2024-06237. Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

AGENCY:

Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of two persons and four vessels that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN 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 and these vessels are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

DATES:

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for applicable date(s).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OFAC: Bradley Smith, Director, tel.: [phone]; Associate Director for Global Targeting, tel.: [phone]; Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: [phone]; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: [phone]; or Assistant Director for, tel.: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

The SDN List and additional information concerning OFAC sanctions programs are available on OFAC's website ( https://www.treasury.gov/​ofac).

Notice of OFAC Action(s)

On March 15, 2024, OFAC determined that the property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the following person and the following vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction are blocked under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

Entity

1. VISHNU INC., Trust Company Complex, Ajeltake Road, Majuro, Ajeltake Island 96960, Marshall Islands; Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Organization Established Date 04 Mar 2021; Organization Type: Sea and coastal freight water transport; Identification Number IMO 6213660; Business Registration Number 108158 (Marshall Islands) [SDGT] (Linked To: AL–JAMAL, Sa'id Ahmad Muhammad).

Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism” (E.O. 13224), 3 CFR, 2019 Comp., p. 356., as amended by Executive Order 13886 of September 9, 2019, “Modernizing Sanctions To Combat Terrorism,” 84 FR 48041 (E.O. 13224, as amended, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, SA'ID AL–JAMAL, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended.

Vessel

1. LADY SOFIA (3ESB9) Crude Oil Tanker Panama flag; Secondary sanctions risk: section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224, as amended by Executive Order 13886; Vessel Registration Identification IMO 9212759; MMSI 371698000 (vessel) [SDGT] (Linked To: VISHNU INC.).

Identified pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, as property in which VISHNU INC., a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, has an interest.

Dated: March 15, 2024.

Bradley T. Smith,

Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury.