TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL

S E C R E T BRASILIA 000979 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: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL AL-HARAMAIN BRANCHES REF: SECSTATE 90228 Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (S) Post delivered on April 23 reftel pre-notification of the USG and Saudi intention to ask the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee to list five additional Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation branches as well as an individual associated with the Foundation to Jaime Freitas, a senior advisor within COAF, Brazil's financial intelligence unit, and to Marcus Pinta Gama, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. Econoff made reftel points and urged that the GoB freeze on April 29 any Brazilian assets belonging to these entities. Pinta Gama stated that the GoB would search its financial system for any assets belonging to these entities, anticipating that the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee would approve the USG and Saudi request to list the entities. Separately, Freitas undertook to search COAF's own 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 belong to the Al-Haramain branches. HRINAK