Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Cerkez AKBULUT
Aliases
Cernit MURAT; Altig MURAT
DoB
1965-11-18; 1971-10-31
Reg. ID
A88000043, Refugee ID Card; CC00200261, Stateless Person ID Card; TR-J 565114, Passport; 04900377, Driver's License No.; C000375, Stateless Person Passport
Official reason
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the designation of Moldovan-based individuals Zeyneddin Geleri, Cerkez Akbulut (a.k.a. Cernit Murat), and Omer Boztepe as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs) for acting for or on behalf of the PKK, also known as Kurdistan Workers Party or Ko...
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg1406
Date of listing
2012-02-01
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
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