TERRORIST FINANCE: JAM'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL JIHAD

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 003290

SIPDIS

SENSITIVE

STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (DNELSON),S/CT (TKUSHNER),EUR/UBI
STATE ALSO FOR IO/PHO (JSCHWEITZER),NEA (TWILIAMS)
TREASURY FOR (JZARATE) AND OFAC DIRECTOR (RWERNER)

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETTC EFIN PTER NL
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: JAM'AT AL-TAWHID WA'AL JIHAD
NEW ALIAS (LIST 63) DEMARCHE DELIVERED

REF: STATE 260898

THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE TREAT
ACCORDINGLY.


1. (SBU) As requested, post conveyed on December 10 reftel
points concerning the amendment of the previous designation
of Jam'at Al-Tawhid Wa'al Jihad (List 63) to Wouter Jurgens,
Senior Policy Officer responsible for terrorist financing
issues in the Political Affairs Department of the Dutch
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Post conveyed the points the
same day to Margreet Wenting, Senior Policy Advisor in the
Department of Financial Integrity at the Dutch Ministry of
Finance (MOF). Wenting said the MOF would pass the
information to the Dutch Central Bank, banking directors and
the Dutch financial intelligence unit.


2. (SBU) Post will follow up and report on any substantive
actions taken.
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