USAID/HONDURAS - NO PLANS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000132 SIPDIS STATE PASS TO AID FOR PPC/P: L. BUTLER, E. HULLANDER FOR WHA/PPC, WHA/CEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EAID EFIN ETTC PREL HO SUBJECT: USAID/HONDURAS - NO PLANS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REF: SECSTATE 257751 ¶1. USAID/Honduras does not have any current or planned activities involving training and/or technical assistance in the areas of money laundering, counter terrorism finance, or financial intelligence unit development. The Mission is not aware of any training and/or technical assistance in these activities that are being or will be conducted or sponsored in Honduras by other donors, IFIs, and NGOs. ¶2. The Mission notes that in order to help the Honduran government implement its new anti-money laundering law, which entered into force in June 2001, the Embassy has coordinated with experts in Treasury over the last six months to provide several money laundering technical assistance activities. USAID/Honduras has not been involved in this effort. Palmer