OFAC Adds Saudi and Spanish Individuals to SDN List, Etc.
On December 15, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control added an individual from Saudi Arabia and an individual from Spain to its "Specially Designated Nationals" list. OFAC is also updating the entries for two individuals from Jordan and Indonesia. SDNs are (i) individuals and companies owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, targeted countries or (ii) individuals, groups, and entities, such as terrorists and narcotics traffickers designated under programs that are not country-specific. The assets of listed SDNs are blocked and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealing with them.
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The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list:
- AL QARAWI, Saleh (a.k.a. AL QARAWI, Abu Yahya; a.k.a. AL QARAWI, Saleh Abudullah Saleh; a.k.a. AL SAGHIR, Akhuk; a.k.a. AL-KHEIR, Najm; a.k.a. AL-QARAWI, Saleh bin Abdullah; a.k.a. "FAWAKEH"; a.k.a. "MOOTASEM") Saudi Arabia(individual) [SDGT]
- BENGOECHEA, Jose Antonio Urruticoechea (a.k.a. BENGOETXEA, Jose Antonio Urrutikoetxea; a.k.a. TERNERA, Josu); Spain (individual) [SDGT]
Changes have also been made to the entries for the following individuals on OFAC's SDN list:
- ABU GHAZALA, Muhammad Hisham Muhammad Isma'il (a.k.a. ABU LAYTH, Mansur; a.k.a. ABU SUWAYWIN, 'Ali 'Abd Al-Rahman; a.k.a. ABU-GHAZALAH, Muhammad Hisham Isma'il; a.k.a. ABU-GHAZALAH, Muhammad Hisham Muhammad; a.k.a. AL-FILISTINI, Abu Layth; a.k.a. ISMA'IL, 'Ali 'Abd Al-Rahman; a.k.a. "ABU GHAZALA"; a.k.a. "ABU GHAZALEH") Jordan (individual) [SDGT]
- PATEK, Umar (a.k.a. KECIL, Umar; a.k.a. PATEK, Omar; a.k.a. "AL ABU SYEKH AL ZACKY"; a.k.a. "PAK TAEK"; a.k.a. "PA'TEK"; a.k.a. "UMANGIS MIKE") Indonesia (individual) [SDGT]
(See notice for complete details of these entries. Subsequent Federal Register notices (12/19/11) on Saleh Al Qarawi here and Jose Bengoechea here. Subsequent Federal Register notice (12/22/11) on Abu Ghazala and Umar Patek changes available here.)