Obama Authorizes Sanctions on Members of Yemen Government

May 18, 2012

National Journal on May 16, 2012 released the following:

“By Sara Sorcher

President Obama on Wednesday authorized sanctions on certain members of the government of Yemen and others whom the United States deems might pose a threat to Yemen’s peace, security, and stability.

As Yemen transitions to a democratically elected government, such threats would constitute an “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” Obama said in an executive order. The order allows the Treasury Department to freeze the U.S.-based assets of anyone found to “obstruct” the transition—and prevents U.S. citizens from doing business with them.

After months of turmoil in the country, Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped aside after three decades in power, clearing the way in February for his vice president, Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, to take over and begin the transition to democracy. A number of Saleh’s relatives and supporters were reluctant to give up their high-level positions within the military and government until they were forced to resign. Obama’s order is meant to keep them from further interfering in the political transition.

“The president took this step because he believes that the legitimate aspirations of the Yemeni people, along with the urgent humanitarian and security challenges, cannot be addressed if political progress stalls,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement.

The order–issued just after officials disrupted an attempt by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula to take down an airliner bound for the U.S.—is meant to ensure that the unrest in Yemen doesn’t undermine counterterrorism goals in the country, according to the The Washington Post. U.S. drone strikes have continued during the unrest, as al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula took advantage of the political turmoil and began to make territorial gains in the country’s restive south.”

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Republicans Block Iran Sanctions Vote

May 18, 2012

The New York Times on May 18, 2012 released the following:

“By REUTERS

Senate Republicans blocked legislation for new economic sanctions on Iran’s oil sector on Thursday, saying they needed more time to study the bill, a surprise move that drew anger from Democrats who wanted approval ahead of nuclear talks next week. Senators from both parties said they still expected that the sanctions would pass, although the timeline was not immediately clear. The sanctions are meant to shut down any financial deals with Iran’s state oil and tanker enterprises, stripping Tehran of oil revenues. The revenues support Iran’s nuclear program, which the United States says is a cover for developing the capability to build atomic bombs, while Iran says it is for civilian purposes.”

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U.S. blacklists two for alleged ties to al Qaeda, Taliban

May 18, 2012

Reuters on May 17, 2012 released the following:

“(Reuters) – The Treasury Department put two people that it alleged have ties to militant Islamist groups active in Afghanistan on a blacklist on Thursday and banned American citizens from any dealings with them.

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said Bakht Gul was a communications official for the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network, accused by the United States of involvement in attacks in Afghanistan, and that Abdul Baqi Bari was a money launderer for the Taliban.

Treasury said Bari funneled funds to support al Qaeda and that Osama Bin Laden, the al Qaeda leader killed in a U.S. raid on his hideout in Pakistan last year, had given Bari and an associate $500,000 to buy a factory in 2002.

It said Gul relayed reports from commanders in Afghanistan to the Haqqani Network, which is based along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and had coordinated movements of weapons and insurgents.

Besides forbidding Americans from doing business with the two, Treasury said that any assets that they were found to be holding in the United States will be blocked.

(Reporting By Glenn Somerville; editing by Mohammad Zargham)”

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Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficking Kingpin [SDNTK] Entries Removed from OFAC’s SDN List on May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012

Today, OFAC has removed [SDNTK] Entries on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List):

The following [SDNTK] entries have been removed from OFAC’s SDN list:

TORO OSORIO, Julio Alberto, c/o RENTA CAMPEROS URABA LTDA., Apartado, Antioquia, Colombia; c/o VIGILAR COLOMBIA LTDA., Apartado, Antioquia, Colombia; c/o CENTRO DE DIAGNOSTICO AUTOMOTRIZ EJE BANANERO S.A., Apartado, Antioquia, Colombia; c/o REPUESTOS EL NATO Y CIA LTDA., Medellin, Colombia; Colombia; POB Colombia; citizen Colombia; nationality Colombia; Cedula No. 15367370 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNTK]

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Specially Designated Global Terrorists [SDGT] Entries Added to OFAC’s SDN List on May 17, 2012

May 17, 2012

Today, OFAC has added [SDGT] Entries on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List):

The following [SDGT] entries have been added to OFAC’s SDN list:

ABDELBAKI (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. ALBARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

AL-BAKI, ‘Abd (a.k.a. AL-BARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

