New Transnational Criminal Organization Designations

In a Fact Sheet issued on July 25, 2011, Treasury announced the president had signed a new Executive Order imposing sanctions against significant transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). As a result of the Order, property in the U.S. or in the possession or control of U.S. persons in which designees under the TCO program have an interest is blocked, and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions with the designees.

The following entities have been added to OFAC's SDN list:

CAMORRA, Naples, Italy; Campania, Italy [TCO]

THE BROTHERS' CIRCLE (f.k.a. "FAMILY OF ELEVEN"; f.k.a. "THE TWENTY") [TCO]

YAKUZA (a.k.a. BORYOKUDAN; a.k.a. GOKUDO), Brazil; Japan; Australia; Hong Kong; Canada; Japan; Korea, South; Philippines; Indonesia; Russia; Thailand; United Kingdom; China; Taiwan; Malaysia; Singapore; United States [TCO]

The current SDN listing for the following entity has been changed to reflect its inclusion under the TCO sanctions:

LOS ZETAS, Mexico [SDNTK] -to- LOS ZETAS, Mexico |[SDNTK] [TCO]|