Last Updated: January 19, 2026
KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY
Aliases
PKK; PARTIYA KARKERAN KURDISTAN; THE PEOPLE'S DEFENSE FORCE; HALU MESRU SAVUNMA KUVVETI; FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY CONGRESS OF KURDISTAN; KADEK; KURDISTAN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY CONGRESS; KURDISTAN PEOPLE'S CONGRESS; PEOPLE'S CONGRESS OF KURDISTAN; KONGRA-GEL; KGK; HSK; KHK
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Date of listing
1997-10-08
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 598
Regime
OFAC-horizontal
Target State
Drugs
Measures
Blocking Property
Official Information
The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 598 (FNKSR), implement the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (21 U.S.C. 1901–1908), which provides authority for the application of sanctions to significant foreign narcotics traffickers and their organizations operating worldwide.
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