COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG):

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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