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Ilko Dimitrov ZHELYAZKOV

Aliases

Ilko Dmitrov ZHELYAZKOV

Nationality

Bulgaria

DoB

1958-02-08

Address

Bulgaria

Official reason

Peevski also engaged in corruption through his front man Ilko Dimitrov Zhelyazkov (Zhelyazkov), the former Deputy Chief of the Bulgarian State Agency for Technical Operations and former Bulgarian State Agency for National Security (DANS) officer who was appointed to the National Bureau for Control on Special Intelligence-Gathering Devices.  Peevski...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0208

Date of listing

2021-06-02

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