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OFAC Blocks Assets of Colombian, British Virgin Islands Firm

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Friday blocked all property and interests "wherever located" of Zaratan Corporation, pending an investigation into drug-related activities, the regulator announced. An OFAC bulletin announced the action against the company with British Virgin Islands and Colombian operations. It listed the addresses as Vanterpool Plaza, P.O. Box 873, Wickhams Cay I, Road Town, Tortola in the BVI; and Avenida 4 Norte 4N-30, Cali, Colombia. The notice pointed out that OFAC had not named the company a Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNT), but that it had integrated the business's name into its watch lists to indicate...

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