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Prince Yormie JOHNSON

Aliases

Prince Y. JOHNSON; Prince JOHNSON

Nationality

Liberia

DoB

1952-07-06

Address

Nimba County, Liberia

Official reason

Today’s sanctioning of Senator Prince Yormie Johnson is one small part of that effort. Prince Yormie Johnson is a former warlord and current member of the Liberian Senate. He is the former Chairman of the Senate Committee on National Security, Defense, Intelligence, and Veteran Affairs. In 1990, he was responsible for the murder of former Liberian ...

Other Information

https://lr.usembassy.gov/u-s-treasury-sanctions-prince-yormie-johnson-under-global-magnitsky-act/

Date of listing

2021-12-09

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Executive Order 13818 - Global Magnitsky

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Human Rights

Measures

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry

Sanctions Portfolio

https://ofac.treasury.gov/faqs/topic/5441

Official Information

On December 23, 2016, the President signed the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act (Pub. L. 114-328, Title XII, Subtitle F) (the “Act”) into law. The Act authorized the President to impose targeted sanctions on any foreign person the President determines is, among other things, responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other ...

Additional Details

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Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/06/29/2018-14060/global-magnitsky-sanctions-regulations