In 2000, the United States government enacted the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, simply known as “The Kingpin Act.” Under this mandate, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) arm can identify individuals, companies and properties as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTK’s). Once identified as such, these people and properties are cut off from any financial assistance from the United States and are barred from doing any business with American companies/individuals. Since 2000, sanctions have been imposed on over 1,700 SDNTK’s added to this list. This year, since January 16th, over a thousand SDNTK’s have been...
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