Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Abdul Karim CONTEH

Nationality

Sierra Leone

DoB

1984-12-20

Address

9202 C. Calz Tlaxcaltecas int.2 col Mariano Matamoros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Reg. ID

COXA841220HNENXB02, C.U.R.P.

Official reason

Today Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the Abdul Karim Conteh Human Smuggling Organization (Karim HSO), a transnational criminal organization (TCO) based in Tijuana, Mexico. Human smuggling is a federal crime in which criminals smuggle noncitizens into the United States, as well as transport and harbor noncitizens alrea...

Other Information

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2470

Date of listing

2024-07-18

Program information

Authority

US

Program

Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 590; Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011 Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations

Regime

OFAC-horizontal

Target State

Criminal organizations

Measures

Blocking Property

Official Information

On January 12, 2012, OFAC issued the Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 590 (77 FR 1864, January 12, 2012) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13581 of July 24, 2011, “Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations” (76 FR 44757, July 27, 2011), pursuant to authorities delegated t...

Additional Details

SDN

Program URL

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/21/2022-01072/transnational-criminal-organizations-sanctions-regulations