Great Western Malting Co. of Vancouver, Wash., agreed to pay $1,347,750 to settle apparent violations of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, said the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The apparent violations occurred between August 2006 and March 2009, when Great Western performed back-office functions for the sales by a foreign affiliate of non-U.S. origin barley malt to Cuba. OFAC said the apparent violations constitute a non-egregious case. It did say that Great Western did not have an adequate OFAC compliance program in place at the time of the violations and some of the violations involved transactions with Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) in Cuba. But it said Great Western has no history of prior OFAC violations, substantially cooperated with OFAC, and, if the subject goods had been shipped from the U.S., they would have been eligible for an OFAC license.
The Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control published the names of 6 persons whose property is blocked pursuant to the April 12, 2010, executive order on "Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Somalia."
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published the name of one person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 pertaining to "Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism":
- The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list:
- ABD EL-RAHMAN, Suhayl Salim (a.k.a. ABDURAHAMAN, Suhayl; a.k.a. AL-SUDANI, Abu Faris; a.k.a. FARIS, Abu; a.k.a. MUHAMMAD, Sahib; a.k.a. MUHAMMAD, Suhayl Salim; a.k.a. SALIM, Suhayl; a.k.a. UL-ABIDEEN, Zain; a.k.a. ZAYN, Haytham; a.k.a. "SABA"; a.k.a. "SANA"; a.k.a. "SUNDUS"); DOB 17 Jun 1984; alt. DOB 1990; POB Rabak, Sudan; Passport C0004350; Personal ID Card A00710804 (individual) [SOMALIA].
- AHMED, Abubaker Shariff (a.k.a. AHMED, Abubakar; a.k.a. AHMED, Abubaker Shariff; a.k.a. AHMED, Sheikh Abubakar; a.k.a. MAKABURI; a.k.a. SHARIFF, Abu Makaburi; a.k.a. SHARIFF, Abubaker), Majengo Area, Mombasa, Kenya; DOB 1962; alt. DOB 1967; POB Kenya; citizen Kenya (individual) [SOMALIA].
- GOITOM, Taeme Abraham (a.k.a. GEBREDENGEL, Simon; a.k.a. GOITOM, Te'ame; a.k.a. SELASSIE, Ta'ame Abraham; a.k.a. SELASSIE, Te'ame Abraha; a.k.a. SELASSIE, Te'ame Abraham; a.k.a. TA'AME, Abraham Selassie; a.k.a. "DA'AME"; a.k.a. "DHA'AME"; a.k.a. "GAAMEI"; a.k.a. "MEKELE"; a.k.a. "MEKELLE"; a.k.a. "MEQELE"; a.k.a. "TESFALEN"; a.k.a. "TSEGAI"); DOB 1957; alt. DOB 1956; POB Akale Guzay (Shemejena); Diplomatic Passport Laissez-Passer 02154; Colonel; Head of Eritrean External Intelligence Operation; Brigadier General (individual) [SOMALIA].
- MOHAMMED, Aboud Rogo (a.k.a. MOHAMED, Aboud Rogo; a.k.a. MUHAMMAD, Aboud Rogo; a.k.a. ROGO, Aboud Mohammad; a.k.a. ROGO, Aboud Mohammed; a.k.a. ROGO, Aboud Seif; a.k.a. ROGO, Sheikh Aboud); DOB 11 Nov 1960; alt. DOB 11 Nov 1967; alt. DOB 11 Nov 1969; alt. DOB 01 Jan 1969; POB Kenya; alt. POB Lamu Island, Kenya; citizen Kenya (individual) [SOMALIA].
- NEGASH, Tewolde Habte (a.k.a. KIDANE, Amanuel; a.k.a. MEHAREN, Senay Beraki; a.k.a. MUSA, Abdirahim; a.k.a. MUSA, Abdirahman; a.k.a. MUSE, Abdirahim; a.k.a. MUSE, Abdirahman; a.k.a. NAGASH, Tewaled Holde; a.k.a. NAGESH, Tewaled Holde; a.k.a. NEGASH, Bitewelde Habte; a.k.a. NEGASH, Emanuel; a.k.a. NEGASH, Ole; a.k.a. NEGASH, Tewelde Habte; a.k.a. NEGASH, Tewold Habte; a.k.a. "DESTA"; a.k.a. "WEDI"); DOB 05 Sep 1960; POB Asmara, Eritrea; Diplomatic Passport D0001060; alt. Diplomatic Passport D000080; Colonel (individual) [SOMALIA].
- OMAR, Omar Awadh (a.k.a. AWADH, Omar; a.k.a. SAHAL, Omar); DOB 20 Sep 1973; POB Mombasa, Kenya; Passport A764712 (Kenya) expires 27 Mar 2013; alt. Passport B002271 (Kenya); alt. Passport KE007776 expires Aug 2009; Possibly Located in Kenya (individual) [SOMALIA].
The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list:
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the Treasury Department is seeking comment on a revision to the OFAC's Electronic License Application Form TD-F 90-22.54. relating to release of blocked funds under transaction prohibited under the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1-44 and other laws. Comments are due August 27.
The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list:
The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN list:
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control launched a new, internal Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons List production system, it said. It's designed to emulate existing SDN data formats, so the transition should be relatively transparent to the public, OFAC said, but some long-standing minor problems with the data formats were corrected. It said users of the emulated SDN data will see some changes to records that are administrative only.
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi agreed to remit $855,000 to settle potential civil liability for 45 transactions that appear to have violated the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 538, said Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Controls. The apparent violations occurred from about Nov. 11, 2004, to about Dec. 27, 2005, OFAC said. NBAD provided information to OFAC that certain of its clerical staff removed or omitted Sudan-related references in payment instructions processed on behalf of its Sudan branch for payments routed through financial institutions located in the U.S. in apparent violation of the prohibition against the "exportation or re-exportation, directly or indirectly, to Sudan," OFAC said. The combined value of the 45 electronic funds transfers was $4,389,235.42, it said. OFAC decided the apparent violations constituted a non-egregious case because NBAD took prompt and appropriate remedial action, provided substantial cooperation, and has not received a penalty notice or finding of violation in the five years preceding the transactions.