TERROR FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE

S E C R E T BRASILIA 003068

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS - DNELSON
STATE FOR S/CT -TKUSHNER
STATE FOR NEA/ELA - DBARON AND NEA/ARP - TWILLIAMS
STATE FOR IO/PHO - JSCHWEITZER
NSC FOR MRUPPERT
TREASURY FOR JZARATE
TREASURY FOR OFAC - RWERNER

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/14/2014
TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN BR LVPR
SUBJECT: TERROR FINANCE: JANJALANI, AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE
- BRAZIL NOTIFIED

REF: A. STATE 266709


B. STATE 264612

Classified By: Economic Counselor Bruce Williamson, Reasons 1.4 (b) and
(d).

(S) Emboff delivered reftel prenotifications of USG intent to
nominate Janjalani (ref A), Al-Faqih and Batterjee (ref B) 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 Joaquim Cunha of Brazil's Financial
Intelligence Unit (COAF) on December 14 and 15, respectively.
Cunha undertook to search COAF's databases and share the
list with relevant GoB entities that work with COAF,
including the Central Bank and the intelligence agency
(ABIN), for them to conduct similar searches. In a follow-up
conversation December 15, Cunha confirmed that COAF's own
database search had not produced any hits on Janjalani, while
searches on the other names were ongoing.

DANILOVICH