[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3671-3672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1072]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
Act

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 3 additional individuals whose 
property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 
1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of the three individuals 
identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act 
is effective on January 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, 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 on OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.

Background

    The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act 
establishes a program targeting the activities of significant foreign 
narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis. It 
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. companies and 
individuals.
    The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property, 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction, owned or controlled by significant 
foreign narcotics traffickers as identified by the President. In 
addition, the Secretary of the Treasury consults 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, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security when designating and 
blocking 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.
    On January 14, 2009, OFAC designated three additional individuals 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
section 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
    The list of additional designees is as follows:
    1. ZABALA PADILLA, Omar Arturo (a.k.a. ZABALA PADILLA, Omar 
Enrique; a.k.a. ``Lucas Gualdron''); Colombia; DOB 11 Jul 1969; POB 
Bucaramanga, Colombia; Nationality Colombia; Cedula No. 91267294 
(Colombia); International FARC

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Commission Member for France, Italy, and Switzerland (INDIVIDUAL) 
[SDNTK].
    2. GARCIA ALBERT, Maria Remedios (a.k.a. ``Soraya''; a.k.a. 
``Irene''); Spain; DOB 17 Feb 1951; POB Avila, Spain; D.N.I. 00263695-T 
(Spain); International FARC Commission Member for Spain (INDIVIDUAL) 
[SDNTK].
    3. RODRIGO VEGA, Vlaudin (a.k.a. ``Carlos Vlaudin''); Australia; 
DOB 03 Mar 1960; Citizen Chile; Passport J1722726 (Chile); 
International FARC Commission Member for Australia (INDIVIDUAL) 
[SDNTK].

    Dated: January 14, 2009.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E9-1072 Filed 1-16-09; 8:45 am]
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