Afghan heroin trafficker and organization tagged

Treasury announced the designation of Afghan national Lahore Jan under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) for his significant role in international narcotics trafficking. Lahore Jan is a known narcotics trafficker in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. He is involved in moving money for the Taliban and other narcotics traffickers using his hawala, a value transfer system, called the Lahore Jan Shanwari Exchange. His name and that of the transfer system have been added to the SDN list with the SDNTK designation. For additional details see our BOL OFAC Update.