U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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19–011 2002

107th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–273

PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A SIX MONTH PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 

ORDER 12978 OF OCTOBER 21, 1995, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1641(c) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(c)

OCTOBER 17, 2002.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed


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To the Congress of the United States: 

As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 

50 U.S.C. 1641(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers 

Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month periodic report that my Administration has prepared on the national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in 

Colombia that was declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 

21, 1995.

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 16, 2002.

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PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA

This report to the Congress covers developments over the course 

of the past 6 months concerning the national emergency with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia that 

was declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995. This 

report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National 

Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 11641(c), and section 204(c) of the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 

1703(c). Sanctions imposed against specifically designated narcotics 

traffickers (SDNT) centered in Colombia pursuant to Executive 

Order 12978 are separate from, and independent of, sanctions imposed pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 

(21 U.S.C. 1901–1908; 8 U.S.C. 1182). 

1. During this reporting period, the Department of the Treasury’s 

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in consultation with the 

Departments of Justice and State, removed two individuals from 

the SDNT list because they no longer met the criteria. Persons or 

entities with whom financial and business dealings are prohibited 

and whose assets are blocked under Executive Order 12978 total 

576, comprised of ten principals, 231 entities, and 335 individuals 

from Colombia’s Cali, North Valle, and North Coast drug cartels. 

The narcotics trafficking sanctions continue to have a significant 

adverse impact on the operation of these cartels. The SDNT list 

will continue to be expanded to include additional Colombian drug 

trafficking organizations and their fronts, as appropriate. 

2. As of August 22, 2002, OFAC had issued six licenses during 

the current reporting period. One license authorized the payment/

receipt of legal fees and costs in connection with the provision of 

legal services, while the other five licenses authorized the release 

to blocked funds following a determination that there was no property interest of an SNDT involved. 

3. During this reporting period, as of August 19, 2002, U.S. 

banks have blocked 25 financial transactions involving SDNT-related assets, totaling $120,000. OFAC has continued to disseminate 

and update details of this program to the financial, securities, and 

international trade communities by both electronic and conventional media. This included bulletins to banking institutions via the 

Federal Reserve System and the Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS). The same material was also provided to 

the U.S. embassy in Bogota for distribution to U.S. companies operating in Colombia. 

4. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-

month period from April 21 through October 20, 2002, that are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by the declaration of the national emergency with respect to 

SDNTs are estimated at approximately $745,000. Personnel costs 

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were largely centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Customs 

Service, and the Office of the General Counsel), the Department of 

Justice, and the Department of State. These data do not reflect certain costs of operations by the intelligence and law enforcement 

communities. 

5. Executive Order 12978 provides the Government of the United 

States with an effective tool for combating the actions of significant 

narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and the extreme level of 

violence, corruption, and harm that such actions cause in the 

United States and abroad. The magnitude and the dimension of the 

narcotics trafficking in Colombia—perhaps the most pivotal country of all in terms of the world’s cocaine trade—are extremely 

grave.

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