[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 65558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26808]


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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 name of one individual whose 
property and interests in property has 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 individual 
identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were 
blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act, is effective on October 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, U.S. 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 (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) 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 is 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 or interests in property, subject 
to U.S. jurisdiction, of persons or entities 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; and/or (3) playing a significant role in international narcotics 
trafficking.
    On October 19, 2010, OFAC removed from the SDN List the individual 
listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked 
pursuant to the Kingpin Act.
    1. SANCHEZ VARILLA, Luis Manuel; DOB 1 Feb 1964; Cedula No. 8174649 
(Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK].

    Dated: October 19, 2010.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2010-26808 Filed 10-22-10; 8:45 am]
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