TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T

UNCLAS VIENNA 003129 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (LLAMBERT),S/CT (TKUSHNER), EUR/AGS, EUR/PGI (LREASOR),IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) TREASURY FOR TFFC (DGLASER) AND OFAC (RWERNER) STATE PASS NSC FOR THINNEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T REF: STATE 172703 THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ¶1. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted designation of Dr. Abdul Latif Saleh (list 72T) demarche on September 20 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