[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17897-17898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08423]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

SUB-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 names of one or more persons that have 
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable 
legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. 
persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with 
them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global 
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory 
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Department of the Treasury's Office 
of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets 
Control), tel.: 202-622-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available 
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

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Notice of OFAC Actions

    On April 18, 2018, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individual

    1. BARAKAT, Nasif (a.k.a. ABOUTARIF, Nassif; a.k.a. BARAKAT AL 
FAHILIH, Nasif Jarjis; a.k.a. BARAKAT ALVAHILH, Nasif Gergers; a.k.a. 
BARAKAT, Nassif; a.k.a. BARKAT, Nasif; a.k.a. BARKAT, Nassif; a.k.a. 
TARIF, Abu), Fahel, Syria; Germana, Damascus, Syria; Al-Qassaa, 
Damascus, Syria; Al Fuhaylah, Homs, Syria; DOB 20 Jun 1971; alt. DOB 30 
Nov 1970; citizen Syria; Gender Male; National ID No. 04010136281 
(Syria) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: BARAKAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL 
ORGANIZATION).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(B) of Executive Order 13581 
of July 25, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal 
Organizations'' (E.O. 13581) for having materially assisted, sponsored, 
or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods 
or services to or in support of, the BARAKAT TCO, a person determined 
to be subject to E.O. 13581.
    Also designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 13581 for 
having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, the BARAKAT TCO.

Entity

    1. BARAKAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION (a.k.a. NASIF 
BARAKAT ALIEN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION), Syria; Lebanon; United Arab 
Emirates; Turkey; Brazil; Colombia; Guatemala; Venezuela; Panama; 
Mexico [TCO].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13581 for being 
a foreign person that constitutes a significant transnational criminal 
organization.

    Dated: April 18, 2018.
John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2018-08423 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am]
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