Guatemala

1977-07-09

1586730420101

There are reasonable grounds to suspect that Melvin Ernesto Quijivix Vega (“Quijivix”) is an involved person under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulation 2021 on the basis of the following ground: Quijivix is or has been involved in serious corruption by profiting financially or obtaining a benefit from serious corruption. During his tenure as President of the National Institute of Electrification (Instituto Nacional de Electrificación), when he was a foreign public official holding an executive or administrative position in Guatemala, he had a role in the grant or allocation of property and improperly diverted, granted or allocated that property, namely public funds, for his own benefit, to companies in which he held an interest, specifically Grupo Eda and MINE.

The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

2025-04-02

UK

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021

UK horizontal

Anti-Corruption

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are not made available to or for the benefit of designated persons, either directly or indirectly. • The effect of the Regulations is to impose a travel ban on persons who are designated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of being made subject to immigration sanctions under the Sanctions Act.

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 put in place sanctions measures to prevent and combat serious corruption. These regulations have replaced the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 concerning misappropriation of State funds from any country outside the UK. Those persons who are designated under this regime are included on the UK sanctions list.

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.