[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 250 (Friday, December 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 80578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28440]


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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 removed from OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked 
Persons List (SDN List) and the List of Foreign Sanctions Evaders (FSE 
List). Their property and interests in property are no longer blocked, 
and U.S. persons are no longer generally prohibited from engaging in 
transactions with them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2480; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant 
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant 
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions 
programs are available on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Actions

    On December 12, 2022, OFAC determined that the following persons, 
who had been designated pursuant to Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 
2011, ``Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting 
Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria'' and sanctioned pursuant to 
Executive Order 13608 of May 1, 2012 ``Prohibiting Certain Transactions 
With and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Foreign Sanctions 
Evaders With Respect to Iran and Syria, '' should be removed from the 
SDN List and FSE List, and that the property and interests in property 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are unblocked and 
lawful transactions involving U.S. persons are no longer prohibited.

Entity

    1. RIXO INTERNATIONAL TRADING LTD., Lindenstrasse 2, Baar 6340, 
Switzerland; website http://www.rixointernational.com [SYRIA] [FSE-
SY].

Individual

    1. BEKTAS, Halis; DOB 13 Feb 1966; citizen Switzerland; Passport 
X0906223 (Switzerland) (individual) [SYRIA] [FSE-SY].

    Dated: December 12, 2022.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2022-28440 Filed 12-29-22; 8:45 am]
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