TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL

S E C R E T AMMAN 000700

SIPDIS

NOFORN
SIPDIS

STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS LEANNE CANNON, EB/ESC/TFS KATHERINE
LEAHY, AND S/CT PATTY HILL
TREASURY FOR OIA/WPHELPS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/12/2017
TAGS: EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL
(HAI) POST VETTING AND CHARITABLE REPLACEMENT SERVICES

REF: A. STATE 15260


B. AMMAN 5222

Classified By: Ambassador David Hale, Reasons 1.4 (d) and (e)


1. (S//NF) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is unlikely to
object to the proposed designation of Human Appeal
International (HAI). While the GOJ does not yet have clear
legal authority to administratively freeze the economic
resources of persons designated pursuant to UN Security
Council Resolution 1267 and subsequent resolutions, it may,
if it believes the evidence and threat sufficient, choose to
initiate a criminal investigation of a charity suspected of
financing terrorist acts. Provisional blocking of funds
pursuant to a criminal investigation is possible under
current Jordanian law.


2. (S//NF) The Ministry of Social Development, the GoJ
ministry responsible for charity oversight, does possess the
legal authority and institutional capacity to dissolve the
board of a charity suspected of wrongdoing and appoint
administrators to ensure its continued operation and has done
so in the past (ref B).


3. (S//NF) A directory of foreign non-governmental
organizations registered in Jordan obtained on February 13 by
Post from the Ministry of Social Development reveals that HAI
is registered in Jordan under the name "Charitable Deeds
Organization" (Hay'a Al-A'mal Al-Khairiyyah). The registered
representative is an individual named Rami Ahmed Abd
Al-Rahman. Its address is listed as: "Abdali, Near the
Al-Ahli Hospital, P.O. Box 925828, Amman."
HALE