TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM

UNCLAS VIENNA 002412 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (SKANE),S/CT (TKUSHNER),EUR/AGS, NEA/ARPI (TWILLIAMS),NEA/ELA (SSONTY),NEA/IPA (GLOGERFO),IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) STATE ALSO FOR NSC (JZARATE) TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC (RWERNER) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU EUN SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM IN ARABIA DESIGNATION -LIST 70T REF: STATE 132400 THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ¶1. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF),and Anelika Schloegel, 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