Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Notice published April 16, 2019 · 84 FR 15677
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2019-07548
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- April 16, 2019
- Citation
- 84 FR 15677 (page 15,677)
- Action
- Notice.
- Dates
- See Supplementary Information section.
- Official sources
- PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov
Summary
The Federal Register's summaryThe U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 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.
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 84, Number 73 (Tuesday, April 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 15677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07548]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-
4855; Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.:
202-622-2490; 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 (SDN
List) and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are
available on OFAC's website (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On April 11, 2019, 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. CHAMS, Kassem (a.k.a. CHAMS, Qassim Muhammed; a.k.a. SHAMS,
Kassem Mohammed; a.k.a. SHAMS, Qasim Muhammed), Hermel, Lebanon; Chams
Building, 3rd Floor Jalal, Chtaura, Zahle, Lebanon; DOB 20 Mar 1962;
POB Lebanon; citizen Lebanon; Gender Male (individual) [SDNTK] (Linked
To: CHAMS MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION; Linked To: CHAMS EXCHANGE
COMPANY SAL). Identified as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker
pursuant to section 805(b)(1) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin
Designation Act (``Kingpin Act''), 21 U.S.C. 1901(b)(1).
Entities
1. CHAMS EXCHANGE COMPANY SAL (a.k.a. ALI MOHAMED CHAMS & PARTNER;
a.k.a. ALI MOHAMED CHAMS AND PARTNER; a.k.a. CHAMS EXCHANGE), Sahata
Choutra, Chtaura, Lebanon; Chams Building, 3rd Floor, Jalal, Chtaura,
Zahle, Lebanon [SDNTK]. Designated pursuant to section 805(b)(2) of the
Kingpin Act, for 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
Kassem CHAMS, a foreign person identified as a significant foreign
narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Kingpin Act; also designated
pursuant to section 805(b)(3) of the Kingpin Act for being owned,
controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf of. Kassem
CHAMS, a foreign person identified as a significant foreign narcotics
trafficker pursuant to the Kingpin Act.
2. CHAMS MONEY LAUNDERING ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. CHAMS MLO), Lebanon
[SDNTK]. Designated pursuant to section 805(b)(3) of the Kingpin Act
for being owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf
of Kassem CHAMS, a foreign person identified as a significant foreign
narcotics trafficker pursuant to the Kingpin Act.
Dated: April 11, 2019.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2019-07548 Filed 4-15-19; 8:45 am]
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