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16911

OFAC UPDATE

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[16911] December 22, 2003 TO: COMPLIANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 113-03 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE No. 84-03 INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 52-03 MONEY LAUNDERING RULES WORKING GROUP No. 64-03 PRIMARY CONTACTS - MEMBER COMPLEX No. 115-03 TRANSFER AGENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE No. 114-03 RE: OFAC UPDATE Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a bulletin today making a number of changes to its lists of specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs) and specially designated narcotics traffickers (SDNTs).1 The following has been added to OFAC's SDN list as an SDGT: DURGUTI, Safet (a.k.a. "Abu-Sumaya"); DOB 10 May 1967; POB Orahovac, Kosovo; Passport No. 1144602 (Bosnia-Herzegovina); Bosnian Personal ID No. 1005967953038 (individual) [SDGT] The following change has been made to an existing SDGT entry: BA TAQWA FOR COMMERCE AND REAL ESTATE COMPANY LIMITED, Vaduz, Liechtenstein; formerly c/o Asat Trust reg., Vaduz, Liechtenstein [SDGT] - has been changed to- 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 BA TAQWA FOR COMMERCE AND REAL ESTATE COMPANY LIMITED (n.k.a. HOCHBURG, AG), Vaduz, Liechtenstein; formerly c/o Asat Trust reg., Vaduz, Liechtenstein [SDGT] Resulting in the following new entry: HOCHBURG, AG (f.k.a. BA TAQWA FOR COMMERCE AND REAL ESTATE COMPANY LIMITED), Vaduz, Liechtenstein; formerly c/o Asat Trust reg., Vaduz, Liechtenstein [SDGT] In addition, twenty-seven SDGT entries have been changed to reflect the addition of two new a.k.a.s –VAZIR and VEZIR – and to add an address in Bosnia-Herzegovina. These changes also resulted in the following new entries: VAZIR (a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL- HARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. MU'ASSASAT AL-HARAMAIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU'ASSASAT AL-HARAMAYN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU'ASSASAT AL- HARAMEIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. VEZIR), 64 Poturmahala, Travnik, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Somalia [SDGT] VEZIR (a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL- HARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. AL-HARAMEIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMAYN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN 3 FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION; a.k.a. ALHARAMEIN ISLAMIC FOUNDATION; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL-HARAMAYN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. MU’ASSASAT AL- HARAMEIN AL-KHAYRIYYA; a.k.a. VAZIR), 64 Poturmahala, Travnik, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Somalia [SDGT] The following SDNT entry has been changed: GARCIA GARCIA, Carlos, c/o SISTEMAS INTEGRALES DEL VALLE LTDA., Cali, Colombia; Passport 14949883 (Colombia); Cedula No. 14949883 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] -to- GARCES GARCIA, Carlos, c/o SISTEMAS INTEGRALES DEL VALLE LTDA., Cali, Colombia; Passport 14949883 (Colombia); Cedula No. 14949883 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] The following SDNT entries have been removed from the SDN list: DIAZ FAJARDO, Ricardo Javier, Carrera 45 No. 166-42B B apt. 206, Bogota, Colombia; c/o COPSERVIR LTDA., Bogota, Colombia; c/o DISTRIBUIDORA DE DROGAS CONDOR S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o LABORATORIOS BLANCO PHARMA DE COLOMBIA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 79119795 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] GAVIRIA POSADA, Gilberto, c/o ALFA PHARMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; c/o BLANCO PHARMA S.A., Bogota, Colombia; Cedula No. 16593492 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] GOMEZ LOPEZ, Diego Fernando, c/o CONSTRUCTORA DIMISA LTDA., Cali, Colombia (individual) [SDNT] PATINO URIBE, Carlos Augusto, c/o DISTRIBUIDORA MIGIL LTDA., Cali, Colombia; Cedula No. 16627574 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] SILVA PERDOMO, Alejandro, c/o COMERCIALIZADORA DE CARNES LTDA., Pereira, Colombia; c/o CONSTRUVIDA S.A., Avenida 2N No. 7N-55 y No. 521, Cali, Colombia; c/o INDUSTRIA AVICOLA PALMASECA S.A., Cali, Colombia; Cedula No. 14983500 (Colombia) (individual) [SDNT] All of OFAC’s SDN material has been updated accordingly, as have OFAC’s program brochures on Terrorism and Narcotics. Robert C. Grohowski Associate Counsel

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