TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION -

UNCLAS VIENNA 001221 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS/MSIDDIQUI, S/CT/TKUSHNER, EUR/AGS STATE FOR NEA/ARPI/TWILLIAMS, NEA/ELA/DBARON STATE FOR NEA/I-ECON/KBRONSON, IO/PSC/JSCHWEITZER STATE ALSO FOR NSC/JKEMERSON TREASURY FOR JZARATE AND OFAC/RWERNER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: STATE 66414 THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ¶1. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted Bilal AL- HIYARI designation (List 69) demarche on April 13 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Birgit Ertl, money laundering and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. Post also sent a copy to the Foreign Ministry's International Security Cooperation Office. ¶2. (SBU) The MOF applied the usual procedure with these names, which is to circulate the information on the same day to all banks and financial institutions in Austria with a request to search for accounts. Banks will report any findings to Austria's Financial Investigation Unit, which is responsible for freezing the accounts. BROWN