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.

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