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OFAC designates Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a Specially Designated National (SDN)

July 31, 2025

On 30 July 2025, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a Specially Designated National ("SDN") under Executive Order ("EO") 13818, which President Trump issued in 2017. EO 13818 authorizes the blocking of persons determined by the US Treasury and State Departments to have participated in "Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption".

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