Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Kassem CHAMS
Aliases
Qasim Muhammed SHAMS; Qassim Muhammed CHAMS; Kassem Mohammed SHAMS
DoB
1962-03-20
Address
Hermel, Lebanon; Chams Building, 3rd Floor Jalal, Chtaura, Zahle, Lebanon
Official reason
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified Lebanese national Kassem Chams and designated the Chams Money Laundering Organization as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNT) pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). OFAC also designated Chams Exchange, a mo...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm650
Date of listing
2019-04-11
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.
Additional Details
SDN
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