80 FR 239 pg. 77416 - Designation of One Individual Pursuant to Executive Order 13581, “Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations”
Type: NOTICEVolume: 80Number: 239Page: 77416
Page: 77416FR document: [FR Doc. 2015-31348 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am]
Agency: Treasury Department
Sub Agency: Foreign Assets Control Office
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of One Individual Pursuant to Executive Order 13581, "Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations"
AGENCY:
Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the name of one individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, "Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations."
DATES:
The designations by the Director of OFAC, pursuant to Executive Order 13581, of the one individual identified in this notice were effective on December 9, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance and Evaluation, 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 ). Certain general information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs is available via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202-622-0077.
Background
On July 24, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13581, "Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations" (the "Order"), pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). The Order was effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 25, 2011. In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat that significant transnational criminal organizations pose to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any United States person, of persons listed in the Annex to the Order and of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to satisfy certain criteria set forth in the Order.
On December 9, 2015, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(C) of Section 1 of the Order, one individual whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
The listing for this individual on OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appears as follows:
Individual
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Dated: December 9, 2015.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2015-31348 Filed 12-11-15; 8:45 am]
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