82 FR 35054 - Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 143 (July 27, 2017)

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 143 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35054-35055]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15797]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

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 one or more persons that have 
been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated National and Blocked Persons 
List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal 
criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject 
to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are 
generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global 
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; or the Department of the Treasury's 
Office of the General Counsel: Office of the Chief Counsel (Foreign 
Assets Control), tel.: 202-622-2410 (not toll free numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Availability

    The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and 
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available 
on OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action(s)

    On June 29, 2017, OFAC determined that the property and interests 
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are 
blocked pursuant to the relevant sanctions authorities listed below.

Individuals

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    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(vii) and section 2(a)(viii) of 
Executive Order 13722, ``Blocking Property of the Government of North 
Korea and the Workers' Party of Korea, and Prohibiting Certain 
Transactions With Respect to North Korea,'' for having materially 
assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological 
support for, or goods or services to or in support of, RI SONG HYOK, a 
person whose property and interests in property are blocked, pursuant 
to E.O. 13722; and for having acted or purported to act for or on 
behalf of, directly or indirectly, RI SONG HYOK, a person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked, pursuant to E.O. 13722.
    2. SUN, Wei, 224-4 Shifu Da Lu, RM 1305, Heping District, Sheyang 
City, Liaoning Province, China; 200-69 Yinhe East Road, 115 Tianshifu 
County, Benxi Manchurian Autonomous Region, Liaoning Province, China; 
DOB 01 Jul 1982; Gender Male; National ID No. 210521198207010412 
(China) expires 13 Aug 2029 (individual) [NPWMD] (Linked To: FOREIGN 
TRADE BANK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA).
    Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iv) of Executive Order 13382, 
``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and 
Their Supporters'' (``E.O. 13382''), for acting or purporting to act 
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, FOREIGN TRADE BANK, a 
person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
E.O. 13382.

Entity
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    Designated pursuant to section 2(a)(i) of E.O. 13722, for operating 
in the transportation industry in the North Korean economy, an industry 
in the North Korea economy determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be subject to section 
2(a)(i) of E.O. 13722.

John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2017-15797 Filed 7-26-17; 8:45 am]
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