TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL

S E C R E T BRASILIA 003060

SIPDIS

NSC FOR T. HINNEN
TREASURY FOR OFAC (RWERNER)
TREASURY FOR P. OBRIEN
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (LLAMBERT)
STATE FOR S/CT (TKUSHNER)
STATE FOR IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/20/2015
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP BR
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL

REF: STATE 210832

Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman,
reasons 1.4
(b) and (d).

(S) Emboff delivered reftel prenotification on November 21 to
Jaime Freitas, the Executive Director of COAF, Brazil's
Financial Intelligence Unit, and to Luiza Lopes da Silva of
the Foreign Ministry's Office for the Combat of Illicit
Transnational Activities. Freitas undertook to search COAF's
databases for any assets or accounts belonging to the three
ASG leaders, as well as to circulate the list to other GoB
agencies, including the intelligence agency (ABIN) and the
Central Bank, for them to conduct similar searches.

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