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Jefferson KOIJEE

Aliases

Jefferson Tamba KOIJEE

Nationality

Liberia

DoB

1985-09-07

Address

21 Street Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia

Reg. ID

DP0003662, Passport

Official reason

Today, OFAC designated Jefferson Koijee (Koijee), who is the mayor of Monrovia, Liberia and is a senior leader in the Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) political party. Koijee has a reputation for stoking violence and has a powerful grip on Monrovia’s youth. He controls paramilitary-style organizations associated with the CDC which allegedly rec...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1972

Date of listing

2023-12-08

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

SDN

Program URL

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