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Salim ESSA
Aliases
Salim Aziz ESSA
Nationality
South Africa
DoB
1978-01-15
Address
Johannesburg, South Africa
Reg. ID
7801155017084, National ID No.; M00073786, Passport
Official reason
Specifically, OFAC designated Ajay Gupta, Atul Gupta, Rajesh Gupta, and Salim Essa for their involvement in corruption in South Africa pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. Salim Essa, a business associate of the Gupta family, has materially assisted, sponsor...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm789
Date of listing
2019-10-10
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 ...
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