VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 002478

SIPDIS

VISAS VIPER

DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
MOKHTAR, SAMIR)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION


1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING
NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER
PROCEDURES:


2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE
INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY
MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS
IMPLICATED IN THE THEFT OF BLANK ITALIAN IDENTITY
DOCUMENTS AND THE THEFT OF WEAPONS FROM AN ITALIAN
POLICE STATION. AS OF MID-JUNE, THE INVESTIGATION OF
MOKHTAR IS ONGOING.


3. NAME: EL MOKHTAR, SAMIR

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: OCT. 25, 1965, KASBA TADLA, MOROCCO
- MOROCCAN PASSPORT NUMBER: L241330
- CLASS: NEGATIVE (POSITIVE UNDER SIMILARITY: AL
MOUKHTAR, SAMMAD, DPOB: UNKNOWN)

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