AL-BARI, ‘Abd (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

BAHAR, Bakht Gul (a.k.a. GUL, Bakht; a.k.a. GUL, Bakhta; a.k.a. “SHUQIB”), Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan; DOB 1980; POB Aki Village, Zadran District, Paktiya Province, Afghanistan; nationality Afghanistan (individual) [SDGT]

BAKI, Abdul (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. ALBARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

BAQI, Abdul (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. ALBARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

BARI, Abdul (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. ALBARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

BARI, Abdul Baqi (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. ALBARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

BARI, Haji Abdul (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. ALBARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

GUL, Bakht (a.k.a. BAHAR, Bakht Gul; a.k.a. GUL, Bakhta; a.k.a. “SHUQIB”), Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan; DOB 1980; POB Aki Village, Zadran District, Paktiya Province, Afghanistan; nationality Afghanistan (individual) [SDGT]

GUL, Bakhta (a.k.a. BAHAR, Bakht Gul; a.k.a. GUL, Bakht; a.k.a. “SHUQIB”), Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan; DOB 1980; POB Aki Village, Zadran District, Paktiya Province, Afghanistan; nationality Afghanistan (individual) [SDGT]

IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad (a.k.a. ALBAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. AL-BARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad (a.k.a. ALBAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. AL-BARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

ISHAQZAI, Rais Abdul Bari (a.k.a. AL-BAKI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. AL-BARI, ‘Abd; a.k.a. BAKI, Abdul; a.k.a. BAQI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul; a.k.a. BARI, Abdul Baqi; a.k.a. BARI, Haji Abdul; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Al-Baqi Muhammad; a.k.a. IBRAHIM, ‘Abd Labaqi Muhammad; a.k.a. “ABDELBAKI”); DOB 1 Jan 1953; alt. DOB 1952; POB Kandahar, Afghanistan; Passport 306749 (Afghanistan) expires 28 Jun 2014; alt. Passport 47168 (Afghanistan) (individual) [SDGT]

SHUQIB (a.k.a. BAHAR, Bakht Gul; a.k.a. GUL, Bakht; a.k.a. GUL, Bakhta), Miram Shah, North Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan; DOB 1980; POB Aki Village, Zadran District, Paktiya Province, Afghanistan; nationality Afghanistan (individual) [SDGT]

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OFAC Designates Members Of South Asian Drug Ring ‘D Company’

May 16, 2012

The Wall Street Journal on May 15, 2012 released the following:

“By C.M. Matthews

The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned two members of the South Asian criminal organization “D Company” on Tuesday.

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim “Tiger” Memon as narcotics traffickers under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.

The designations effectively prohibit U.S. citizens from conducting financial or commercial transactions with the two men, and any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen.

Shakeel and Memon are top lieutenants in the Dawood Ibrahim Organization, or D Company, an alleged narcotics ring that operates across South Asia and runs smuggling routes into the U.S., Western Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, according to the Treasury Department. The group and its founder, Dawood Ibrahim, were both designated in 2006.

Shakeel coordinates D Company’s dealings with other organized crime and terror groups, the Treasury Department said, while Memon controls the group’s business across South Asia. Memon is also wanted by Indian authorities for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings.

Violating designations under the Kingpin Act can lead to a range of penalties. Corporate officers can face up to 30 years in prison and fines up to $5 million, while companies face criminal fines up to $10 million.”

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Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficking Kingpin [SDNTK] Entries Added to OFAC’s SDN List on May 15, 2012

May 16, 2012

Yesterday, OFAC has added [SDNTK] Entries on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List):

The following [SDNTK] entries have been added to OFAC’s SDN list:

AHMED, Sheikh Shakeel (a.k.a. MOHIDDIN, Shaikh Shakil Babu; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chhota; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chota; a.k.a. SHAKIL, Chhota), R. No. 11, 1st Floor Ruksans Manzil, 78 Temkar Street, Nagpada, Mumbai, India; DOB 31 Dec 1955; alt. DOB 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India (individual) [SDNTK]

MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razaaq (a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razak; a.k.a. “MUSHTAQ”; a.k.a. “MUSTAQ”; a.k.a. “SIKANDER”; a.k.a. “TIGER MEMON”), Bldg. No. 21 Room No. 1069, Fisherman Colony Mahim, Mumbai, India; House No. C-201, Extension-A, Karachi Development Scheme, Karachi, Pakistan; DOB 24 Nov 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India; Passport L152818 (India); alt. Passport AA762402 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDNTK]

MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razak (a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razaaq; a.k.a. “MUSHTAQ”; a.k.a. “MUSTAQ”; a.k.a. “SIKANDER”; a.k.a. “TIGER MEMON”), Bldg. No. 21 Room No. 1069, Fisherman Colony Mahim, Mumbai, India; House No. C-201, Extension-A, Karachi Development Scheme, Karachi, Pakistan; DOB 24 Nov 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India; Passport L152818 (India); alt. Passport AA762402 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDNTK]

MOHIDDIN, Shaikh Shakil Babu (a.k.a. AHMED, Sheikh Shakeel; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chhota; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chota; a.k.a. SHAKIL, Chhota), R. No. 11, 1st Floor Ruksans Manzil, 78 Temkar Street, Nagpada, Mumbai, India; DOB 31 Dec 1955; alt. DOB 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India (individual) [SDNTK]

MUSHTAQ (a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razaaq; a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razak; a.k.a. “MUSTAQ”; a.k.a. “SIKANDER”; a.k.a. “TIGER MEMON”), Bldg. No. 21 Room No. 1069, Fisherman Colony Mahim, Mumbai, India; House No. C-201, Extension-A, Karachi Development Scheme, Karachi, Pakistan; DOB 24 Nov 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India; Passport L152818 (India); alt. Passport AA762402 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDNTK]

MUSTAQ (a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razaaq; a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razak; a.k.a. “MUSHTAQ”; a.k.a. “SIKANDER”; a.k.a. “TIGER MEMON”), Bldg. No. 21 Room No. 1069, Fisherman Colony Mahim, Mumbai, India; House No. C-201, Extension-A, Karachi Development Scheme, Karachi, Pakistan; DOB 24 Nov 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India; Passport L152818 (India); alt. Passport AA762402 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDNTK]

SHAKEEL, Chhota (a.k.a. AHMED, Sheikh Shakeel; a.k.a. MOHIDDIN, Shaikh Shakil Babu; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chota; a.k.a. SHAKIL, Chhota), R. No. 11, 1st Floor Ruksans Manzil, 78 Temkar Street, Nagpada, Mumbai, India; DOB 31 Dec 1955; alt. DOB 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India (individual) [SDNTK]

SHAKEEL, Chota (a.k.a. AHMED, Sheikh Shakeel; a.k.a. MOHIDDIN, Shaikh Shakil Babu; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chhota; a.k.a. SHAKIL, Chhota), R. No. 11, 1st Floor Ruksans Manzil, 78 Temkar Street, Nagpada, Mumbai, India; DOB 31 Dec 1955; alt. DOB 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India (individual) [SDNTK]

SHAKIL, Chhota (a.k.a. AHMED, Sheikh Shakeel; a.k.a. MOHIDDIN, Shaikh Shakil Babu; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chhota; a.k.a. SHAKEEL, Chota), R. No. 11, 1st Floor Ruksans Manzil, 78 Temkar Street, Nagpada, Mumbai, India; DOB 31 Dec 1955; alt. DOB 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay),
India; nationality India (individual) [SDNTK]

SIKANDER (a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razaaq; a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razak; a.k.a. “MUSHTAQ”; a.k.a. “MUSTAQ”; a.k.a. “TIGER MEMON”), Bldg. No. 21 Room No. 1069, Fisherman Colony Mahim, Mumbai, India; House No. C-201, Extension-A, Karachi Development Scheme, Karachi, Pakistan; DOB 24 Nov 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India; Passport L152818 (India); alt. Passport AA762402 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDNTK]

TIGER MEMON (a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razaaq; a.k.a. MEMON, Ibrahim Abdul Razak; a.k.a. “MUSHTAQ”; a.k.a. “MUSTAQ”; a.k.a. “SIKANDER”), Bldg. No. 21 Room No. 1069, Fisherman Colony Mahim, Mumbai, India; House No. C-201, Extension-A, Karachi Development Scheme, Karachi, Pakistan; DOB 24 Nov 1960; POB Mumbai (Bombay), India; nationality India; Passport L152818 (India); alt. Passport AA762402 (Pakistan) (individual) [SDNTK]

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Treasury Designates Two Lieutenants of South Asian Criminal Organization

5/15/2012

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim “Tiger” Memon as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for their roles as part of a criminal organization run by Dawood Ibrahim, known as “D Company.” Dawood Ibrahim was named as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in October 2003, and in June 2006, he was named by the President as a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker. Also in June 2006, the Dawood Ibrahim Organization was named by the President as a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker.

