TERRORISM FINANCE: AMENDED DESIGNATION OF

S E C R E T VIENNA 003978

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (LLAMBERT),S/CT (TKUSHNER),IO/PSC
(BFITZGERALD) AND EUR/AGS
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC (RWERNER)

E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/30/2015
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PK PREL PTER AU
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: AMENDED DESIGNATION OF
LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA

REF: STATE 229918

Classified By: ECONOMIC-POLITICAL COUNSELOR GREGORY E. PHILLIPS
REASONS: 1.4 (B) AND (D)


1. (S) On December 23, Embassy Vienna delivered the
prenotification regarding the amended designation of Lashkar
e-Tayyiba to include Jamaat-ul-Dawa (and its variants) on the
UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. We spoke to Finance
Ministry official Angelika Schloegel, money laundering and
terrorism financing coordinator in the Federal Ministry of
Finance. On December 28, Schloegel transmitted assurances
from Alfred Lejsek, Head of MoF's Financial Markets
Directorate, that the MoF would invoke standard procedures to
identify any such accounts. Banks will report any findings
to Austria's Financial Investigation Unit, which is
responsible for freezing the accounts.


2. (S) Post also notified Johann Froehlich, A/S-equivalent
in the Foreign Ministry's International Security Cooperation
Bureau, which has the lead on EU Clearinghouse issues.
KILNER