Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Notice published October 30, 2018 · 83 FR 54652
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2018-23659
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- October 30, 2018
- Citation
- 83 FR 54652 (pages 54,652–54,653)
- Action
- Notice.
- Dates
- See Supplementary Information section.
- 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 and vessels 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 and these vessels are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
Executive orders cited
- Executive Order 13224 · Other documents citing it
- Executive Order 13551 · 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 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54652-54653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23659]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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 and
vessels 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 and these
vessels are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from
engaging in transactions with them.
DATES: See Supplementary Information section.
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; 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).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On October 25, 2018, OFAC determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following
persons and the following vessels subject to U.S. jurisdiction are
blocked pursuant to the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
Individual
1. TAN, Wee Beng, 51 Siang Kuang Avenue, Singapore; DOB 14 Feb
1977; Gender Male; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions
Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Director of Wee Tiong (S)
Pte Ltd; Managing Director of WT Marine Pte Ltd (individual) [DPRK].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(D) of Executive Order
13551 of August 30, 2010, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
With Respect to North Korea'' (E.O. 13551) for having directly or
indirectly, engaged in money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods
or currency, bulk cash smuggling, narcotics trafficking, or other
illicit economic activity that involves or supports the Government
of North Korea or any senior official thereof.
Entities
1. WEE TIONG (S) PTE LTD (a.k.a. WEE TIONG S PTE LTD), 1813
Geylang Bahru, #01-01 Kallang Distripark 339715, Singapore; 64D
Kallang Pudding Road, #02-00, Wee Tiong Building 349323, Singapore;
02-00 Wee Tiong Building, 64D, Kallang Pudding Road 349323,
Singapore; 1805 Geylang Bahru #01-03 339711, Singapore; Secondary
sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201
and 510.210; Registration Number 199308567K [DPRK].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(D) E.O. 13551 for having
directly or indirectly, engaged in money laundering, the
counterfeiting of goods or currency, bulk cash smuggling, narcotics
trafficking, or other illicit economic activity that involves or
supports the Government of North Korea or any senior official
thereof.
2. WT MARINE PTE LTD, #11-09 Parkway Parade 449269, Singapore;
64D Kallang Pudding Road, #09-00 Wee Tiong Building 349323,
Singapore; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions
Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Registration Number
201616714Z [DPRK].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(D) of E.O. 13551 for
having directly or indirectly, engaged in money laundering, the
counterfeiting of goods or currency, bulk cash smuggling, narcotics
trafficking, or other illicit economic activity that involves or
supports the Government of North Korea or any senior official
thereof.
Vessels
1. NYMEX STAR Singapore flag; Secondary sanctions risk: North
Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Vessel
Registration Identification IMO 9078191 (vessel) [DPRK] (Linked To:
WT MARINE PTE LTD).
Identified pursuant to E.O. 13551 as property in which WT MARINE
PTE LTD, an entity whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13551, has an interest.
2. JW JEWEL Singapore flag; Secondary sanctions risk: North
Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Vessel
Registration Identification IMO 9402964 (vessel) [DPRK] (Linked To:
WT MARINE PTE LTD).
Identified pursuant to E.O. 13551 as property in which WT MARINE
PTE LTD, an entity whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to E.O. 13551, has an interest.
Additionally, on October 25, 2018, OFAC updated the entries on the
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List for the
following individuals, whose property and interests in property are
subject to U.S. jurisdiction and who continue to be
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blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed below.
Individuals
1. OWHADI, Mohammad Ebrahim (a.k.a. OWHADI, Jalal; a.k.a.
TAHERI, Jalal; a.k.a. VAHEDI, Jalal), Iran; DOB 1963; Gender Male
(individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS
(IRGC)-QODS FORCE; Linked To: TALIBAN).
1. OWHADI, Mohammad Ebrahim (a.k.a. OWHADI, Jalal; a.k.a.
TAHERI, Jalal; a.k.a. VAHEDI, Jalal), Iran; DOB 1963; Additional
Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions; Gender Male
(individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY
GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE; Linked To: TALIBAN).
Designated on October 23, 2018 pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O.
13224 for acting for or on behalf of the ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
CORPS-QODS FORCE (IRGC-QF), a person determined to be subject to E.O.
13224, and pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O. 13224 for assisting in,
sponsoring, or providing financial, material, or technological support
for, or financial or other services to or in support of, the TALIBAN, a
person determined to be subject to E.O. 13224.
2. RAZAVI, Esma'il (a.k.a. MOHAJERI, Mostafa), Iran; DOB 1959;
Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] (Linked To: ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY
GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE; Linked To: TALIBAN).
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2. RAZAVI, Esma'il (a.k.a. MOHAJERI, Mostafa), Iran; DOB 1959;
Additional Sanctions Information--Subject to Secondary Sanctions;
Gender Male (individual) [SDGT] [IRGC] [IFSR] (Linked To: ISLAMIC
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS (IRGC)-QODS FORCE; Linked To: TALIBAN).
Designated on October 23, 2018 pursuant to section 1(c) of E.O.
13224 for acting for or on behalf of the IRGC-QF, a person determined
to be subject to E.O. 13224, and pursuant to section 1(d)(i) of E.O.
13224 for assisting in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material,
or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in
support of, the TALIBAN, a person determined to be subject to E.O.
13224.
Dated: October 25, 2018.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-23659 Filed 10-29-18; 8:45 am]
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