77 FR 82 pgs. 25233-25234 - Supplemental Identification Information for One EntityDesignated Pursuant to Executive Order 13224
Type: NOTICEVolume: 77Number: 82Pages: 25233 - 25234
FR document: [FR Doc. 2012-10108 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
Agency: Treasury Department
Sub Agency: Office of Foreign Assets Control
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Supplemental Identification Information for One EntityDesignated Pursuant to Executive Order 13224
AGENCY:
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing supplemental information for one entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism."
DATES:
The publishing of updated identification information by the Director of OFAC of the one entity in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, is effective on April 19, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Compliance Outreach & Implementation,Office of Foreign Assets Control,Department of the Treasury,Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site ( www.treas.gov/ofac ) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224 (the "Order") pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to address grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The Order imposes economic sanctions on persons who have committed, pose a significant risk of committing, or support acts of terrorism. The President identified in the Annex to the Order, as amended by Executive Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 individuals and 16 entities as subject to the economic sanctions. The Order was further amended by Executive Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the creation of the Department of Homeland Security.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in or hereafter come within the United States or the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2) foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States; (3) persons determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the Order; and (4) except as provided in section 5 of the Order and after such consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, deems appropriate in the exercise of his discretion, persons determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, such acts of terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or determined to be subject to the Order or to be otherwise associated with those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the Order.
On April 19, 2012 the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice and other relevant agencies, supplemented the identification information for the one entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
The supplementation identification information for the entity is as follows:
Entity
1. TAJCO (a.k.a. GRAND STORES (THE GAMBIA LOCATION ONLY); a.k.a. TAJCO COMPANY; a.k.a. TAJCO COMPANY LLC; a.k.a. TAJCO LTD; a.k.a. TAJCO SARL; a.k.a. TRADEX CO), 62 Buckle Street Banjul, The Gambia; 1 Picton Street Banjul, The Gambia; Dohat Building 1st Floor, Liberation Avenue Banjul, The Gambia; Tajco Building, Main Street Hannawiyah, Tyre, Lebanon; Tajco Building, Hanouay, Sour (Tyre), Lebanon; 30 Sani Abacha Street Freetown, Sierra Leone; Web site www.tajco-ltd.com ; alt. Web site www.tajcogambia.com ; (Tradex Co. is a subsidiary of Tajco Company and operates from the same business address in Freetown, Sierra Leone as Tajco Company.) [SDGT].
Dated: April 19, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-10108 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
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