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FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL ACT

BSA/AML, OFAC and Fraud
December 18, 2002


TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to BSA Compliance Officer)
SUBJECT: Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons
Summary: Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has amended its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

On December 3, 2002, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended its list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDNs) by adding names to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). Revisions to the list of SDGTs are provided in the attachment.

OFAC has asked that we distribute the information to all FDIC-supervised institutions so records can be checked for accounts that are required to be blocked. OFAC information also may be found on the Internet at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information .

Please distribute this information to the appropriate personnel in your institution. For further information about Executive Orders, the list of blocked accounts or the procedures to block accounts, please call OFAC's Compliance Programs Division at 1-800-540-6322.

For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2002/index.html . To learn how to automatically receive FDIC Financial Institution Letters through e-mail, please visit http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/announcements/index.html .

Michael J. Zamorski
Director

Attachment

Distribution: FDIC-Supervised Banks (Commercial and Savings)

NOTE: Paper copies of FDIC financial institution letters may be obtained through the FDIC's Public Information Center, 801 17th Street, NW, Room 100, Washington, DC 20434 (800-276-6003 or (703) 562-2200).

A Bulletin from the Office of Foreign Assets Control - December 3, 2002

Three additional "a.k.a."s have been added to the KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY [FTO][SDGT]

Designation--FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY CONGRESS OF KURDISTAN, KADEK, and KURDISTAN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY CONGRESS--resulting in the following primary entry:

KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY (a.k.a. FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY CONGRESS OF KURDISTAN; a.k.a. HALU MESRU SAVUNMA KUVVETI [HSK]; a.k.a. KADEK; a.k.a. KURDISTAN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY CONGRESS; a.k.a. PARTIYA KARKERAN KURDISTAN; a.k.a. PKK; a.k.a. THE PEOPLE'S DEFENSE FORCE) [FTO][SDGT]


Last Updated: December 18, 2002