evaders – – – – 13608[29]

[FSE-WMD] WMD related[30]
– – – – 13608[29]

[FSE-SDGT] Terrorism related[31]
– – – – 13608[29]

[FTO] Terrorism related[32]
– 552 – – 597
[HRIT-IR] Iran human rights – 26 – – 13606[33]

[HRIT-SY] Syria human rights 2 6 – – 13606[33]

[IFCA] Iran related[34]
– – – –
[IFSR] Iranian Financial 239 857 – 60 561
[IRAN] Iranian Transactions 19 416 175 – 560
[IRAN-HR] Iran related 54 37 – – 13553[35]

[IRAN-TRA] Iran related 16 45 – – 13628[36]

[IRAQ2] Iraq related 287 84 – – 13315 13350
[IRAQ3] Iraq related 102 48 – – 13438
[IRGC] Iranian Financial 112 120 – 38 561
[ISA] Iran Act 3 17 – – 13574
[JADE] Myanmar Jade[37]
– – – –
[LEBANON] Lebanon 13 – – – 549 13441
[LIBERIA] Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor
45 70 – – 593
[LIBYA2] Libya related 134 3 – – 570
[MAGNIT] Magnitsky Act[38]
54 – – –
[NPWMD] WMD related[39]
211 892 351 76 544
[NS-ISA] Iran related[40]
– – – – 13574
[NS-PLC] Palestinian License[41]
– – – – 594[42]

[SDGT] Terrorism related[43]
3015 1963 – 101 594
[SDNT] Narcotics related[44]
436 511 – – 536
[SDNTK] Narcotics related[45]
2102 1125 5 – 598
[SDT] Terrorism 63 143 – – 595
[SOMALIA] Somalia 199 20 – – 551
[SUDAN] Sudan related – 223 – – 538
[SOUTH SUDAN] South Sudan – – – – 558 13664
[SYRIA] Syria related 235 180 10 38 542 13399 13460
[TCO] Transnational Criminal Organizations 201 41 – – 590 13581[46]

[UKRAINE-EO13660] Ukraine related 193 31 – – 13660[47]

[UKRAINE-EO13661] Ukraine related 95 144 – – 13661[48]

[UKRAINE-EO13662] Ukraine related – – – – 13662[49]

[UKRAINE-EO13685] Ukraine related – 42 – – 13685[50]

[VENEZUELA] Venezuela related 7 – – – 13692[51]

[YEMEN] Yemen 23 – – – 552
[ZIMBABWE] Zimbabwe 121 119 – – 541[52]
13391 13469

[B]Specially Designated Nationals List[edit]

OFAC publishes the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, which lists people, organizations and vessels with whom United States citizens and permanent residents are prohibited from doing business.

[8]This list differs from the list maintained pursuant to Section 314(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act.[53]

When an entity or individual is placed on the SDN list it can petition OFAC to reconsider. But, OFAC is not required to remove an individual or entity from the SDN list. Two federal court cases have found the current Treasury/OFAC process to be constitutionally deficient.

In August 2009, a federal court ruling in KindHearts v. Treasury found that Treasury's seizure of KindHearts assets without notice or means of appeal is a violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments.[54]
On September 23, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's ruling that procedures used by Treasury to shut down the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation of Oregon in 2004 was unconstitutional. The court said the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of due process requires Treasury to give adequate notice of the reasons it puts a group on the terrorist list, as well as a meaningful opportunity to respond. In addition, the court ruled that freezing the group's assets amounts to a seizure under the Fourth Amendment, so that a court order is required.[55]
As of October 7, 2015, the SDN List had more than 15,200 entries from 155 countries. Of those, 178 entries were for aircraft and 575 entries were for ships ("vessels"). The remaining 14,467 entries were for designated individuals and organisations.[56] OFAC creates separate entries in the SDN list for each alias of a designee, so the number of entries does not reflect the number of designees.[4]
Criticism[edit]
Use of the list has been criticised in the media, when a payment for walking a dog named Dash was stopped while clarification was obtained that there was no relationship to Daesh.[57]
See also[edit]
• Title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations
• Anti-money laundering
• Hawala
• U.S. sanctions against Iran
• United States embargoes
References[edit]

ramus

8th January 2018, 16:41

In the news
There is also a major attack going on against Khazarian's speculative Fonde and their operators, the Pentagon source comment.
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> They find that 10 Khazarians, including hedge fund Bridgewater Associates Executive Bruce Steinberg, were "killed in a plane crash in Costa Rica".
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> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/02/ny-town-mourns-family-killed-costa-rica-plane-crash/998206001/
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> Former FBI chief James "Comey used to work for Bridgewater, but that could be a message to shadow bankers and their investors," they add.
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> Attacks on hedge funds and Israeli dirty money continue when former Och Ziff executive director Michael Cohen was charged with fraud in Africa and linked to sanctioned Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler, "the sources said.
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> Here is that name again on Donald Trumps annex list of THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
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> #3. Dan Gertler; DOB December 23, 1973; nationality, Israel; alt. nationality, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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ramus

5th March 2018, 16:15

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.
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https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf

Here is the continuing list of bad actors now 1108 pages of them, as Trump's decoration of a National Emergency grows larger. This started

Dec 21 2017.

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FELLOW ASPIRANT stated:

Here are more bad actors across the globe:

There are many on the SDN list ,"Specially Designated Nationals" this comes from the treasury web site

https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf There are 1074 pages of them

[Collectively, such individuals and companies are called "Specially Designated Nationals" or "SDNs." Their assets are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them. Click here for more information on Treasury's Sanctions Programs.]

Yes, Ramus, this is a good portal into the little known workings of the U.S. sanctions programs. They do a good job (with the right targets - not always true, unfortunately) of keeping certain people and organizations and states from making money in America. They also do a huge job of keeping undesirables like terrorists out of the country. However, the same problem exists for the other sanctions that we have been looking at. That is, there are no provisions for arresting these folk, unless they flaunt both the sanctions and try to enter the U.S. And although the list of forbidden persons is extensive, running to 1074 pages, as you note, it's pretty bloated with the repetitions of aliases (one of them has over 250 named entries for her alone). By far the list is concerned with terrorists, which is a good thing, but as far as human trafficking goes, almost devoid of them.
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Lets hope this leads to something besides a long list

https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnlist.pdf