WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on Wan Kuok Koi, a leader of China’s 14K Triad organized crime group and a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, the U.S. Treasury said.
The sanctions also apply to three entities headed by Wan, who is also known as “Broken Tooth,” the agency said in a statement.
The United States also blacklisted one Liberian individual and one Kyrgyz individual under Executive Order 13818, which targets corruption and serious human rights abuse.
Under the sanctions, all property of the three individuals and companies that fall under U.S. jurisdiction is frozen.
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