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Jose Americo Bubo NA TCHUTO

Aliases

Jose Americo Bubo NA TCHUTE

Position

Rear Admiral, former Navy Chief of Staff of Guinea-Bissau

Nationality

Guinea-Bissau

DoB

1952-06-12

Reg. ID

DA0002521, Passport; DA0000780, Passport; 112248, National ID No.

Official reason

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today designated two Guinea-Bissau based individuals, Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto and Ibraima Papa Camara, as drug kingpins due to their significant roles in international narcotics trafficking. Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, Guinea-Bissau's former Navy Chief of Staff, and ...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/tg633

Date of listing

2010-04-08

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.

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/17/2021-10314/narcotics-trafficking-sanctions-regulations-and-foreign-narcotics-kingpin-sanctions-regulations