TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD

S E C R E T BRASILIA 002458 SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS - BSTEPHENSON STATE FOR S/CT -TKUSHNER STATE FOR NEA/ELA - DBARON AND NEA/ARP - TWILLIAMS STATE FOR IO/PHO - APEREZ NSC FOR MRUPPERT TREASURY FOR JZARATE TREASURY FOR OFAC - RNEWCOMB E.O. 12958: DNG: CO 09/27/2014 TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN BR LVPR SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: JAMA'AT AL TAWHID WA'AL-JIHAD DESIGNATION - BRAZIL PRENOTIFIED REF: STATE 208513 Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (S) Emboff delivered Reftel prenotification of USG intent to nominate Jama'at Al-Tawhid wa'al-Jihad (JTJ) to the UNSC 1267 list to Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Foreign Ministry's Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities and to Jaime Freitas, the number two in Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF). Freitas undertook to search COAF's databases and share the list with relevant GoB entities that work with COAF, including the Central Bank and intelligence agency (ABIN),for them to conduct similar searches. Emboff pointed out to Lopes da Silva that the GoB should have a particular interest in this case since JTJ and al-Zarqawi had claimed responsibility for the killing of Brazilian diplomat and UN envoy Sergio Viera de Mello. Da Silva promised to follow up. DANILOVICH