TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 006735

SIPDIS

EUR/WE; EB/ESC/TFS FOR JEAN CLARK
S/CT FOR TODD KUSHNER
INL/C/CP FOR STEVEN PETERSON
IO/PSC FOR BETSY FITZGERALD
TREASURY/OFAC FOR PAUL LURIE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/30/2015
TAGS: KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL FR
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)

REF: SECSTATE 175637

Classified By: Classified by DCM Karl W. Hofmann, Reason 1.4B/D


1. (SBU) Embassy Paris' Terrorist Financing Coordinating
Officer (TFCO) is Otto H Van Maerssen, Unit Chief for
Financial Affairs in the Economic Section. (E-mail:
vanmaerssenOH@state.gov. Tel: 33-43-12-24-33 and Fax:
33-43-12-20-22 ).


2. (SBU) Deputy TFCO is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski
(kujawinskipi@state.gov, Tel: 33-43-12-27-25, Fax:
33-43-12-26-63).


3. (C) Embassy DCM chairs a Law Enforcement, Counter
Terrorism and Terrorist Financing Working Group in which TFCO
and representatives from other Embassy entities dealing with
terrorism finance participate. TFCO works with other
relevant agencies at post to ensure coordinated approach to
terrorist finance issues. Embassy political section works
closely with French MFA S/CT equivalent (which makes
decisions on listing entities that do not have to go through
the EU clearinghouse procedure) to exchange information and
request action. Embassy economic section coordinates with
the Finance Ministry, which is the agency in charge of
implementing decisions made by the Foreign Ministry or the EU
clearinghouse. The Ambassador, DCM, and Political and
Economic Minister-Counselors interact with other GOF entities
and senior officials as required.


4. (SBU) Per ref request, we suggest coordination can be
improved among TFCOs by first developing and then sharing a
list, divided by regional bureaus for ease of use, of TFCOs.
A regional conference would be an excellent next step, and
Embassy Paris would be happy to help arrange such a
conference should funds be made available from the
Department. At such an event, it might make the most sense
to include a public diplomacy segment targeted at financial
sector representatives, to explain the sources of public
information available from the USG and perhaps other
governments, that can enable the finance industry to better
engage in the CT effort.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
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