Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer

C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 007858 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/WE; EB/ESC/TFS for Sheila Hinds STATE ALSO FOR S/CT (Patty Hill),INL/C/CP (Steven Peterson) and IO/PSC (John Sandage) Treasury for Patrick Heffernan E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2016 TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER FR SUBJECT: Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer REF: STATE 181096 Classified by Econ Counselor Stuart Dwyer reasons 1.4 b and d. (C) a. In response to reftel, Embassy Paris' Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Otto H Van Maerssen, Unit Chief for Financial Affairs in the Economic Section. E-mail: vanmaerssenOH@state.gov. Tel: 33-43-12-24-33 and Fax: 33-43-12-20-22. b. Deputy TFCO is Political Officer John L Espinoza (espinozajl@state.gov, Tel: 33-43-12-25-75, Fax: 33-43-12-26-63). c. Embassy DCM chairs a Counter Terrorism Working Group in which TFCO and representatives from other Embassy entities dealing with terrorism participate. TFCO works with other relevant agencies at post to ensure coordinated approach to terrorist finance issues. Embassy political section works closely with French MFA S/CT equivalent to exchange information and request action. Embassy economic section coordinates with the Finance Ministry, which is the agency in charge of implementing decisions made by the Foreign Ministry or the EU clearinghouse. The Ambassador, DCM, and Political and Economic Minister-Counselors interact with other GOF entities and senior officials as required. d. We have verified that the country-specific information on CTF in the chart mentioned reftel is correct. HOFMANN