[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21007-21008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08142]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
Pursuant to Executive Order 13348

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 12 individuals whose 
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, ``Blocking Property of Certain 
Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of Certain Goods from 
Liberia.''

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons by the Secretary of the Treasury of the 
12 individuals identified in this notice whose property and interests 
in property were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 
2004, is effective April 2, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW (Treasury Annex) 
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    Information about this document and additional information 
concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac) 
or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/
622-0077.

Background

    On July 22, 2004, President Bush issued Executive Order 13348 
(``the order'' or ``EO 13348''), finding that the actions and policies 
of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in 
particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their 
removal from Liberia, and secreting of Liberian funds and property, 
undermined Liberia's transition to democracy, the orderly development 
of Liberia's political, administrative, and economic institutions and 
resources, and fueled and exacerbated other conflicts throughout West 
Africa. The President found that the actions, policies, and 
circumstances described above constituted an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States and declared a 
national emergency to deal with that threat.
    The order included 28 persons in the Annex, which resulted in the 
blocking of all property or interests in property of these persons that 
was or thereafter came within the United States or the possession or 
control of U.S. persons. The order authorizes the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to designate 
additional persons or entities determined to meet certain criteria set 
forth in EO 13348.
    The order also authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to determine that 
circumstances no longer warrant the inclusion of a person in the Annex 
to EO 13348 and to unblock any property or interests in property that 
had been blocked as a result of the person's inclusion in the Annex.
    On April 2, 2013, the Deputy Director of OFAC, on behalf of the 
Director of OFAC, removed from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons the twelve individuals listed below, 
whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the 
order.

1. ALLEN, Cyril; DOB 26 Jul 1952; Former Chairman, National Patriotic 
Party of Liberia; nationality Liberia; alt. nationality Nigerian 
(individual) [LIBERIA].
2. COOPER, Randolph; DOB 28 Oct 1950; Former Managing Director, Roberts 
International Airport (individual) [LIBERIA].
3. DUNBAR, Belle Y.; DOB 27 Oct 1967; alt. DOB 27 Oct 1963; Former 
Managing Director, Liberian Petroleum Refining Company (individual) 
[LIBERIA].
4. GIBSON, Myrtle; DOB 03 Nov 1952; Former Liberian Senator; advisor to 
former President of Liberia Charles Taylor (individual) [LIBERIA].
5. GOODRIDGE, Reginald B. (a.k.a. GOODRICH, Reginald B. (Senior)); DOB 
11 Nov 1952; Sr.; Former Minister for Culture, Information, Tourism of 
Liberia (individual) [LIBERIA].

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6. MININ, Leonid (a.k.a. BLAVSTEIN, Leonid; a.k.a. BLUVSHTEIN, Leonid; 
a.k.a. BLYAFSHTEIN, Leonid; a.k.a. BLYUFSHTEIN, Leonid; a.k.a. 
BLYUVSHTEIN, Leonid; a.k.a. BRESLAN, Wolf; a.k.a. BRESLAN, Wulf; a.k.a. 
KERLER, Vladimir Abramovich; a.k.a. OSOLS, Igor; a.k.a. POPELA, 
Vladimir Abramovich; a.k.a. POPELAVESKI, Vladimir Abramovich; a.k.a. 
POPELO, Vladimir Abramovich; a.k.a. POPELOVESKI, Vladimir Abramovich; 
a.k.a. POPILOVESKI, Vladimir Abramovich); DOB 14 Dec 1947; alt. DOB 18 
Oct 1946; nationality Ukraine; Passport 5280007248D (Germany); alt. 
Passport 18106739D (Germany); alt. Passport 6019832 (Israel) issued 06 
Nov 1994 expires 05 Nov 1999; alt. Passport 9001689 (Israel) issued 23 
Jan 1997 expires 22 Jan 1999; alt. Passport KI0861177 (Russia); alt. 
Passport 65118 (Bolivia); alt. Passport 90109052 (Israel) issued 26 Nov 
1997; Owner, Exotic Tropical Timber Enterprise (individual) [LIBERIA].
7. NAYDO, Valeriy (a.k.a. NAIDO, Valerii), c/o CET AVIATION, P.O. Box 
932-20C, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Equatorial Guinea; DOB 10 Aug 
1957; citizen Ukraine; Passport AC251295 (Ukraine); alt. Passport 
KC024178 (Ukraine) (individual) [LIBERIA].
8. REEVES-TAYLOR, Agnes (a.k.a. TAYLOR, Agnes Reeves; a.k.a. ``REEVES-
TAYLOR''); DOB 27 Sep 1965; nationality Liberia; Ex-wife of former 
President of Liberia Charles Taylor; ex-Permanent Representative of 
Liberia to the International Maritime Organization (individual) 
[LIBERIA].
9. SALAMI, Mohamed Ahmad (a.k.a. SALAME, Mohamed Ahmad); DOB 22 Sep 
1961; nationality Lebanon; Owner, Mohamed Group of Companies; former 
President of Liberia Charles Taylor's informal diplomatic 
representative (individual) [LIBERIA].
10. SHAW, Emmanuel (II); DOB 26 Jul 1946; alt. DOB 26 Jul 1956; alt. 
DOB 29 Jul 1956; Advisor to former President of Liberia Charles Taylor 
(individual) [LIBERIA].
11. TAYLOR, Tupee Enid; DOB 17 Dec 1962; Ex-wife of former President of 
Liberia Charles Taylor (individual) [LIBERIA].
12. TAYLOR, Jewell Howard; DOB 17 Jan 1963; Wife of former President of 
Liberia Charles Taylor (individual) [LIBERIA].

    Dated: April 2, 2013.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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