Corruption

POTUS: We'll enforce Global Magnitsky Act against human rights abusers and kleptocrats 

The White House sent a letter to Congress pledging a commitment to the "robust and thorough enforcement" of the Global Magnitsky Act.

Congress adopted the Global Magnitsky Act in December 2016. It gives the President power to impose visa bans and  freeze U.S. assets against anyone who suppresses basic human rights or targets whistleblowers exposing corruption.

The Global Magnitsky Act -- its full name is the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act -- targets any foreign citizen "responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, or other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in any foreign country."

The President can also impose sanctions on foreign officials engaged in "significant corruption, including the expropriation of private or public assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, bribery, or the facilitation or transfer of the proceeds of corruption to foreign jurisdictions."