Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MANAMA2011
2006-12-07 15:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: TERRORIST LIST
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 002011
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT FOR GNOVIS AND PHILL,
NEA/ARP,IO/PSC FOR JSANDAGE
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER
ABU DHABI FOR OFAC/JBEAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2016
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: TERRORIST LIST
REF: STATE 193615
Classified By: DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 002011
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT FOR GNOVIS AND PHILL,
NEA/ARP,IO/PSC FOR JSANDAGE
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER
ABU DHABI FOR OFAC/JBEAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2016
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: TERRORIST LIST
REF: STATE 193615
Classified By: DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) Per reftel, Bahrain does not maintain a national list
of banned terrorist entities. However, Bahrain does endorse
the UN terrorism lists and takes action against individuals
and organizations identified in applicable UN Security
Council resolutions, based on Bahrain's Terrorism Law and
Anti-Money Laundering Law.
2. (C) Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Advisor Ralph Ricks told
EconOff December 6 that as a matter of policy, the GOB
generally complies with the UN lists. Within the financial
sector, this is accomplished by the issuance of CBB circulars
to all licensees whenever a UN list is updated. These
circulars direct institutions not to deal with the named
persons or entities, and to report to the CBB should they
have had any dealings with the named persons or entities in
the past.
3. (C) Ricks said the Policy Committee for the Prohibition
and Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing is
in the process of establishing a sub-committee to formalize
this process at a national level. The sub-committee will
also act as a formal designating body - i.e. an active review
and documented decision will be taken to designate names as
linked to terrorism, rather than the "quasi-automatic"
process currently in place. He said this initiative was
responsive to a specific Financial Services Action Plan
recommendation.
4. (C) The sub-committee will also be empowered to receive
formal requests from other governments to designate names
that may not be on the UN list, such as U.S. Executive Order
13224 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with
Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism.
However, he added that in these cases, supporting evidence
will be required.
5. (U) Per reftel, the text of this message has been e-mailed
to EB/ESC/TFS Leanne Cannon.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
PASS TO EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT FOR GNOVIS AND PHILL,
NEA/ARP,IO/PSC FOR JSANDAGE
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER
ABU DHABI FOR OFAC/JBEAL
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/05/2016
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: TERRORIST LIST
REF: STATE 193615
Classified By: DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (U) Per reftel, Bahrain does not maintain a national list
of banned terrorist entities. However, Bahrain does endorse
the UN terrorism lists and takes action against individuals
and organizations identified in applicable UN Security
Council resolutions, based on Bahrain's Terrorism Law and
Anti-Money Laundering Law.
2. (C) Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) Advisor Ralph Ricks told
EconOff December 6 that as a matter of policy, the GOB
generally complies with the UN lists. Within the financial
sector, this is accomplished by the issuance of CBB circulars
to all licensees whenever a UN list is updated. These
circulars direct institutions not to deal with the named
persons or entities, and to report to the CBB should they
have had any dealings with the named persons or entities in
the past.
3. (C) Ricks said the Policy Committee for the Prohibition
and Combating of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing is
in the process of establishing a sub-committee to formalize
this process at a national level. The sub-committee will
also act as a formal designating body - i.e. an active review
and documented decision will be taken to designate names as
linked to terrorism, rather than the "quasi-automatic"
process currently in place. He said this initiative was
responsive to a specific Financial Services Action Plan
recommendation.
4. (C) The sub-committee will also be empowered to receive
formal requests from other governments to designate names
that may not be on the UN list, such as U.S. Executive Order
13224 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with
Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism.
However, he added that in these cases, supporting evidence
will be required.
5. (U) Per reftel, the text of this message has been e-mailed
to EB/ESC/TFS Leanne Cannon.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE