OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002484

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE AND S/WCI
TREASURY FOR OFAC

E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/30/2014
TAGS: PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY
SUBJECT: OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN

REF: STATE 142628

Classified By: Colin Cleary, Acting Political Counselor, for Reasons 1.
4 (b) and (d)


1. (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA
Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30.
Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to
his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there
would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group
on Monday, July 5, where they would be discussing the
addition of persons to the EU's travel ban list. Rodriguez
mentioned that there normally were no problems in adding
names that resulted from recommendations by the Office of the
High Representative. Regarding the freezing of assets, he
said he would forward our request in the MFA, but that asset
freezing in the EU was always a more complex endeavor than
banning travel.


2. (C) We also delivered the demarche to Gonzalo Ruiz Galvez,
Technical Advisor in the Office of Inspection and Control of
Capital Movement, for Spanish action regarding the freezing
of assets for the named firm and individuals.
ARGYROS