“Treasury continues to target the nexus of crime and terrorism in South Asia with today’s action against one of the world’s most notorious criminal organizations,” said OFAC Director Adam Szubin.

Chhota Shakeel is Dawood’s lieutenant who coordinates for D Company with other organized crime and terror groups. Ibrahim “Tiger” Memon is a trusted lieutenant who controls the organization’s businesses across South Asia and is wanted by Indian authorities for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai bombings. INTERPOL has issued provisional arrest warrants or “red notices” for both Shakeel and Memon, who are Indian nationals. Dawood Ibrahim and his organization have been involved in international narcotics trafficking activities since the late 1980s.Their smuggling routes include South Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Drug trafficking activities of D Company include the smuggling of heroin and hashish from Afghanistan and Thailand to the United States, Western Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.

As a result of today’s action, U.S. persons are prohibited from conducting financial or commercial transactions with Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim “Tiger” Memon, and any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen.

The Treasury Department continues to target the financial networks of significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations worldwide using the authorities in the Kingpin Act. Treasury has designated more than 1,100 individuals and entities linked to drug kingpins since June 2000. Penalties for violations of the Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1.075 million per violation to more severe criminal penalties. Criminal penalties for corporate officers may include up to 30 years in prison and fines up to $5 million. Criminal fines for corporations may reach $10 million. Other individuals face up to 10 years in prison and fines pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code for criminal violations of the Kingpin Act.”

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U.S. not ready to remove Iranian group from terror list

May 9, 2012

CNN on May 8, 2012 released the following:

“By Jamie Crawford

An Iranian dissident group on the U.S. government’s list of terrorist organizations is showing signs of cooperation, but the United States has not decided whether to remove it from the list, a Department of Justice attorney told a federal appeals court panel Tuesday.

An attorney for Mujahedin-e Khalq urged a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to issue a writ of mandamus, essentially an order compelling the State Department to comply with a previous order, and to make a decision on delistment in a timely manner.

MEK is seeking the enforcement of a 2010 ruling by the same court ordering the State Department to review the group’s status on the Foreign Terrorist Organization list. In its ruling, the District Court gave the State Department 180 days to review the request from MEK to be removed from the terror list.

Robert Loeb, who argued the case on behalf of the administration, said the lack of total unfettered access to the MEK’s base inside Iraq demands more deliberation and time be given to the decision. Loeb argued questions still remain whether “hard core” elements of the group harbor weapons inside the base and thus retain the “capacity” to launch attacks.

Once the base is completely emptied, a decision on MEK’s status could be made within 60 days, the U.S. government has said. In court, Loeb stipulated that 60-day period could be subject to extension based on anything learned within that period.

The group has been on the terror list since 1997 because of the deaths of Americans during the 1970s. The group was granted refuge in Iraq by Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war. The MEK supports the overthrow of the Iranian theocracy.

The Obama administration has argued it needs to assess the MEK’s move from its previous base of operations at Camp Ashraf in Iraq to a processing center at a former U.S. base in Iraq before making its decision. The move is being conducted under U.N. auspices after the Iraqi government ordered the camp closed at the end of 2011.

Mark Toner, deputy State Department spokesman, released a statement this past weekend praising the “continued cooperation” of Camp Ashraf residents. Over half of the approximately 3,000 residents of Camp Ashraf have been relocated to Camp Hurriya, Toner said, with the goal of eventually settling in countries outside Iraq.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a Senate panel last year that the way the transfer was carried out would influence the eventual decision on removing the group from the terror list.

Loeb said the administration understands the “duty” to make a timely decision on MEK’s status, but said the administration also has a duty to the public to “get it right.”

The group is also known as the People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran.

Viet Dinh, a former Justice Department lawyer representing the MEK, said the group no longer poses a military threat because the U.S. Army peacefully disarmed the group after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The U.S. government treated MEK members as protected people under international law until the U.S. turned over responsibility to the Iraqi government.

Dinh told the court the State Department’s delay in making a decision is a violation of MEK’s due process rights, and liberties granted under the U.S. Constitution.

