[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 39573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-16272]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Identifying Information Associated With Persons Whose 
Property and Interests in Property Are Blocked Pursuant to the Foreign 
Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (``OFAC'') is publishing additional indentifying information 
associated with the three individuals identified by the President of 
the United States on June 1, 2012, 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 President of the United States identified the three 
individuals in this notice pursuant to section 21 U.S.C. 1903(b)(1) of 
the Kingpin Act on June 1, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. 
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 at http://www.treasury.gov/ofac or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service at (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 imposition of 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 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, in consultation 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 may 
designate and block 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.
    OFAC is publishing additional indentifying information associated 
with the following three individuals the President of the United States 
identified on June 1, 2012, whose property and interests in property 
are blocked pursuant to section 21 U.S.C. 1903(b)(1) of the Kingpin 
Act:
    1. KELMENDI, Naser (a.k.a. KELJMENDI, Naser Meto), Edhema Eke 
Dzubura 20, Ilidza, Bosnia and Herzegovina; DOB 15 Feb 1957; POB Pec, 
Kosovo; National ID No. 1502957172694 (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 
(individual) [SDNTK]
    2. SOTO GASTELUM, Jose Antonio, DOB 24 Mar 1967; POB Sinaloa, 
Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico; Passport TJT000291379 
(Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK]
    3. WAZIR SHAH, Sayid; DOB 10 Nov 1964; POB Herat, Afghanistan; 
citizen Afghanistan; alt. citizen Germany (individual) [SDNTK]

    Dated: June 27, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-16272 Filed 7-2-12; 8:45 am]
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