[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77338-77339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26507]


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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 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 (the SDN 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).

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Notice of OFAC Actions

    On November 25, 2020, 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. AL-KANI, Mohamed (a.k.a. AL-KANI, Mohamed Khalifa Abderrahim 
Shaqaqi; a.k.a. AL-KANI, Mohammed; a.k.a. AL-KANI, Muhammad Omar), 
Libya; DOB 03 May 1979; nationality Libya; Gender Male; Passport 
F86JKFJF (Libya) (individual) [GLOMAG] (Linked To: KANIYAT MILITIA).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) 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, 2018 
Comp., p. 399, (E.O. 13818) for being a foreign person who is or has 
been a leader or official of an entity, including any government 
entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, serious 
human rights abuse related to his tenure.

Entity

    1. KANIYAT MILITIA (f.k.a. ``7TH BRIGADE''; a.k.a. ``9TH BRIGADE''; 
a.k.a. ``AL-KANI MILITIA''; a.k.a. ``AL-KANIYAT''; a.k.a. ``KANI 
BRIGADE''; a.k.a. ``KANIAT''; a.k.a. ``KANIYAT''; a.k.a. ``KANYAT''; 
f.k.a. ``TARHUNA 7TH BRIGADE''; f.k.a. ``TARHUNA BRIGADE''), Libya 
[GLOMAG].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13818 for being 
a foreign person who is responsible for or complicit in, or has 
directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.

    Dated: November 25, 2020.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2020-26507 Filed 11-30-20; 8:45 am]
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