Sanctioned for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Roberto Sandoval Castaneda, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13818. [1] [2] Information
Sandoval Castaneda is alleged to have misappropriated state assets and received bribes from narcotics trafficking organizations, including CJNG, in exchange for information and protection. In addition, Sandoval Castaneda is alleged to have previously accepted bribes from the Beltran Leyva Organization, which President George W. Bush identified as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker pursuant to the …
Lopez is the Vice President of ALBANISA, the company that imports and sells Venezuelan petroleum products, and President of the Nicaraguan state-owned oil company Petronic. Lopez has had access to large amounts of funds collected by the government in the form of taxes and fines that he is alleged to have exploited, including for the …
Moreno is alleged to serve as the main link between municipal governments and the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and as acting as a leader of the Sandinista Youth, the FSLN’s youth organization. The Sandinista Youth has been implicated in numerous serious human rights abuses related to the ongoing protests against the Nicaraguan government, including …
Bautista is a Senator from the Dominican Republic who is alleged to have engaged in significant acts of corruption in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti, and who has been publicly accused of money laundering and embezzlement. Bautista has reportedly engaged in bribery in relation to his position as a Senator and is alleged to …
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,” …
Гулнора Исломовна Каримова Gulnara Karimova, daughter of former Uzbekistan leader Islam Karimov, is alleged to have 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 …
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, …
Artem Chayka is the son of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation and is alleged to have 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. For example, in 2014, reconstruction of a highway began, and Chayka’s competitor for supplying …
Slobodan 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 is alleged to have directly or indirectly provided bribes …
