TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ-LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES AND

S E C R E T BRASILIA 001032 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (GGLASS) STATE FOR S/CT (TNAVRATIL) STATE FOR NEA/ARP (PHEFFERNAN) STATE FOR IO/PHO (APEREZ) NSC FOR GPETERS TREASURY FOR JZARATE TREASURY FOR OFAC (RNEWCOMB) E.O. 12958: DNG: CO 04/22/15 TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS BR SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: AQ-LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES AND DELAY OF AL HARAMAIN BRANCHES DESIGNATION REF: A. SECSTATE 90228 ¶B. SECSTATE 94859 Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (S) Post delivered on April 29 ref A pre-notification of the USG intention to ask the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee to list three Bosnian charities to Jaime Freitas, a senior advisor within COAF, Brazil's financial intelligence unit, and to Luiza Lopes da Silva, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. Emboff made reftel points and urged that the GoB freeze on May 6 any Brazilian assets belonging to these entities. Freitas undertook to search COAF's databases as well as to circulate the list to other relevant GoB entities, including the Central Bank and Intelligence Agency (ABIN) for them to check for any assets belonging to the three entities. Emboff also notified both Freitas and Lopes da Silva of Reftel B delay in the nomination of the additional Al-Haramain branches and asked that they maintain confidential our intention list the branches. Freitas confirmed that the GoB had not found any assets in Brazil under the names of any of the Al-Haramain branches or of Aqeel Abdul Aziz Al Aqil. HRINAK