Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Notice published April 24, 2018 · 83 FR 17897
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2018-08423
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- April 24, 2018
- Citation
- 83 FR 17897 (pages 17,897–17,898)
- Action
- Notice.
- Dates
- See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date.
- 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 one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
Executive orders cited
- Executive Order 13581 · Other documents citing it
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 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17897-17898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08423]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
SUB-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 one or more persons that have
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable
legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with
them.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office
of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
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Notice of OFAC Actions
On April 18, 2018, OFAC determined that the property and interests
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
Individual
1. BARAKAT, Nasif (a.k.a. ABOUTARIF, Nassif; a.k.a. BARAKAT AL
FAHILIH, Nasif Jarjis; a.k.a. BARAKAT ALVAHILH, Nasif Gergers; a.k.a.
BARAKAT, Nassif; a.k.a. BARKAT, Nasif; a.k.a. BARKAT, Nassif; a.k.a.
TARIF, Abu), Fahel, Syria; Germana, Damascus, Syria; Al-Qassaa,
Damascus, Syria; Al Fuhaylah, Homs, Syria; DOB 20 Jun 1971; alt. DOB 30
Nov 1970; citizen Syria; Gender Male; National ID No. 04010136281
(Syria) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: BARAKAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATION).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B) of Executive Order 13581
of July 25, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal
Organizations'' (E.O. 13581) for having materially assisted, sponsored,
or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods
or services to or in support of, the BARAKAT TCO, a person determined
to be subject to E.O. 13581.
Also designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 13581 for
having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or
indirectly, the BARAKAT TCO.
Entity
1. BARAKAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. NASIF
BARAKAT ALIEN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION), Syria; Lebanon; United Arab
Emirates; Turkey; Brazil; Colombia; Guatemala; Venezuela; Panama;
Mexico [TCO].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13581 for being
a foreign person that constitutes a significant transnational criminal
organization.
Dated: April 18, 2018.
John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-08423 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am]
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