The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of 37 newly-designated entities in Germany, Malta, and Cyprus; and 5 newly-designated individuals from Iran whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters,” effective October 27, 2010.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of one newly-designated entity, the Al Rehmat Trust in Pakistan, and three newly-designated individuals in Pakistan, whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism,” effective November 4, 2010.
The Treasury Department has targeted the financial and support networks of Pakistan-based terrorist organizations Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LET) and Jaish-e Mohammed (JEM). Treasury has designated Azam Cheema, Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, Al Rehmat Trust, and Mohammed Masood Azhar Alvi, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, which prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in any transactions with these individuals and entity and freezes any assets the designees have under U.S. jurisdiction. The Office of Foreign Assets Control has also updated its Specially Designated Nationals List to include these three individuals and one entity.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued a final rule, effective November 4, 2010, which adds a new Part 510, the “North Korea Sanctions Regulations” to 31 CFR.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is removing the names of two individuals in Italy and Malaysia from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism," effective October 19, 2010.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is correcting its October 25, 2010 Federal Register notice concerning the designation of two individuals in Afghanistan, Haji Agha Jan Alizai and Saleh Mohammad Kakar, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.” The document contained an incorrect effective date of October 20. The correct effective date is October 26, 2010.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has released new civil penalties and enforcement information as follows:
The Office of Foreign Assets Control has updated its Specially Designated Nationals list to add five individuals and thirty-nine entities pursuant to non-proliferation designations.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of two newly-designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224, "Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism," effective October 20, 2010. The two individuals are Haji Agha Jan Alizai and Saleh Mohammad Kakar of Afghanistan.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of eighteen individuals in Colombia whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective October 19, 2010.