[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 14 (Monday, January 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 6969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01521]


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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 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 effective 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; 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 January 15, 2021, 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. ALVAREZ CASAS, Lazaro Alberto, Cuba; DOB 1963; Gender Male 
(individual) [GLOMAG].
    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 relating to the leader's or 
official's tenure.

Entity

    1. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (a.k.a. MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR; a.k.a. 
``MININT''), Aranguren and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Havana, Cuba; 
Organization Established Date Jun 1961 [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: January 15, 2021.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-01521 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
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