The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday announced a set of economic sanctions against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in retaliation for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last month.

Khashoggi was a journalist who criticized the Royal House of Saud, allegedly prompting his assassination by Saudi agents in an internationally-condemned scandal, which prompted today’s sanctions. “These individuals who targeted and brutally killed a journalist who resided and worked in the United States must face consequences for their actions,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Last year, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 13818, which is being invoked to justify these sanctions. The order allows for the seizure of property and assets of people who commit serious human rights abuses.

The Treasury Department followed up by reissuing a notice to financial institutions across the nation warning them not to do business with abusers of human rights, along with a list of individuals specifically sanctioned.

“As a result of these designations,” says the Treasury Department report, “any property or interests in property of the individuals designated today within or transiting U.S. jurisdiction is blocked. Additionally, U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with blocked persons, including entities 50 percent or more owned by designated persons.”

This comes two weeks after Saudi officials admitted that Khashoggi’s murder was premeditated and several UN calls for transparency in the investigative process. On Thursday, Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor recommended the death penalty for the five men who killed Khashoggi.

“The United States seeks to impose tangible and significant consequences on those who commit serious human rights abuse or engage in corruption, as well as to protect the financial system of the United States from abuse by these same persons,” concludes the Treasury report.