Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
Notice published February 8, 2016 · 81 FR 6597
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2016-02379
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- February 8, 2016
- Citation
- 81 FR 6597 (pages 6,597–6,598)
- Action
- Notice.
- Effective
- February 3, 2016
- Dates
- The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the individuals identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act is effective on February 3, 2016.
- Official sources
- PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov
Summary
The Federal Register's summaryThe Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901- 1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
Text
As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6597-6598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02379]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-
1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).
DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the individuals identified
in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked
pursuant to the Kingpin Act is effective on February 3, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2420.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site at www.treasury.gov/ofac or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (202) 622-0077.
Background
On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin Act was signed into law by the
President of the United States. The Kingpin Act provides a statutory
framework for the President to impose sanctions against significant
foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide
basis, with the objective of denying their businesses and agents access
to the U.S. financial system and to the benefits of trade and
transactions involving U.S. persons and entities.
The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property,
subject to U.S. jurisdiction, that are owned or controlled by persons
who have been identified by the President as significant foreign
narcotics traffickers. In addition, the Act separately provides that
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney
General, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug
Enforcement Administration, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary
of State, may designate and block the property and interests in
property, subject to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons who are found to be:
(1) Materially assisting in, or providing financial or technological
support for or to, or providing goods or services in support of, the
international narcotics trafficking activities of a person designated
pursuant to the Kingpin Act; (2) owned, controlled, or directed by, or
acting for or on behalf of, a person designated pursuant to the Kingpin
Act; or (3) playing a significant role in international narcotics
trafficking. The authority to identify, designate, and block the
property and interests in property of persons under the Kingpin Act is
delegated to the Director of OFAC pursuant to 31 CFR 598.803.
On February 3, 2016, the Acting Director of OFAC removed from the
SDN List the individuals listed below, whose property and interests in
property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act:
MATTHEWS, Glenroy Vingrove (a.k.a. MATHEW, Glenroy; a.k.a.
MATTHEW, Glenroy Wingrove; a.k.a. MATTHEWS, Glen Roy), Frigate Bay,
Saint Kitts and Nevis; DOB 26 Jul 1958; POB St Kitts and Nevis;
Passport 047815 (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (individual) [SDNTK].
MIRCHI, Iqbal (a.k.a. MAMEN, Mohamed Iqbal; a.k.a. MEMON, Iqbal
Mohammed; a.k.a. MERCHANT, Iqbal); DOB 25 Apr 1950; alt. DOB 12 Aug
1959; alt. DOB 13 Feb 1959; POB Bombay, India; Passport C-602033
(India); alt. Passport G-679302 (United Arab
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Emirates); alt. Passport H-825326 (United Arab Emirates)
(individual) [SDNTK].
Dated: February 3, 2016.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2016-02379 Filed 2-5-16; 8:45 am]
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