Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05VIENNA3841
2005-12-09 13:20:00
SECRET
Embassy Vienna
Cable title:
AUSTRIA: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL
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S E C R E T VIENNA 003841
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2015
TAGS: EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL
ACTIVITY
REF: STATE 220713
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for
reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
(S) EconPol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel
points December 7 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the
Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets
Directorate and to Birgit Ertl, an anti-money laundering
expert in the MoF's Financial Markets Division. We noted
that the USG had reason to believe that DPRK representatives
had attempted to establish relationships with Austrian
financial institutions following the USG's designation of
Banco Delta Asia (BDA) as a "primary money laundering
concern." Wieser thanked the USG for the information and
promised to relay the information to the relevant authorities
to investigate. He noted that the GoA had shut down the
DPRK-run Golden Star Bank in Vienna in 2003. Wieser promised
to keep us advised of any information regarding BDA
activities in Austria.
MCCAW
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/09/2015
TAGS: EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN AU
SUBJECT: AUSTRIA: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL
ACTIVITY
REF: STATE 220713
Classified By: Economic-Political Counselor Gregory E. Phillips for
reasons 1.4(b) and (d).
(S) EconPol Counselor and Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel
points December 7 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the
Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets
Directorate and to Birgit Ertl, an anti-money laundering
expert in the MoF's Financial Markets Division. We noted
that the USG had reason to believe that DPRK representatives
had attempted to establish relationships with Austrian
financial institutions following the USG's designation of
Banco Delta Asia (BDA) as a "primary money laundering
concern." Wieser thanked the USG for the information and
promised to relay the information to the relevant authorities
to investigate. He noted that the GoA had shut down the
DPRK-run Golden Star Bank in Vienna in 2003. Wieser promised
to keep us advised of any information regarding BDA
activities in Austria.
MCCAW