[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 251 (Tuesday, December 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79726-79727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31299]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of Four Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 
13581, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations''

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 four individuals whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13581 
of July 24, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal 
Organizations.''

DATES: The designations by the Director of OFAC, pursuant to Executive 
Order 13581, of the four individuals identified in this notice were 
effective on December 19, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance and Evaluation, 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 from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac). Certain general 
information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs is available via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On July 24, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13581, 
``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations'' (the 
``Order''), pursuant

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to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701-06). The Order was effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 
time on July 25, 2011. In the Order, the President declared a national 
emergency to deal with the threat that significant transnational 
criminal organizations pose to the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property and interests in property that are in the United States, that 
come within the United States, or that are or come within the 
possession or control of any United States person, of persons listed in 
the Annex to the Order and of persons determined by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
Secretary of State, to satisfy certain criteria set forth in the Order.
    On December 19, 2003, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with 
the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, designated, pursuant 
to one or more of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) 
through (a)(ii)(C) of Section 1 of the Order, four individuals whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order.
    The listings for these individuals on OFAC's List of Specially 
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:

Individual(s)

1. HASHIMOTO, Hirofumi (a.k.a. KANG, Hong-Mun; a.k.a. KYO, Hirofumi); 
DOB 08 Jan 1947 (individual) [TCO].
2. IRIE, Tadashi; DOB 09 Dec 1944; POB Uwajima, Ehime, Japan 
(individual) [TCO].
3. ISHIDA, Shoroku (a.k.a. BOKU, Taishun; a.k.a. PAK, Tae-Chun; a.k.a. 
PARK, Tae-joon); DOB 30 Oct 1932 (individual) [TCO].
4. MASAKI, Toshio (a.k.a. PARK, Nyon-Nam); DOB 13 Jan 1947 (individual) 
[TCO].

    Dated: December 19, 2013.
Barbara Hammerle,
Deputy Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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