SLOVENIA ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT

S E C R E T LJUBLJANA 000870

SIPDIS


DEPT FOR EUR/NCE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/20/2015
TAGS: EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT
FINANCIAL ACTIVITY

REF: STATE 220713

Classified By: ADCM CAROLINE MANGELSDORF, REASONS 1.4(B) AND (D).


1. (S) Econoff delivered reftel points 16 December to
Klaudijo Stroligo, Director of the Office for Money
Laundering Prevention at the Slovene Ministry of Finance, and
to Bostjan Jerman, security policy staffer at the MFA.
Stroligo was not personally aware of the Banco Delta Asia
case, but said he would ensure that his staff and his
colleagues at Slovene financial institutions "pay special
attention" to the matter. Stroligo said he "would be
surprised" if Slovene banks had any dealings with banks or
other financial institutions in Macau, but promised to alert
the domestic financial sector "immediately" of the details
given in reftel points. Several times during the discussion,
Stroligo told Econoff that Slovenia makes every effort to
"strictly follow" international sanctions on entities
associated with money laundering or terrorist finance and
noted he would work directly with the Treasury Department
should domestic investigations uncover anything in the Banco
Delta Asia matter.
ROBERTSON


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