TERROISM FINANCE: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF AKA

C O N F I D E N T I A L BERLIN 001127 SIPDIS STATE FOR IO/PSC ERIN CROW, EEB/TFS RACHEL FEDEWA, L/EEB TOM HEINEMANN, AND EUR/AGS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/04/2017 TAGS: EFI ETTC EUN KTFN PREL PTER GM SUBJECT: TERROISM FINANCE: GERMANY NOTIFIED OF AKA MAHAMEDOU OLD SLAHI'S REMOVAL FROM SDGT AND UN1267 LISTS RF: STATE 75096 Classified By: Global Affairs Couselor Donald R. Shemanski, for reason s 1.4 (b) nd (d). ¶1. (C) Global Affairs officer deliveredref demarche to German MFA International Cooperaion on Counterterrorism Division Desk Officer Hoger Kraemer at OOB, June 4, as instructed in reftel. Kraemer said he would forward to appropriate German officials the information concerning the U.S. action to have the alias Mahamedou Ould Slahi removed as an AKA for Abu Hafs from the UNSCR 1267 Committee's list. He also said the German Government would check for any information that it had concerning Mahamedou Ould Slahi or any assets that he had in German jurisdiction. In a June 5 message, Kraemer reported that the German Government had not located any such assets in Slahi's name. ¶2. (SBU) Kraemer said Germany does not have a sanctions regime on a national level but instead follows the EU's Common Position and corresponding Regulations on implementing UNSC sanctions. In addition to the individuals listed on the UNSCR 1267 Committee's list, the EU has developed its own terrorist sanctions list, which is binding to the EU member states, according to Kraemer. ¶3. (C) Any time that the 1267 Committee changes its list, Kraemer said, the UN Secretariat informs the EU Commission and the European Council, which in turn automatically amend the appropriate EU Regulation. Therefore, in the case of removing the AKA Mahamedou Ould Slahi from the 1267 Committee's list, Kraemer said the EU's Regulation will be changed automatically and the EU member states will abide by it. ¶4. (U) Post will report any other substantive German response septel. TIMKEN JR