Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANAMA155
2007-02-19 08:32:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: UNSCR 1737 - FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000155
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR GNOVIS,
NEA/ARP, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD, ISN, P, AND T
TREASURY FOR TFI
ABU DHABI FOR OFAC JBEAL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: UNSCR 1737 - FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN
ENTITIES AND PERSONS NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN THE ANNEX
REF: STATE 16917
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
UNCLAS MANAMA 000155
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR GNOVIS,
NEA/ARP, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD, ISN, P, AND T
TREASURY FOR TFI
ABU DHABI FOR OFAC JBEAL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: UNSCR 1737 - FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN
ENTITIES AND PERSONS NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN THE ANNEX
REF: STATE 16917
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (U) NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer and Econoff
February 14 delivered reftel demarche concerning U.S.
suggestions on how states can most fully implement the asset
freeze required under UNSCR 1737 to Central Bank of Bahrain
(CBB) Director of Financial Institution Supervision
Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Al-Baker, Head of Compliance
Directorate Ahmed Bumtaia and Compliance Unit Analyst Bushra
Al-Haddad. Al-Baker said that as a UN member, Bahrain was
committed to enforce UNSCR 1737 and would do so.
2. (SBU) Director Misenheimer and EconOff also delivered
reftel demarche to the Ministry of Interior Anti-Economic
Crime Directorate's Anti-Money Laundering Unit (AMLU)
Director Captain Bassam Al-Miraj. (Note: The AMLU is the
U.S. FINCEN equivalent. It is responsible for investigating
suspicious transactions, money laundering and terrorist
finance cases but does not have regulatory authority. End
Note.) Captain Al-Miraj said he was committed to enforcing
UNSCR 1737 and, in fact, had already checked and re-checked
for any Bank Sepah holdings in Bahrain and had found none.
He assured Director Misenheimer of the Ministry's continuing
support for bilateral cooperation on anti-money laundering
and terror finance issues.
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Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
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MONROE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR GNOVIS,
NEA/ARP, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD, ISN, P, AND T
TREASURY FOR TFI
ABU DHABI FOR OFAC JBEAL
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER BA CTR ECTRD
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: UNSCR 1737 - FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN
ENTITIES AND PERSONS NOT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN THE ANNEX
REF: STATE 16917
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (U) NEA/ARP Office Director Alan Misenheimer and Econoff
February 14 delivered reftel demarche concerning U.S.
suggestions on how states can most fully implement the asset
freeze required under UNSCR 1737 to Central Bank of Bahrain
(CBB) Director of Financial Institution Supervision
Abdul-Rahman Mohammed Al-Baker, Head of Compliance
Directorate Ahmed Bumtaia and Compliance Unit Analyst Bushra
Al-Haddad. Al-Baker said that as a UN member, Bahrain was
committed to enforce UNSCR 1737 and would do so.
2. (SBU) Director Misenheimer and EconOff also delivered
reftel demarche to the Ministry of Interior Anti-Economic
Crime Directorate's Anti-Money Laundering Unit (AMLU)
Director Captain Bassam Al-Miraj. (Note: The AMLU is the
U.S. FINCEN equivalent. It is responsible for investigating
suspicious transactions, money laundering and terrorist
finance cases but does not have regulatory authority. End
Note.) Captain Al-Miraj said he was committed to enforcing
UNSCR 1737 and, in fact, had already checked and re-checked
for any Bank Sepah holdings in Bahrain and had found none.
He assured Director Misenheimer of the Ministry's continuing
support for bilateral cooperation on anti-money laundering
and terror finance issues.
********************************************* ********
Visit Embassy Manama's Classified Website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/manama/
********************************************* ********
MONROE