URGENT/ACTION REQUESTED
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November 6, 2002
TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 97-02
INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 77-02
INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 48-02
MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 63-02
PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 90-02
TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 95-02
RE: OFAC UPDATE
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added the following entries to its SDN
list as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Their assets must be blocked
immediately.1
ECHEBERRIA SIMARRO, Leire; member ETA; DOB 20 Dec 1977;
POB Basauri (Vizcaya Province), Spain; D.N.I. 45.625.646
(individual) [SDGT]
ECHEGARAY ACHIRICA, Alfonso; member ETA; DOB 10 Jan
1958; POB Plencia (Vizcaya Province), Spain; D.N.I. 16.027.051
(individual) [SDGT]
IZTUETA BARANDICA, Enrique; member ETA; DOB 30 Jul 1955;
POB Santurce (Vizcaya Province), Spain; D.N.I. 14.929.950
(individual) [SDGT]
VALLEJO FRANCO, Inigo; member ETA; DOB 21 May 1976; POB
Bilbao (Vizcaya Province), Spain; D.N.I. 29.036.694 (individual)
[SDGT]
1 OFAC regulations require US persons, including investment companies, to block all accounts and assets of persons
or entities named by OFAC. For an overview of OFAC regulations and a description of the various measures that
mutual fund organizations may wish to consider adopting to ensure compliance with those regulations, refer to the
Institute’s paper entitled “Foreign Assets Control Compliance for Mutual Funds.” This paper is available on the
Institute’s members’ website at http://members.ici.org. The members’ website is password-protected; staff at
Institute member firms may request access codes by filling out the enrollment form on the website.
2
The OFAC guidelines summarizing its terrorism sanctions regulations have been revised
and republished to reflect this addition, and are available on the OFAC web site,
www.treas.gov/ofac.
Frances M. Stadler
Deputy Senior Counsel