COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG):

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002229 SIPDIS TREASURY FOR OFAC, FINCEN AND TFFC E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2015 TAGS: KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU SUBJECT: COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): MINUTES OF 04/18/05 MEETING Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission James R. Moore for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). ¶1. (SBU) On April 18, A/DCM chaired the meeting of the Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG). Other participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, CONS, OSI, LEGATT, and DAO. ¶2. (C) ECON reported that MFA officials responded to our request for more information on Movladi Udugov, a Chechnyan who the Russians are trying to have designated on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee consolidated list of entities/individuals associated with Usama bin Laden (UBL),the Taliban, and/or Al-Qaida. MFA officials told us that they had contacted the relevant agencies in their government and they had found no connection between Udugov and UBL, the Taliban and/or Al-Qaida. ¶3. (SBU) ECON also reported that EconOff met with the Turkish National Project Manager for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) who said that she receives many calls from various law enforcement agencies requesting training and assistance with their anti-money laundering and counter-terror finance efforts. ¶4. (SBU) ECON told the CTFWG that the section will be supporting a joint Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development (OPDAT)/ World Bank regional workshop on "Current Trends in Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing" in Tbilisi, Georgia in May. ECON is responsible for assembling the Turkish delegation (four participants and two translators) and arranging transportation logistics and translation of materials for the workshop. EDELMAN