“The secretary has recognized (MEK’s) renunciation of violence and is legally bound to delist the organization,” Dinh wrote in a filing in February.” She cannot pocket veto (MEK’s) application for revocation of its terrorist status.”

Col. Wes Martin, who served as base commander of Camp Ashraf in 2006 and was present for Tuesday’s proceedings, called Loeb’s argument “nonsense.” Martin, who supports MEK’s removal from the terror list, told CNN he was certain Camp Ashraf has been completely disarmed.

The MEK enjoys the support of prominent high-ranking officials from past Democratic and Republican administrations who speak out against the group’s continued presence on the terror list.”

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Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficking Kingpin [SDNTK] Entries Added to OFAC’s SDN List on May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

Today, OFAC has added [SDNTK] Entries on the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List):

The following [SDNTK] entries have been added to OFAC’s SDN list:

EL CHAPITO (a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Archivaldo Ivan; a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archibaldo; a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archivaldo), Mexico; DOB 2 Oct 1980; POB Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico (individual) [SDNTK]

EL FLACO (a.k.a. SALGUEIRO NEVAREZ, Noel), Mexico; DOB 6 Jun 1969; POB Chihuahua, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico (individual) [SDNTK]

GUZMAN LOPEZ, Ovidio, Mexico; DOB 29 Mar 1990; POB Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico; C.U.R.P. GULO900329HSLZPV09 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK]

GUZMAN SALAZAR, Archivaldo Ivan (a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archibaldo; a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archivaldo; a.k.a. “EL CHAPITO”), Mexico; DOB 2 Oct 1980; POB Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico (individual) [SDNTK]

GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archibaldo (a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Archivaldo Ivan; a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archivaldo; a.k.a. “EL CHAPITO”), Mexico; DOB 2 Oct 1980; POB Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico (individual) [SDNTK]

GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archivaldo (a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Archivaldo Ivan; a.k.a. GUZMAN SALAZAR, Ivan Archibaldo; a.k.a. “EL CHAPITO”), Mexico; DOB 2 Oct 1980; POB Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico (individual) [SDNTK]

LIMON SANCHEZ, Ovidio, Calle Plan de Iguala #2951, Colonia Emiliano Zapata, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico; DOB 24 Jul 1968; alt. DOB 24 Jun 1968; alt. DOB 16 Oct 1962; POB Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico; C.U.R.P. LISO680724HSLMNV03 (Mexico) (individual) [SDNTK]

SALGUEIRO NEVAREZ, Noel (a.k.a. “EL FLACO”), Mexico; DOB 6 Jun 1969; POB Chihuahua, Mexico; citizen Mexico; nationality Mexico (individual) [SDNTK]

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Treasury Targets Leading Figures of Sinaloa Cartel

5/8/2012
Action Includes Sanctions against Two of Chapo Guzman’s Sons

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of four key Sinaloa Cartel operatives, including two sons of Sinaloa drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman Loera. Today’s action, pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act), prohibits U.S. persons from conducting financial or commercial transactions with these four individuals, and also freezes any assets they may have under U.S. jurisdiction.

OFAC is designating Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Ovidio Guzman Lopez for their roles in their father’s drug trafficking organization and the Sinaloa Cartel. In 2005, Mexican authorities arrested Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar on money laundering charges, but he was later released. Ovidio Guzman Lopez also plays a significant role in his father’s drug trafficking activities. Noel Salgueiro Nevarez is the head of the Sinaloa Cartel in the Mexican state of Chihuahua where a bloody turf war has claimed the lives of thousands. Mexican authorities arrested him in October 2011, and he remains in Mexican custody. Ovidio Limon Sanchez, also currently in Mexican custody, is a major operative for the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa state. He was arrested in November 2011 by Mexican authorities. Additionally, in 2009, a jury in the U.S. District for the Central District of California returned an indictment against Ovidio Limon Sanchez, charging him with multiple counts of drug trafficking.

“OFAC will aggressively target those individuals who facilitate Chapo Guzman’s drug trafficking operations, including family members,” said OFAC Director Adam J. Szubin. “With the Government of Mexico, we are firm in our resolve to dismantle Chapo Guzman’s drug trafficking organization.”

Joaquin Guzman Loera and the Sinaloa Cartel were previously identified by the President as significant foreign narcotics traffickers pursuant to the Kingpin Act in 2001 and 2009, respectively.

