A Specially Designated Terrorist (SDT) is a person who has been designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury to be a specially designated terrorist under notices or regulations issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), under the U.S. Treasury Department.[1][2]
Executive Order 12947, issued by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995, prohibits financial transactions with SDTs.[1][3][4] Twelve organizations and 18 people were identified in the Order as threatening disruption of the Middle East peace process. The U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and the U.S. Attorney General were given the power to add other organizations and people to the list.[1][5][6] On August 20, 1998, President Clinton expanded the list by Executive Order 13099.[3]
All of the assets of all SDTs were frozen.[2] In addition, transfers of "funds, goods, or services" to SDTs were prohibited.[16][17][18][19] Also, any U.S. entity that holds any funds in which any interest is held in an SDT was required under the law to report its interest to appropriate U.S. authorities.[1][4][16][20][21] The sanctions apply to any entity "owned or controlled by", or acting on behalf of, an SDT.[1][4][22][23][24] They also apply to foreign branches of U.S. entities, but not to subsidiaries formed under non-U.S. law.[4][25][26][27]
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