Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers

Signed by William Jefferson Clinton on October 21, 1995.

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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 12978: Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-12978}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-12978; official source: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/10/24/95-26569/blocking-assets-and-prohibiting-transactions-with-significant-narcotics-traffickers; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}

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Amended by EO 13286, February 28, 2003

See Notice of October 16, 1996; Notice of October 17, 1997; Notice of October 19, 1998; Notice of October 19, 1999; Notice of October 19, 2000; Notice of October 16, 2001; Notice of October 16, 2002; Notice of October 16, 2003; Notice of October 19, 2004; Notice of October 19, 2005; Notice of October 19, 2006; Notice of October 18, 2007; Notice of October 16, 2008; Notice of October 16, 2009

Amended by EO 13286, February 28, 2003

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register table of later actionsAmended by: EO 13286, February 28, 2003 See: Notice of October 16, 1996; Notice of October 17, 1997; Notice of October 19, 1998; Notice of October 19, 1999; Notice of October 19, 2000; Notice of October 16, 2001; Notice of October 16, 2002; Notice of October 16, 2003; Notice of October 19, 2004; Notice of October 19, 2005; Notice of October 19, 2006; Notice of October 18, 2007; Notice of October 16, 2008; Notice of October 16, 2009; Notice of October 16, 2025, 90 FR 48391

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