[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 23639-23640] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2015-09828] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control Designation of One Individual and One Entity Pursuant to Executive Order 13581, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations'' AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of one individual and one entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13581 of July 24, 2011, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations.'' DATES: The designations by the Director of OFAC, pursuant to E.O. 13581, of the one individual and one entity identified in this notice were effective on April 21, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance and Evaluation, 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). Certain general information pertaining to OFAC's sanctions programs is available via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202-622-0077. Background On July 24, 2011, the President issued E.O. 13581, ``Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations'' (the ``Order''), pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). The Order was effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on July 25, 2011. In the Order, the President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat that significant transnational criminal organizations pose to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any United States person, of persons listed in the Annex to the Order and of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, to satisfy certain criteria set forth in the Order. On April 21, 2015, the Director of OFAC, in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, designated, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(C) of section 1 of the Order, one individual and one entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Order. The listings for this individual and this entity on OFAC's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons appear as follows: [[Page 23640]] Individual [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN28AP15.000 Entity [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN28AP15.001 Dated: April 21, 2015. John E. Smith, Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2015-09828 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810-AL-P