TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL

S E C R E T BRASILIA 000809 SIPDIS NSC FOR KEMERSON TREASURY FOR JZARATE AND OFAC (RWERNER) STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (DNELSON) STATE FOR S/CT (TKUSHNER) STATE FOR IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) E.O. 12958: DNG: CO 03/24/2009 TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL BR SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION - BRAZIL REF: SECSTATE 49537 Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). (S) Emboff, accompanied by Canadian Pol/Econ Officer Juan Pablo Valdes, met with Jaime Freitas and Bernardo Motta of Brazil's Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF) on March 24, 2005, to deliver reftel prenotification of the U.S. and Canadian intent to nominate Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LET) to the UNSCR 1267 list of terrorist entities associated with Al-Qaida. Freitas, the second-in-command at COAF, undertook to conduct a search of COAF's own databases for any LET assets in Brazil, as well as to circulate the information to the Central Bank, Federal Police and intelligence agency (ABIN) for them to conduct similar searches. Both Canadian and U.S. Emboffs emphasized the importance of the joint approach as signaling our shared USG-GOC concern over the importance of effective action against terror finance. Emboff also delivered the pre-notification to Luisa Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Illicit Transnational Activities. DANILOVICH