Global Efforts to Combat Corruption and Human Rights Abuse Intensify with Sanctions on Afghan and International Figures

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two former Afghan government officials, Mir Rahman Rahmani and his son Ajmal Rahmani, along with 44 associated entities, for their involvement in transnational corruption. The Rahmanis, through their Afghan companies, engaged in a procurement corruption scheme that resulted in the misappropriation of millions of dollars from U.S. Government-funded contracts supporting Afghan security forces. The sanctions were imposed under Executive Order 13818, which targets individuals and entities involved in serious human rights abuse and corruption worldwide. The Department of State also designated the Rahmanis and their immediate family members for significant corruption as public officials.