UAE based Iqbal Mirchi of India is among top 10 international drug traffickers whom President George W. Bush has named as "kingpins". The move initiates a process aimed at barring Mirchi, his businesses and associates from the US economy, according to a White House press statement. The designated 10 drug kingpins belong to Mexico, Jamaica, Peru, India and Afghanistan. The announcement made on Tuesday, the fifth of its kind since a law mandating the designation took effect in 2000, brings to 48 the total number of narcotics traffickers targeted by the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. The statement noted that the kingpin law targets individuals involved in illicit trafficking and not their home countries. Following are the foreign individuals and entities that the president has designated as appropriate for sanctions under the kingpin law: 

1. Arellano Felix Organization (Mexico) 
2. Eduardo Ramon Arellano Felix (Mexico) 
3. Francisco Javier Arellano Felix (Mexico) 
4. Carrillo Fuentes Organization (Mexico) 
5. Armando Valencia Cornelio (Mexico) 
6. Norris Nembhard (Jamaica) 
7. Leebert Ramcharan (Jamaica) 
8. Fernando Melciades Zevallos Gonzales (Peru) 
9. Iqbal Mirchi (India) 
10. Haji Bashir Noorzai (Afghanistan)