[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 10824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03696]
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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 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 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: OFAC's actions described in this notice were effective February
5, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Associate Director for Global
Targeting, tel.: 202-622-2420; Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490; Assistant Director for
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; or Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel. 202-622-4855.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List and
additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available
on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Action(s)
On February 5, 2018, OFAC determined that the property and
interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following
persons are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed
below.
Individuals:
1. MWISSA, Guidon Shimiray; DOB 13 Mar 1980; POB Kigoma,
Walikale, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo; nationality
Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Gender Male (individual)
[DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(E) of Executive Order
13413 of October 28, 2006 ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo'' as amended by Executive Order 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'' (``Order''),
for being a leader of an entity, including armed groups, that has,
or whose members have, been responsible for or complicit in, or
engaged in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that
threaten the peace, security, or stability of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC).
2. NZABAMWITA, Lucien (a.k.a. ANDRE, Karume; a.k.a. KALUME,
Andre; a.k.a. KARUME, Andrew; a.k.a. NZABANITA, Lucien); DOB 15 Sep
1966; POB Kinyami, Byumba Province, Rwanda; nationality Rwanda;
Gender Male (individual) [DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(G) of the Order, for
having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or
indirectly, the Forces D[eacute]mocratiques de Lib[eacute]ration du
Rwanda, an entity designated pursuant to the Order.
3. MUNDOS, Muhindo Akili (a.k.a. MUNDOS, Charles Muhindo Akili),
Mambasa, Congo, Democratic Republic of the; DOB 10 Nov 1972; POB
Democratic Republic of the Congo; nationality Congo, Democratic
Republic of the; Gender Male; Brigadier General (individual)
[DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(C) of the Order, for
being responsible for or complicit in, or engaging in, directly or
indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security,
or stability of the DRC, and 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 attack on schools, hospitals,
religious sites, or locations where civilians are seeking refuge, or
through conduct that would constitute a serious abuse or violation
of international humanitarian law.
Also designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(F) of the Order,
for materially assisting, sponsoring, or providing financial,
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or
services in support of, the Allied Democratic Forces, a person whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the
Order.
4. MUTANGA, Gedeon Kyungu (a.k.a. GEDEON, Kyungu Mutanga; a.k.a.
MTANGA, Gedeon; a.k.a. MUTANGA WA BAFUNKWA KANONGA, Gedeon Kyungu;
a.k.a. MUTANGA, Gideon Kyungu); DOB 1972; alt. DOB 1974; POB Manono
territory, Katanga Province (now Tanganyika Province), Democratic
Republic of the Congo; nationality Congo, Democratic Republic of
the; Gender Male (individual) [DRCONGO].
Designated pursuant to Section 1(a)(ii)(E) of the Order, for
being a leader of an entity, including armed groups, that has, or
whose members have, been responsible for or complicit in, or engaged
in, directly or indirectly, actions or policies that threaten the
peace, security, or stability of the DRC.
Dated: February 19, 2020.
Andrea M. Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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