81 FR 6597 - Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 25 (February 8, 2016)

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901- 1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6597-6598]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02379]


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 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons 
Pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets 
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two individuals whose 
property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to the 
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act, 21 U.S.C. 1901-
1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

DATES: The unblocking and removal from the list of Specially Designated 
Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) of the individuals identified 
in this notice whose property and interests in property were blocked 
pursuant to the Kingpin Act is effective on February 3, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Washington, DC 20220, Tel: (202) 622-2420.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available from OFAC's Web site at www.treasury.gov/ofac or via 
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on demand service at (202) 622-0077.

Background

    On December 3, 1999, the Kingpin Act was signed into law by the 
President of the United States. The Kingpin Act provides a statutory 
framework for the President to impose 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 to the benefits of trade and 
transactions involving U.S. persons and entities.
    The Kingpin Act blocks all property and interests in property, 
subject to U.S. jurisdiction, that are owned or controlled by persons 
who have been identified by the President as significant foreign 
narcotics traffickers. In addition, the Act separately provides that 
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, and the Secretary 
of State, 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. The authority to identify, designate, and block the 
property and interests in property of persons under the Kingpin Act is 
delegated to the Director of OFAC pursuant to 31 CFR 598.803.
    On February 3, 2016, the Acting Director of OFAC removed from the 
SDN List the individuals listed below, whose property and interests in 
property were blocked pursuant to the Kingpin Act:

    MATTHEWS, Glenroy Vingrove (a.k.a. MATHEW, Glenroy; a.k.a. 
MATTHEW, Glenroy Wingrove; a.k.a. MATTHEWS, Glen Roy), Frigate Bay, 
Saint Kitts and Nevis; DOB 26 Jul 1958; POB St Kitts and Nevis; 
Passport 047815 (Saint Kitts and Nevis) (individual) [SDNTK].
    MIRCHI, Iqbal (a.k.a. MAMEN, Mohamed Iqbal; a.k.a. MEMON, Iqbal 
Mohammed; a.k.a. MERCHANT, Iqbal); DOB 25 Apr 1950; alt. DOB 12 Aug 
1959; alt. DOB 13 Feb 1959; POB Bombay, India; Passport C-602033 
(India); alt. Passport G-679302 (United Arab

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Emirates); alt. Passport H-825326 (United Arab Emirates) 
(individual) [SDNTK].

    Dated: February 3, 2016.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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