To view or print the PDF content on this page, download the free Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®. November 13, 2008 Treasury Action Targets Burmese Drug Cartel Washington, "The United Wa State Army is the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in On June 1, 2000, the President identified Wei Hsueh Kang as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker under the Kingpin Act. Wei is a senior commander of the UWSA, which the President subsequently identified as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker on May 29, 2003. In January 2005, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York unsealed a criminal indictment charging Wei, along with his brothers Wei Hsueh Lung and Wei Hsueh Ying, who are designated today, for narcotics trafficking. The U.S. Department of State is offering a reward of up to $2,000,000 for information leading to Wei Hsueh Kang's capture. Other key individuals designated by OFAC today are Pao Yu Hsiang, Ho Chun Ting and Shih Kuo Neng. Pao Yu Hsiang, indicted in 2005 with Wei Hsueh Kang, is the Commander-in-Chief of the UWSA. In May 2005, prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York charged Ho Chun Ting and Shih Kuo Neng, among others, with money laundering and narcotics trafficking. In October 2007, Hong Kong authorities arrested Ho Chun Ting, a partner of Wei Hsueh Kang, but Today's designation would not have been possible without key support from the Drug Enforcement Administration's offices in This action is part of ongoing efforts under the Kingpin Act to apply financial measures against significant foreign narcotics traffickers worldwide. Internationally, 419 businesses and individuals associated with 75 drug kingpins have been designated by OFAC pursuant to the Kingpin Act since June 2000. The designation action freezes any assets the 43 designees may have under -30-
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