TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON

UNCLAS DAR ES SALAAM 001496 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS EEB/ESC/TFS JAY JALLORINA AF/RSA, AF/E FOR MBEYZEROV E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN PREL TZ SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS REF: STATE 152088 Post submits the following additional information as requested in reftel: ¶1. Status of host nation laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling: In January 2007 The Government of Tanzania (GOT) enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2006. This law does not specify what constitutes bulk cash movement, but addresses the issue of seizure and sanctions and states that the amount will be set by the Minister in Regulations (Anti-Money Laundry Act of 2006, Part IV, Section 23). ¶2. Key elements of those laws: The Anti-Money Laundry Act criminalizes the transportation, transmission, conversion or transferring of any property which the bearer knows or ought to know is the proceeds of a predicate offense. This criminalizes bulk cash movement across borders where the movement occurs as a result of the illicit drug trafficking, racketeering, human trafficking, sexual exploitation and other offenses (Anti-Money Laundry Act of 2006, Part IV, Section 12). ¶3. Cross-border reporting requirements for inbound/outbound movement of currency and monetary instruments: GOT Customs has requirements for the declaration of money entering and leaving its borders; however, there is no set monetary threshold identifying what should be considered as suspicious at this time (Anti-Money Laundry Act of 2006, Part IV, Sections 18-20). ¶4. Host country actions to interdict potential cash couriers or to throw risk into the system: No data is available at this time. ¶5. Status of investigations into bulk cash smuggling: No data is available at this time. ¶6. Prosecutions under bulk cash smuggling laws: No data is available at this time. The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) was created as a result of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2006. A Commission of the FIU was appointed by the president in August 2007. As a relatively new instrument for the GOT, no cases of investigations or prosecution have been reported at this time. ¶7. How mission elements have engaged relevant partners to develop and execute a cash courier interdiction plan: In September 2007 the US Department of Treasury held a conference both on the mainland of Tanzania and the island of Zanzibar on the detection of counterfeit currency. Also in 2007, Six GOT individuals were sent to a one week Financial Crimes Awareness and Prevention course held in Dar Es Salaam, five bank supervisors were sent to Virginia for training on Counter-Terrorism Finance, and six GOT Ministry of Finance workers were sent for training on anti-money laundering sponsored by the International Law Enforcement Agency (ILA) in Botswana. GREEN