[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52112-52113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20784]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Designation of 2 Individuals and 1 Entity Pursuant to Executive
Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting
Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support
Terrorism''
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 the names of 2 individuals and 1 entity 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 designations by the Director of OFAC of the 2 individuals
and 1 entity in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, are
effective on August 21, 2014.
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
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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 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 August 21, 2014 the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the
Departments of State, Homeland Security, Justice and other relevant
agencies, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth
in subsections 1(b), 1(c) or 1(d) of the Order, 2 individuals and 1
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13224.
The listings for these individuals and entity on OFAC's list of
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows:
Individuals
1. RAHMAT, Qari (a.k.a. RAHMAT, Kari), Kamkai Village, Achin
District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan; Nangarhar Province,
Afghanistan; DOB 1981; alt. DOB 1982; POB Shadal (variant Shadaal)
Bazaar, Achin District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan (individual)
[SDGT].
2. BASIR, Haji Abdul (a.k.a. 'ABD AL-BASIR, Haji; a.k.a. BASEER,
Abdul; a.k.a. BASIR, Abdal; a.k.a. NOORZAI, Haji Basir), Chaman,
Pakistan; DOB 1965; alt. DOB 1963; alt. DOB 1960; POB Balochistan
Province, Pakistan; nationality Afghanistan; Passport AA3829182
(Pakistan); National ID No. 5420124679187 (Pakistan) (individual)
[SDGT].
Entity
1. HAJI BASIR AND ZARJMIL COMPANY HAWALA (a.k.a. HAJI ABDUL BASIR
AND ZAR JAMEEL HAWALA; a.k.a. HAJI ABDUL BASIR EXCHANGE SHOP; a.k.a.
HAJI BASEER HAWALA; a.k.a. HAJI BASHIR AND ZARJMIL HAWALA COMPANY;
a.k.a. HAJI BASIR AND ZARJAMIL CURRENCY EXCHANGE; a.k.a. HAJI BASIR
HAWALA; a.k.a. HAJI ZAR JAMIL, HAJI ABDUL BASEER MONEY CHANGER),
Sanatan (variant Sanatin) Bazaar, Sanatan Bazaar Street, near Trench
(variant Tranch) Road, Chaman, Balochistan Province, Pakistan; Quetta,
Pakistan; Lahore, Pakistan; Peshawar, Pakistan; Karachi, Pakistan;
Islamabad, Pakistan; Qandahar Province, Afghanistan; Herat Province,
Afghanistan; Helmand Province, Afghanistan; Dubai, United Arab
Emirates; Iran [SDGT].
Dated: August 21, 2014.
Barbara C. Hammerle,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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