The US Treasury Department said on 17 April its sanctions office had targeted a Zimbabwean government official, an Angolan businessman, a Singaporean lawyer and a Zimbabwe-based entity for their role in undermining Zimbabwe’s democracy and/or facilitating public corruption. The sanctions freeze their US assets and bar Americans from dealing with them. Those targeted included registrar general Tobaiwa Mudede, and Hong Kong businessman Sam Pa, described by the treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac) as “a well-known supporter of the Mugabe regime”.