[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 48768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17625]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. 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(s).

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.

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

    On August 7, 2020, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person are 
blocked pursuant to the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Individual

    SOULEYMANE, Bi Sidi (a.k.a. ABASS, Sidiki; a.k.a. ABBAS, Sidiki; 
a.k.a. BI SIDI, Souleymane; a.k.a. SIDIKI, Abbas; a.k.a. SOULEMAN, 
Bi Sidi; a.k.a. SOULEMANE, Bi Sidi; a.k.a. SOULIMANE, Sidiki Abass; 
a.k.a. ``Sidiki''), Central African Republic; DOB 20 Jul 1962; POB 
Bocaranga, Ouham-Pende prefecture, Central African Republic; 
nationality Central African Republic; alt. nationality Chad; alt. 
nationality Cameroon; Gender Male (individual) [CAR].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A)(4) of Executive Order 
13667 (E.O. 13667) of May 12, 2014, ``Blocking Property of Certain 
Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Central African 
Republic,'' 79 FR 28387, 3 CFR 13667, for being responsible for or 
complicit in, or having engaged in, directly or indirectly, in or in 
relation to the Central African Republic, the targeting of women, 
children, or any civilians through the commission of acts of 
violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or rape or other 
sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement, or attacks on 
schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where civilians 
are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute a 
serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of 
international humanitarian law.

    Dated: August 7, 2020.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2020-17625 Filed 8-11-20; 8:45 am]
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