Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action, 6969 [2021-01521]
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• On average, how many employees
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approval process involving senior
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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.
SUMMARY:
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for effective date(s).
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: 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 for
Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855.
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 Action(s)
On January 15, 2021, 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.
Individual
1. ALVAREZ CASAS, Lazaro Alberto,
Cuba; DOB 1963; Gender Male (individual)
[GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section
1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order 13818 of
December 20, 2017, ‘‘Blocking the Property of
Persons Involved in Serious Human Rights
Abuse or Corruption,’’ 82 FR 60839, 3 CFR,
2018 Comp., p. 399, (E.O. 13818) for being a
foreign person who is or has been a leader
or official of an entity, including any
government entity, that has engaged in, or
whose members have engaged in, serious
human rights abuse relating to the leader’s or
official’s tenure.
Entity
1. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (a.k.a.
MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR; a.k.a.
‘‘MININT’’), Aranguren and Carlos Manuel
de Cespedes, Havana, Cuba; Organization
Established Date Jun 1961 [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A)
of E.O. 13818 for being a foreign person who
is responsible for or complicit in, or has
directly or indirectly engaged in, serious
human rights abuse.
Dated: January 15, 2021.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control,
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action
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: 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 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 January 15, 2021, 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.
Individual
1. ALVAREZ CASAS, Lazaro Alberto, Cuba; DOB 1963; Gender Male
(individual) [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption,'' 82 FR 60839,
3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 399, (E.O. 13818) for being a foreign person
who is or has been a leader or official of an entity, including any
government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have
engaged in, serious human rights abuse relating to the leader's or
official's tenure.
Entity
1. MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (a.k.a. MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR; a.k.a.
``MININT''), Aranguren and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Havana, Cuba;
Organization Established Date Jun 1961 [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(A) of E.O. 13818 for
being a foreign person who is responsible for or complicit in, or
has directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse.
Dated: January 15, 2021.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-01521 Filed 1-22-21; 8:45 am]
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