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FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL ACT

BSA/AML, OFAC and Fraud
April 17, 2003


TO: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (also of interest to Compliance Officer)
SUBJECT: Foreign Entity Subject to Import Ban
Summary: The Secretary of State has designated Khan Research Laboratories (Pakistan) as being subject to the import ban of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations.

The Secretary of State has designated Khan Research Laboratories (Pakistan) as being subject to the import ban of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Trade Control Regulations (31 C.F.R. Part 539). The effective date of the import ban's restrictions is March 24, 2003. The applicable Federal Register notice is attached. Please distribute this information to the appropriate personnel in your institution.

For information on import ban issues, please call Loren Dohm, Director, Policy Planning and Program Management, at the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 202-622-2500. For further information about Executive Orders or control regulations, please call OFAC's Compliance Programs Division at 1-800-540-6322. Additional information about OFAC-related issues may be found on the Internet at https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information .

For your reference, FDIC Financial Institution Letters may be accessed from the FDIC's Web site at www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2003/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: April 2, 2003, Federal Register, pages 16113-16114
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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 (1-877-275-3342, option 5, or (703) 562-2200).


Last Updated: April 17, 2003