OFAC Removes Seven Names from SDN List

September 29, 2010

On September 29, 2010, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) removed seven individuals (seven Colombian nationals) from the list of Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers pursuant to Executive Order 12978.

Luis Alfredo Alzate Salazar
Gabriel Avila Lopez
Carlos Alberto Baeza Molina
Elizabeth Chaparro Martinez
Francisco Javier Duque Correa
Nestor Raul Franco Ruiz
Oliverio Perez Narvaez

Another individual, Karen Matthew (a national of St. Kitts), was removed from the OFAC sanctions list pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.

No companies were removed from the OFAC sanctions list today, only the eight individuals. These individuals went through the standard administrative review process and provided OFAC with sufficient evidence to prove that they terminated their involvement with the designated individuals and entities that led them to be included in the first place. 

OFAC has removed over 363 individuals and entities that have previously been designated under Executive Order 12978 since October 1995 under the administrative review process.