Federal Register/Vol. 78, No. 25/Wednesday, February 6, 2013
8702 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 25 / Wednesday, February 6, 2013 / Notices worldwide basis. It provides a statutory DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Bureau of Investigation, the framework for the imposition of Administrator of the Drug Enforcement sanctions against significant foreign Office of Foreign Assets Control Administration, the Secretary of narcotics traffickers and their Defense, the Secretary of State, and the organizations on a worldwide basis, Unblocking of Specially Designated Secretary of Homeland Security when with the objective of denying their Nationals and Blocked Persons designating and blocking the property or Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics businesses and agents access to the U.S. interests in property, subject to U.S. Kingpin Designation Act financial system and the benefits of jurisdiction, of persons or entities found trade and transactions involving U.S. AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets to be: (1) Materially assisting in, or companies and individuals. Control, Treasury. providing financial or technological support for or to, or providing goods or The Kingpin Act blocks all property ACTION: Notice. services in support of, the international and interests in property, subject to U.S. SUMMARY: The Department of the narcotics trafficking activities of a jurisdiction, owned or controlled by Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets person designated pursuant to the significant foreign narcotics traffickers Control (‘‘OFAC’’) is publishing the Kingpin Act; (2) owned, controlled, or as identified by the President. In names of 22 individuals and 13 entities directed by, or acting for or on behalf of, addition, the Secretary of the Treasury, whose property and interests in a person designated pursuant to the in consultation with the Attorney property have been unblocked pursuant Kingpin Act; and/or (3) playing a General, the Director of the Central to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin significant role in international Intelligence Agency, the Director of the Designation Act (‘‘Kingpin Act’’) (21 narcotics trafficking.
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