DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The US Treasury announced the removal of the Global Magnitsky designation to Angel Rondon of the Dominican Republic. He is now removed from the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nations List.

In December 2017, the US Treasury had imposed the penalty to Angel Rondon Rijo, extending to his immediate family provisions such as an impediment to travel to the United States.

The 2017 ruling had determined:“Angel Rondon Rijo (Rondon) is a politically connected businessman and lobbyist in the Dominican Republic who funneled money from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, to Dominican officials, who in turn awarded Odebrecht projects to build highways, dams, and other projects. According to the US Department of Justice, Odebrecht is a Brazil-based global construction conglomerate that has pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to violate the anti-bribery...