[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23639-23640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09828]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Designation of One Individual and One Entity 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 one individual and one entity 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 
13581 of July 24, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal 
Organizations.''

DATES: The designations by the Director of OFAC, pursuant to E.O. 
13581, of the one individual and one entity identified in this notice 
were effective on April 21, 2015.

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 E.O. 13581, ``Blocking 
Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations'' (the ``Order''), 
pursuant 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 April 21, 2015, 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, one individual and one 
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
the Order.
    The listings for this individual and this entity on OFAC's List of 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:

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Individual
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN28AP15.000

Entity
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN28AP15.001


    Dated: April 21, 2015.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2015-09828 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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