On August 15, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13818 against two Liberian government officials under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. According to OFAC, the sanctioned individuals are involved in ongoing public corruption in Liberia, and the sanctions are intended “to target[] perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world.” As a result, all property, and interests in property of the designated individuals and entities, “and of any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by them, individually, or with other blocked persons, that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons, must be blocked and reported to OFAC.” U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with the designated persons. OFAC further warned that engaging in certain transactions with the designated individuals entails risk of sanctions.