Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, 14592-14593 [2012-5833]

Download as PDF 14592 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2012 / Notices March 30, 2012, in the Cash Room, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20220, beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, March 30, 2012, commencing at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. ADDRESSES: The Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance meeting will be held in the Cash Room, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20220. The meeting will be open to the public. Because the meeting will be held in a secured facility, members of the public who plan to attend the meeting must contact the Federal Insurance Office (Office), at (202) 622–6910, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 26, 2012, to inform the Office of the desire to attend the meeting and to provide the information required to enter the building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James P. 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[FR Doc. 2012–5935 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–25–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Identification of an Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria.’’ Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the name of an entity identified on March 5, 2012, as an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to Syria.’’ SUMMARY: 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: PO 00000 Frm 00100 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, Tel.: 202/622–0077. Background On August 18, 2011, the President issued Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011, ‘‘Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to Syria,’’ (‘‘the Order’’) pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701– 06). In the Order, the President took additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004. Section 1 of the Order blocks all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any United States person, including any overseas branch, of the Government of Syria, which is defined to include its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities. On March 5, 2012, the Director of OFAC identified, pursuant to Section 1 of the Order, an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked. The listing for this entity is below. Entity: GENERAL ORGANIZATION OF RADIO AND TV (a.k.a. SYRIAN DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF RADIO & TELEVISION EST, a.k.a. GENERAL RADIO AND TELEVISION CORPORATION, a.k.a. RADIO AND TELEVISION CORPORATION, a.k.a. RTV SYRIA, a.k.a. GORT), Al Oumaween Square, P.O. Box 250, Damascus, Syria [Syria] Dated: March 5, 2012. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2012–5814 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4811–AL–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Additional Designations, Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of one individual and two entities whose property and interests in property have SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 48 / Monday, March 12, 2012 / Notices 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 the one individual and two entities identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b)(2) and (3) of the Kingpin Act is effective on March 6, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. 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 at https:// www.treasury.gov/ofac or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service at (202) 622–0077. pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 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 imposition of 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, in consultation 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 may designate and block 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 VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:55 Mar 09, 2012 Jkt 226001 Kingpin Act; or (3) playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking. On March 6, 2012, the Director of OFAC designated the following individual and two entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act. Individual 1. ZAMBADA GARCIA, Jesus Reynaldo (a.k.a. ‘‘EL REY ZAMBADA’’), DOB 13 Aug 1961; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGJ610813HSLMRS05 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK] Entities 2. ZARKA DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V., Miguel Hidalgo No. 348 Pte., Colonia Centro, Donato Guerra y Carrasco, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 73894–1 (Mexico); R.F.C. ZME–040520–VD7 (Mexico) [SDNTK] 3. ZARKA DE OCCIDENTE S.A. DE C.V., Calle Jose Diego Valadez Rios No. 1676, Colonia Proyecto Urbano Tres Rios, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; Folio Mercantil No. 72191–1 (Mexico) [SDNTK] Dated: March 6, 2012. Adam J. Szubin, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2012–5833 Filed 3–9–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Order 12978 Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the names of 18 individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, ‘‘Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.’’ DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (‘‘SDN List’’) of the 18 individuals identified in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, is effective on March 6, 2012. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14593 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220. Tel: (202) 622–2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic and Facsimile Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available from OFAC’s Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (202) 622–0077. Background On October 21, 1995, the President, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) (‘‘IEEPA’’), issued Executive Order 12978 (60 FR 54579, October 24, 1995) (the ‘‘Order’’). In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed by significant foreign narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the harm that they cause in the United States and abroad. Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, or that hereafter come within the United States or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, of: (1) The foreign persons listed in an Annex to the Order; (2) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State: (a) to play a significant role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia; or (b) to materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for or goods or services in support of, the narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant to the Order; and (3) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated pursuant to the Order. On March 6, 2012, the Director of OFAC removed from the SDN List the 18 individuals listed below, whose property and interests in property were blocked pursuant to the Order: 1. ALVAREZ DE LA TORRE, Mario Andres, c/o AMERICANA DE COSMETICOS S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o COSMEPOP, Bogota, Colombia; DOB 6 Mar 1972; Cedula No. 232594 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] E:\FR\FM\12MRN1.SGM 12MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14592-14593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5833]


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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 one individual and two entities 
whose property and interests in property have

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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 the one individual 
and two entities identified in this notice pursuant to section 
805(b)(2) and (3) of the Kingpin Act is effective on March 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. 
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 at https://www.treasury.gov/ofac or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service at (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 imposition of 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, in consultation 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 may 
designate and block 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 March 6, 2012, the Director of OFAC designated the following 
individual and two entities whose property and interests in property 
are blocked pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.

Individual

    1. ZAMBADA GARCIA, Jesus Reynaldo (a.k.a. ``EL REY ZAMBADA''), DOB 
13 Aug 1961; POB Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality 
Mexico; C.U.R.P. ZAGJ610813HSLMRS05 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK]

Entities

    2. ZARKA DE MEXICO S.A. DE C.V., Miguel Hidalgo No. 348 Pte., 
Colonia Centro, Donato Guerra y Carrasco, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; 
Folio Mercantil No. 73894-1 (Mexico); R.F.C. ZME-040520-VD7 (Mexico) 
[SDNTK]
    3. ZARKA DE OCCIDENTE S.A. DE C.V., Calle Jose Diego Valadez Rios 
No. 1676, Colonia Proyecto Urbano Tres Rios, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; 
Folio Mercantil No. 72191-1 (Mexico) [SDNTK]

    Dated: March 6, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-5833 Filed 3-9-12; 8:45 am]
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