[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 68013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26786]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

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 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; or Assistant Director for Regulatory 
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855.

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 (https://www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action(s)

    On December 6, 2019, 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.

Individuals

    1. AL-LAMI, Hussein Falah (a.k.a. AL-LAMI, Abu Zainab; a.k.a. 
AZIZ, Hussein Faleh), Iraq; DOB 20 Jun 1969; POB Baghdad, Iraq; 
nationality Iraq; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of Executive Order 
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons 
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption,'' 82 FR 60839, 
3 CFR, 2017 Comp., p. 399, (E.O. 13818) for being a foreign person 
who is responsible for, complicit in, or has directly or indirectly 
engaged in, serious human rights abuse.
    2. AL-KHAZALI, Qais (a.k.a. ALAZEREJ, Qays Hadi Sayyid; a.k.a. 
AL-KHAZALI, Qais Hadi Sayed Hasan), Iraq; DOB 20 Jun 1974; alt. DOB 
1974; POB Baghdad, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Gender Male (individual) 
[GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of E.O. 13818 for 
being a foreign person who is or has been a leader or official an 
entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or 
whose members have engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating 
to the leader's or official's tenure.
    3. AL-KHAZALI, Laith (a.k.a. ALAZIREG, Layth Hadi Sayyid), Iraq; 
DOB 14 Oct 1975; nationality Iraq; Gender Male; Passport A10537439 
(Iraq) expires 16 Oct 2023 (individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13818 for 
being a foreign person who is responsible for, complicit in, or has 
directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.
    4. AL-ISSAWI, Khamis Farhan Al-Khanjar (a.k.a. ALESSAWI, Khamis 
F Ali; a.k.a. ALI, Khamees Farhan Ali; a.k.a. ALI, Khames Farhan 
Ali; a.k.a. AL-KHANJAR, Khamis), Jordan; Iraq; DOB 1965; alt. DOB 08 
Sep 1968; alt. DOB 08 Sep 1965; POB Fallujah, Iraq; nationality 
Iraq; Gender Male; Passport D1022354 (Iraq) expires 21 May 2023 
(individual) [GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A)(1) of E.O. 13818 for 
having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or 
in support of, corruption, including the misappropriation of state 
assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, 
corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of 
natural resources, or bribery.

    Dated: December 6, 2019.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2019-26786 Filed 12-11-19; 8:45 am]
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