Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 5857-5858 [2011-2179]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
• Office of Foreign Assets Control

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5857-5858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2179]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
Act

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 1 individual and 12 entities 
whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to 
the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 
U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of 1 individual and 12 
entities identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the 
Kingpin Act is effective on January 26, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's Web site (https://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service, tel.: (202) 622-
0077.

Background

    The Kingpin Act became law on December 3, 1999. The Kingpin Act 
establishes a program targeting the activities of significant foreign 
narcotics traffickers and their organizations on a worldwide basis. It 
provides a statutory framework for the President to impose sanctions 
against significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their 
organizations on a worldwide basis, with the objective of denying their 
businesses and agents access to the U.S. financial system and the 
benefits of trade and transactions involving U.S. companies and 
individuals.
    The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property, 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction, owned or controlled by significant 
foreign narcotics traffickers as identified by the President. In 
addition, the Secretary of the Treasury consults with the Attorney 
General, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security when designating and 
blocking the property and interests in property, subject to U.S. 
jurisdiction, of persons who are found to be: (1) Materially assisting 
in, or providing financial or technological support for or to, or 
providing goods or services in support of, the international narcotics 
trafficking activities of a person designated pursuant to the Kingpin 
Act; (2) owned, controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf 
of, a person designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act; or (3) playing a 
significant role in international narcotics trafficking.
    On January 26, 2011, the Director of OFAC designated 1 individual 
and 12 entities whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to section 805(b) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation 
Act.
    The list of additional designees is as follows:
    1. KHARROUBI, Ali Mohamed (a.k.a. KHAROUBI, Ali; a.k.a. ``KAROBY, 
Ali''), c/o SOLMAR, Lebanon; c/o ELLISSA HOLDING, Lebanon; c/o ELLISSA 
GROUP SA, Benin; c/o AGROPHEN, Benin; c/o ELLISSA SHIPPING, Benin; c/o 
YAMEN BENIN SARL, Benin; c/o ELLISSA PARC COTONOU, Benin; c/o ELLISSA 
MEGASTORE,Benin; c/o SOCIETE ELLISSA GROUP CONGO, Congo, Republic of 
the; c/o ELLISSA EXCHANGE COMPANY, Lebanon; DOB 8 Jul 1970; citizen 
Lebanon; nationality Lebanon; Passport RL0603911 (Lebanon) (INDIVIDUAL) 
[SDNTK]
    2. ELLISSA HOLDING (a.k.a. ELLISSA SAL (HOLDING)), Atrium Building, 
Weygand Street, Central District, Beirut, Lebanon (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    3. SOLMAR, Atrium Building, Weygand Street, Central District, 
Beirut, Lebanon (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    4. ELLISSA GROUP SA (a.k.a. ``ELESSA GROUP''), 01 BP 6269, Cotonou, 
Atlantique, Benin; C.R. No. 03-B-1620 (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    5. AGROPHEN (a.k.a. AGRO-PHEN), 01 BP 6269, Cotonou, Benin (ENTITY) 
[SDNTK]
    6. ELLISSA SHIPPING, 01 BP 6269, Cotonou, Benin (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    7. YAMEN BENIN SARL, 01 BP 6269, Cotonou, Benin (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    8. ELLISSA PARC COTONOU, 01 BP 6269, Cotonou, Benin (ENTITY) 
[SDNTK]
    9. ELLISSA MEGASTORE (a.k.a. ELLISSA MEGA STORE), Quartier SCOA 
GBETO, Carre 148, Cotonou, Benin; 01 BP 6269, Cotonou, Benin (ENTITY) 
[SDNTK]
    10. ALMACEN JUNIOR, Carrera 13 No. 11-24, Maicao, Colombia; 
Matricula Mercantil No. 00002911 (Colombia) (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    11. ALMACEN JUNIOR NO. 2, Calle 10 No. 12-46, Maicao, Colombia; 
Matricula Mercantil No. 00008712 (Colombia) (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    12. COMERCIAL PLANETA, Carrera 12 No. 12-13, Maicao, Colombia; 
Matricula Mercantil No. 00072179 (Colombia) (ENTITY) [SDNTK]
    13. SOCIETE ELLISSA GROUP CONGO (a.k.a. ELLISSA GROUP SA

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CONGO; a.k.a. ELLISSA PARC CONGO; a.k.a. ELLISSA GROUP CONGO), Avenir 
Lassy Zephyr, Immeuble Socotra, Pointe Noire, Congo, Republic of the; 
C.R. No. 07B233 (ENTITY) [SDNTK]

    Dated: January 26, 2011.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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