[Federal Register: February 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Additional Designation of Individual Pursuant to Executive Order
13460
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one newly designated individual
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 2008, ``Blocking Property of
Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With
Respect to Syria.''
DATES: The designation by the Secretary of the Treasury of one
individual identified in this notice pursuant to Executive Order 13460
is effective on February 21, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department
of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY IMFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via
facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand service, tel.: 202/622-0077.
Background
On May 11, 2004, the President issued Executive Order 13338
pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C.
1601 et seq., the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty
Restoration Act of 2003, Public Law 108-175, and section 301 of title
3, United States Code. In Executive Order 13338, the President declared
a national emergency to address the threat posed by the actions of the
Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation
of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile programs,
and undermining the United States and international efforts with
respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq.
On February 13, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 13460
(the ``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., the National Emergencies
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code. In the Order, the President found that the Government of Syria
continues to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004,
including but not limited to undermining efforts with respect to the
stabilization of Iraq. The President further found that the conduct of
certain members of the Government of Syria and other persons
contributing to public corruption related to Syria, including by
misusing Syrian public assets or by misusing public authority,
entrenches and enriches the Government of Syria and its supporters and
thereby enables the Government of Syria to continue to engage in
certain conduct that formed the basis for the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13338.
Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all
property and interests in property of the following persons, that are
in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or
that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United
States persons: Persons who are determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be
responsible for, to have engaged in, to have facilitated, or to have
secured improper advantage as a result of, public corruption by senior
officials within the Government of Syria.
On February 21, 2008, the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, designated, pursuant to one
or more of the criteria set forth in the Order, one individual whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive
Order 13460.
The designee is as follows: MAKHLUF, Rami (a.k.a. MAKHLOUF, Rami;
a.k.a. MAKHLOUF, Rami Bin Mohammed; a.k.a. MAKHLOUF, Rami Mohammad);
DOB 10 Jul 1969; POB Syria; citizen Syria; Passport 98044 (Syria).
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E8-3777 Filed 2-27-08; 8:45 am]
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