[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 53 (Monday, March 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16726-16727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05611]


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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 effective date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.: 
202-622-2420; 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

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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 March 15, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed below.

Individuals

    1. MEHMEDAGIC, Osman (a.k.a. ``OSMICA''), Mis Irbina No. 18, 
Sarajevo 71000, Bosnia and Herzegovina; DOB 01 Nov 1962; POB 
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; nationality Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; Gender Male; National ID No. 0111962172659 (Bosnia and 
Herzegovina) (individual) [BALKANS-EO14033].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(v) of Executive Order 14033 
of June 8, 2021, ``Blocking Property and Suspending Entry into the 
United States of Certain Persons Contributing to the Destabilizing 
Situation in the Western Balkans'' (E.O. 14033), 86 FR 31079 (June 
10, 2021), 3 CFR 2021 Comp., p. 591, for being responsible for or 
complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in, 
corruption related to the Western Balkans, including corruption by, 
on behalf of, or otherwise related to a government in the Western 
Balkans, or a current or former government official at any level of 
government in the Western Balkans, such as the misappropriation of 
public assets, expropriation of private assets for personal gain or 
political purposes, or bribery.
    2. STANKOVIC, Dragan, Bosnia and Herzegovina; DOB 21 Jul 1984; 
POB Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina; nationality Bosnia and 
Herzegovina; citizen Bosnia and Herzegovina; Gender Male 
(individual) [BALKANS-EO14033].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii) of E.O. 14033 for being 
responsible or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 
engaged in, a violation of, or an act that has obstructed or 
threatened the implementation of, any regional security, peace, 
cooperation, or mutual recognition agreement or framework or 
accountability mechanism related to the Western Balkans, including 
the Prespa Agreement of 2018; the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001; 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244; the Dayton Accords; 
or the Conclusions of the Peace Implementation Conference Council 
held in London in December 1995, including the decisions or 
conclusions of the High Representative, the Peace Implementation 
Council, or its Steering Board; or the International Criminal 
Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, or, with respect to the former 
Yugoslavia, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal 
Tribunals.
    3. GACANIN, Edin (a.k.a. ``Tito''), Bosnia and Herzegovina; 
Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Netherlands; DOB 12 Oct 1982; POB 
Bosnia and Herzegovina; nationality Bosnia and Herzegovina; alt. 
nationality Netherlands; Gender Male (individual) [ILLICIT-DRUGS-
EO14059].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(i) of Executive Order 14059 
of December 15, 2021, ``Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons 
Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade,'' 86 FR 71549 (December 
17, 2021), 3 CFR 2021 Comp., p. 715, for having engaged in, or 
attempted to engage in, activities or transactions that have 
materially contributed to, or pose a significant risk of materially 
contributing to, the international proliferation of illicit drugs or 
their means of production.

    Dated: March 15, 2023.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-05611 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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