Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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The U.S. 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 Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN 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.
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<title>Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 141 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)</title>
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 40232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15957]
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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 U.S. 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 Nationals and Blocked
Persons List (SDN 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 applicable date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.:
202-622-2490; 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 Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel. 202-622-4855.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (<a href="http://www.treasury.gov/ofac">www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>).
Notice of OFAC Action(s)
On July 22, 2021, OFAC determined that the property and interests
in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following persons are
blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.
Individual
1. LOPEZ MIERA, Alvaro (Latin: L[Oacute]PEZ MIERA,
[Aacute]lvaro), Cuba; DOB 26 Dec 1943; POB Havana, Cuba; nationality
Cuba; Gender Male (individual) [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(C)(1) of Executive Order
13818 of December 20, 2017, ``Blocking the Property of Persons
Involved in Serious Human Rights Abuse or Corruption'' (E.O. 13818)
for being a foreign person who is or has been a leader or official
of an entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in,
or whose members have engaged in, serious human rights abuse,
relating to the leader's or official's tenure.
Entities
1. BRIGADA ESPECIAL NACIONAL DEL MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR, Cuba;
Target Type Government Entity [GLOMAG].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(B) of E.O. 13818 for
being owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the MINISTRY OF
INTERIOR, a person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to the Order.
Dated: July 22, 2021.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of
the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021-15957 Filed 7-26-21; 8:45 am]
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