Owner Of Colombian Soccer Club Is Drug Kingpin - US Treasury
Owner Of Colombian Soccer Club Is Drug Kingpin - US Treasury
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (BERNAMA-NNN-EFE) -- The US Treasury said Wednesday that the owner of an elite professional soccer club is among 10 individuals and 14 entities in Colombia newly designated as Foreign Narcotics Kingpins.
Envigado FC, which plays in Colombia's first division, is owned by a Colombian, described by the Treasury Department as a key associate of the criminal organization known as La Oficina de Envigado.
All of the individuals and entities added to the blacklist on Wednesday have ties to that outfit.
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The kingpin) has played a significant role in large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering activities, and this action builds on our continued efforts to target the cartel from all angles," Adam J. Szubin, director of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, said in a statement.
Addition to the list of designated kingpins entails the freezing of any assets based in the United States or under the control of a US resident.
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