[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59804-59805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16169]


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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 (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: This action takes effect on the date listed in Supplementary 
Information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Bradley T. Smith, Director, 
tel.: 202-622-2490; 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 Compliance, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 Actions

    On July 18, 2024, 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.

Individuals

    1. CONTEH, Abdul Karim, 9202 C. Calz Tlaxcaltecas int.2 col 
Mariano Matamoros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; DOB 20 Dec 
1984; POB Sierra Leone; nationality Sierra Leone; citizen Sierra 
Leone; alt. citizen Mexico; Gender Male; Phone Number 23276596773; 
alt. Phone Number 529622553555; C.U.R.P. COXA841220HNENXB02 (Mexico) 
(individual) [TCO] (Linked To: ABDUL KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING 
ORGANIZATION).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of Executive Order 
13581 of July 24, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational 
Criminal Organizations,'' 76 FR 44757 (July 27, 2011), as amended by 
Executive Order 13863 of March 15, 2019, ``Taking Additional Steps 
to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant 
Transnational Criminal Organizations,'' 84 FR 10255 (March 19, 2019) 
(E.O. 13581, as amended), for being owned or controlled by, or 
having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, ABDUL KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION, a 
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to E.O. 13581, as amended.
    2. ROBLERO PIVARAL, Veronica, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; 
DOB 25 Apr 1999; POB Chiapas, Mexico; nationality Mexico; citizen 
Mexico; Gender Female; Phone Number 526643422541; C.U.R.P. 
ROPV990425MCSBVR02 (Mexico) (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: ABDUL 
KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 13581, as 
amended, for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or 
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, ABDUL 
KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION, a person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13581, as 
amended.
    3. PIDOUKOU, Pasaman Francis Marin Abbe (a.k.a. ``Kili Cili''), 
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Mexico City, Mexico; DOB 03 Mar 
1973; nationality Togo; citizen Togo; Gender Male; Phone Number 
524731040117 (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: ABDUL KARIM CONTEH HUMAN 
SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 13581, as 
amended, for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or 
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, ABDUL 
KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION, a person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13581, as 
amended.
    4. KAMARA, Issa, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; DOB 17 Jul 
1990; nationality Sierra Leone; citizen Sierra Leone; Gender Male; 
Phone Number 23275356626 (individual) [TCO] (Linked To: ABDUL KARIM 
CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C) of E.O. 13581, as 
amended, for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or 
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, ABDUL 
KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION, a person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13581, as 
amended.

Entity

    1. ABDUL KARIM CONTEH HUMAN SMUGGLING ORGANIZATION, Tijuana, 
Baja California, Mexico; Target Type Criminal Organization [TCO].
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13581, as 
amended, for being a foreign person that constitutes a significant 
transnational criminal organization.

    Dated: July 18, 2024.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the 
Treasury.
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