TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY DESIGNATES CHECHEN/OTHER

UNCLAS ANKARA 002495 SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/SE, EB/ESC/ESP (GLASS) AND S/CT TREASURY FOR GENERAL COUNSEL (DAVID AUFHAUSER) AND TASK FORCE ON TERRORIST FINANCING E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS TU SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: TURKEY DESIGNATES CHECHEN/OTHER GROUPS REF: STATE 52259 ¶1. (SBU) On April 12, the GOT published a Council of Ministers decree that formally designates 20 groups/individuals as terrorist financiers. The decision foresees freezing bank and non-bank assets, and gives the Ministry of Finance jurisdiction over the enforcement and investigation of this matter. Included in this decree are the three Chechen groups designated by the UN in March 2003 (ref A). The following entities were designated: -Abdurrahman, Mohamad Iqbal -Bahaji, Said -Binalshibh, Ramzi Mohamad Abdullah -El Motassadeq, Mounir -Essabar, Zakarya -Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin -Isamuddin, Nurjaman Riduan (aka Hambali) -Sayadi, Nabil Abdul Salam -Vinck, Patricia Rosa -Ansar al-Islam -Benevolence International Foundation (the GOT lists more than 25 addresses worldwide) -Benevolence International Fund -Bosanka Idealna Futura -Lajnat al Daawa al Islamiya (LDI) -Lashkar i Jhangvi (LJ) -Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group -Tunisian Combatant Group -Islamic International Brigade (IIB) -Special Purpose Islamic Regiment (SPIR) -Riyadus-Salikhin Reconnaissance and Sabotage Battalion of Chechen Martyrs PEARSON