Today’s action would not have been possible without the support of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). “In order to put organizations like the Sinaloa Cartel out of business, we must continue to utilize every tool available to ensure that these criminal groups and their associates cannot exploit the U.S. financial system,” said DEA Chief of Financial Operations John Arvanitis. “DEA is attacking the Sinaloa Cartel and other organizations at every level like never before, so they are put out of business and their leaders are brought to justice.”

Internationally, OFAC has designated more than 1,000 businesses and individuals linked to 94 drug kingpins since June 2000. Penalties for violations of the Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1.075 million per violation to more severe criminal penalties. Criminal penalties for corporate officers may include up to 30 years in prison and fines up to $5 million. Criminal fines for corporations may reach $10 million. Other individuals could face up to 10 years in prison and fines pursuant to Title 18 of the United States Code for criminal violations of the Kingpin Act.”

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Group Seeks Suspension of Iran From I.M.F.

May 2, 2012

The New York Times on May 1, 2012 released the following:

“By RICK GLADSTONE

An American advocacy group that has successfully pushed to isolate Iran economically through sanctions and business boycotts opened a new front in that effort on Tuesday, seeking to pressure the International Monetary Fund to withdraw all its holdings in Iran’s central bank or to suspend Iranian membership.

The advocacy group, United Against Nuclear Iran, also castigated the fund’s managing director, Christine Lagarde, over what it called her inappropriate compliments for Iran’s central bank, known as Bank Markazi, and its governor, Mahmoud Bahmani, at the meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington last month. Ms. Lagarde had described the Iranian government’s effort to eliminate costly economic subsidies as a constructive step worthy of emulation, and the compliments were widely reported in Iran’s state-run media.

“The I.M.F. should not be hosting Iranian delegations in the U.S. and elsewhere, and Ms. Lagarde should stop lavishing praise on Iran and Bank Markazi,” the chief executive of United Against Nuclear Iran, Mark D. Wallace, said in a statement announcing its new effort.

Iran is one of the earliest members of the 188-nation I.M.F., founded in the aftermath of World War II to help strengthen monetary cooperation and stability through lending and economic data-gathering. Although Iran has not done any financial transactions with the I.M.F. since January 1984, according to the I.M.F. Web site, membership is regarded as a valued symbol of international legitimacy and respect.

In a letter to Ms. Lagarde dated April 26, Mr. Wallace, a former American diplomat at the United Nations, said the I.M.F. should close what he described as an I.M.F. account worth more than $1 billion held in the central bank, which has been penalized by the United States and European Union. Mr. Wallace said the bank had been shown to be untrustworthy, violating the I.M.F.’s own standards and safeguards.

“I don’t have a grudge with the good people of the I.M.F.,” Mr. Wallace said in a telephone interview. But, he said, “it can’t be business as usual anymore.”

William Murray, a spokesman for the I.M.F. in Washington, said in a statement that the fund’s holdings in Iran’s central bank are part of the arrangements made with any member, and that the account is denominated in Iranian currency, not dollars.

“There is nothing in the E.U. or U.S. sanctions regimes that is inconsistent with these arrangements,” he said. As for the call for Iran’s suspension, Mr. Murray said, “This is a matter that is best taken up with the fund’s member countries. We have no comment.”

Under Article 26 of the I.M.F. Articles of Agreement, suspension of an I.M.F. member’s voting rights requires approval from a 70 percent majority of the total voting power among the other members, which is weighted partly according to their economic size.

A Treasury Department spokesman in Washington, John Sullivan, said that both the United States and the European Union regarded the I.M.F. as exempt from American and European sanctions on Iran’s central bank.

There was no immediate comment from Iran. But the effort by Mr. Wallace’s group to pressure the I.M.F. could represent a new challenge to Iran, coming as all sides in the protracted dispute over Iran’s uranium enrichment program have been toning down inflammatory rhetoric in recent weeks and speaking with a measure of optimism about a possible diplomatic resolution.

Talks held in Turkey last month were described as positive by Iran and the group of six world powers seeking to stop Iran from enriching uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons. But Iranian officials have also said the Western sanctions should be eased as a sign of good will, and have hinted their mood could darken if new efforts to isolate Iran were introduced. Talks are set to resume in Baghdad on May 23.”

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