Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04SANAA2602
2004-10-13 13:07:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Sanaa
Cable title:  

TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT

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131307Z Oct 04
C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 002602 

SIPDIS

EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT, INL/C, IO/PHO, TREASURY, TREASURY FOR
OFAC, AND NEA/ARP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/13/2014
TAGS: KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL TERFIN
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT
POST

REF: SECSTATE 201391

Classified By: DCM Nabeel Khoury for reasons 1.4 (b. and d.)

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 002602

SIPDIS

EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT, INL/C, IO/PHO, TREASURY, TREASURY FOR
OFAC, AND NEA/ARP

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/13/2014
TAGS: KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL TERFIN
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT
POST

REF: SECSTATE 201391

Classified By: DCM Nabeel Khoury for reasons 1.4 (b. and d.)


1. (C) Post offers the following response corresponding to
the letter of the questions asked in reftel.

(a) Contact information for TFCO: Post's Terrorist Financing
Coordination Officer is DCM Nabeel Khoury. Post's Terrorist
Financing Action Officer is Pol/Econ Deputy Jill Hutchings,
who may be reached via classified email at
HutchingsJE2@state.sgov.gov and unclassified at
HutchingsJE@state.gov. She may be contacted at all times
through the Embassy switchboard: 967-1-303-155 ext. 2156.

(b) Brief description of TFCO process at your post: At this
time Post does not have a terrorist financing coordinating
committee, but coordinates terrorist financing issues on an
ad hoc basis. Action officer works closely with all offices
at post including newly established LEGATT and Visas Viper
process. Post may stand up a committee in the future, if
necessary.

(c) What does post attempt to accomplish in its TF working
group meetings? At this time Post does not have a TF working
group.

(d) Suggestions on how to improve coordination among TFCO:
Post believes regional meetings and training on specific
issues, e.g. hawalas, or nascent terrorist financing systems
would be extremely beneficial. Much of the training is
targeted on countries with advanced banking systems, rather
than countries like Yemen who are only starting to regulate
the flow of money through its country.

(e) Suggestions on how to more effectively engage in public
diplomacy: Public understanding of the the terrorist
designation process is minimal. Our colleagues often ask
whether a designated person will soon be deported to the U.S.
Background information on the designation process in Arabic
would be extremely useful for our outreach efforts.

(f) Indication if TFCO and deputy have received FSI or other
training on combating terrorist financing; Terrorist
Financing Action Officer Jill Hutchings attended the Summer
03 training course at FSI. To date, no other officers have
received training.

(g) What post needs from Washington agencies to make its TF
work more effective? Post requests additional training for
Yemenis on terrorist financing issues including,assistance in
establishing a terrorist financing intelligence unit and
training related to improving interagency cooperation. Post
assesses the capabilities of the ROYG to be extremely limited
in their ability to track the flow of illicit funds.
KRAJESKI