Jian ZHANG

China

1981-02-03

Tangshan, China

Male

Al Owais Building, Al Baniyas Street, Apt. 707, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

EJ4340624, Passport; 130203198102030017, National ID No.

Drug cartel/Mafia

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified Chinese fentanyl trafficker Jian Zhang as a Significant Foreign Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act). In addition, OFAC designated four additional Chinese nationals acting on behalf of Jian Zhang and Zaron Bio-Tech (Asia) Limited, an entity registered in Hong Kong that is owned or controlled by Jian Zhang. “Combating the flow of fentanyl into the United States is a top priority of this administration. Today, Treasury is targeting Jian Zhang’s fentanyl trafficking network, which has directly contributed to American deaths related to the opioid crisis,” said Sigal Mandelker, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.The indictment charges Jian Zhang and others with multiple violations, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, drug distribution and importation resulting in death, and money laundering. The indictment alleges that Zhang and co-conspirators distributed and arranged the distribution of hundreds of packages of fentanyl and analogue controlled substances that resulted in the death of four individuals and the serious bodily injury of five individuals. The indictment further alleges that Zhang was the principal administrator, organizer, and leader of the continuing criminal enterprise and used his company, Zaron Bio-Tech (Asia) Limited, to further his illegal activities. “Fentanyl is the number-one killer drug in the United States today, and most of it comes from China,” said Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “We allege that Jian Zhang and some of his associates have conspired to bring enormous quantities of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues into this country and that Americans died as a result. I want to thank Secretary Mnuchin and Undersecretary Mandelker for today’s designation. It will help us to stop the flow of deadly drugs into this country. I can assure them – and I can assure the American people – that the Department of Justice will do everything in our power to prosecute this case, to bring fentanyl traffickers to justice, and to finally end our national drug crisis.”

US

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0372

2024-12-17

US

Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 544

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Non-Proliferation

Blocking Property

On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (the “Regulations”), to implement Executive Order (E.O.) 13382 of June 28, 2005, “Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters” (70 FR 38567, July 1, 2005)

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