[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 22846]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9124]
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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 U.S. Department of the Treasury 's Office of Foreign
Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of 1 individual whose
property and interests in property has 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 1 individual
identified in this notice pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act
is effective on March xx, 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 http://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 xx, 2012, the Director of OFAC designated the following
individual whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to section 805(b) of the Kingpin Act.
Individual
1. OVERDICK MEJIA, Horst Walter (a.k.a. OVERDICK MEJIA, Walther;
a.k.a. ``TIGRE''), KM 208, Ruta Hacia, Coban, Guatemala; DOB 31 Jul
1967; alt. DOB 31 Jul 1968; citizen Guatemala; nationality Guatemala;
Identification Number 0-16 Reg 53089 (Guatemala); alt. Identification
Number 0-16 89159 (Guatemala); NIT 702787-7 (individual)
[SDNTK]
Dated: April 10, 2012.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2012-9124 Filed 4-16-12; 8:45 am]
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