[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23332-23333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-09120]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Supplemental Identification Information for Two (2) Individuals
Designated Pursuant to Executive Order 13224
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 supplemental information for the names of two
(2) individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking
Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten
To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''
DATES: The publishing of updated identification information by the
Director of OFAC of these two (2) individuals in this notice, pursuant
is effective on April 11, 2013.
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:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile
through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On September 23, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13224
(the ``Order'') pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706, and the United Nations Participation Act of
1945, 22 U.S.C. 287c. In the Order, the President declared a national
emergency to address grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism
committed by foreign terrorists, including the September 11, 2001
terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon. The
Order imposes economic sanctions on persons who have committed, pose a
significant risk of committing, or support acts of terrorism. The
President identified in the Annex to the Order, as amended by Executive
Order 13268 of July 2, 2002, 13 individuals and 16 entities as subject
to the economic sanctions. The Order was further amended by Executive
Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, to reflect the creation of the
Department of Homeland Security.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property that are in or hereafter come within
the United States or the possession or control of United States
persons, of: (1) Foreign persons listed in the Annex to the Order; (2)
foreign persons determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security and the Attorney General, to have committed, or to
pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten
the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign
policy, or economy of the United States; (3) persons determined by the
Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Departments of State,
Homeland
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Security and Justice, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on
behalf of those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those
persons determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i)
of the Order; and (4) except as provided in section 5 of the Order and
after such consultation, if any, with foreign authorities as the
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and the Attorney
General, deems appropriate in the exercise of his discretion, persons
determined by the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland Security and Justice, to assist in,
sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for,
or financial or other services to or in support of, such acts of
terrorism or those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or
determined to be subject to the Order or to be otherwise associated
with those persons listed in the Annex to the Order or those persons
determined to be subject to subsection 1(b), 1(c), or 1(d)(i) of the
Order.
On April 11, 2013 the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice and other relevant
agencies, supplemented the identification information for two (2)
individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
The supplementation identification information for the individuals
is as follows:
Individuals
1. AHMAD, Farhad Kanabi (a.k.a. HAMAWANDI, Kawa; a.k.a. OMAR
ACHMED, Kaua), Lochhamer Str. 115, Munich 81477, Germany; Iraq; DOB 01
Jul 1971; POB Arbil, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Travel Document Number
A0139243 (Germany) (individual) [SDGT].
2. HUSSEIN, Mazen Ali (a.k.a. SALAH MUHAMAD, Issa), Branderstrasse
28, Augsburg 86154, Germany; Hauzenberg 94051, Germany; DOB 01 Jan
1982; alt. DOB 01 Jan 1980; POB Baghdad, Iraq; nationality Iraq; Travel
Document Number A0144378 (Germany) (individual) [SDGT].
Dated: April 11, 2013.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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