Notice2023-27492
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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Published
December 14, 2023
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Treasury DepartmentForeign Assets Control Office
Abstract
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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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 239 (Thursday, December 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86730-86731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27492]
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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: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.:
202-622-2490; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: 202-622-
2420; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant
Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or the Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC's website (<a href="https://www.treasury.gov/ofac">https://www.treasury.gov/ofac</a>).
Notice of OFAC Actions
On December 8, 2023, OFAC determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authorities listed
below.
Individuals
1. NGOMA, Willy (a.k.a. ``Pap''; a.k.a. ``RUTIKANGA, Ngarurira
Ingoma''), Bunagana, North Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the;
DOB 1974; POB Kinigi, Rwanda; nationality Rwanda; alt. nationality
Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Gender Male (individual)
[DRCONGO] (Linked To: M23).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(G) of Executive Order
(E.O.) 13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain
Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo,'' as amended by E.O. 13671 of July 8, 2014, ``Taking
Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to
the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo'' (E.O. 13413,
as amended) for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf
of, directly or indirectly, M23, an entity whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413, as
amended.
2. RUKUNDA, Michel (a.k.a. ``Makanika''), Hauts Plateaux, South
Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 12 Sep 1974; POB
Minembwe, Fizi Territory, South Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of
the; nationality Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Gender Male;
Military Registration Number 174935527545 (Congo, Democratic
Republic of the) (individual) [DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E)(i) of Executive Order
(E.O.) 13413, as amended for being a leader of an entity, including
any armed group, that has, or whose members are responsible for or
complicit in, or have engaged in, directly or indirectly, the
targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture,
or rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement,
or attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations
where civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would
constitute serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation
of international humanitarian law, in or in relation to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
3. YAKUTUMBA, William Amuri, South Kivu, Congo, Democratic
Republic of the; DOB 1970; alt. DOB 1972; POB Lubondja, Fizi
Territory, South Kivu, Congo, Democratic Republic of the;
nationality Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Gender Male; Military
Registration Number 172985458137 (Congo, Democratic Republic of the)
(individual) [DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(ii)(E)(i) of Executive Order
(E.O.) 13413, as amended for being a leader of an entity, including
any armed group, that has, or whose members are responsible for or
complicit in, or have engaged in, directly or indirectly, the
targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture,
or rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement,
or attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations
where civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would
constitute serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation
of international humanitarian law, in or in relation to the DRC.
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Dated: December 8, 2023.
Bradley T. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the
Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2023-27492 Filed 12-13-23; 8:45 am]
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