Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TASHKENT503
2007-03-28 10:44:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Tashkent
Cable title:
TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG
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C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 000503
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, EB/ESC/TFS (LEAHY AND CANNON) AND
S/CT (HILL, GALER, AND NOVIS)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2017
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UZ
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG
CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
REF: STATE 16120
Classified By: Amb. Jon R. Purnell for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
C O N F I D E N T I A L TASHKENT 000503
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, EB/ESC/TFS (LEAHY AND CANNON) AND
S/CT (HILL, GALER, AND NOVIS)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2017
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UZ
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG
CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
REF: STATE 16120
Classified By: Amb. Jon R. Purnell for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff conveyed reftel information on USG concern over
the increasing use of cash couriers to finance criminal
organizations and terrorist groups to MFA U.S. Division Chief
Ismat Fayzullaev on March 28. Fayzullaev said that the
Government of Uzbekistan was concerned about the movement of
cash into or out of the country. Uzbekistan has appropriate
rules in place to regulate cash coming into or leaving the
country, including a requirement that everybody entering or
departing the country declare the total amount of cash and
other negotiable instruments they are carrying. The State
Customs Committee, in cooperation with other law enforcement
organizations, has primary responsibility for enforcement of
the regulations. Fayzullaev said he would arrange a meeting
with these organizations so that poloff could obtain a more
complete picture of the government's efforts against cash
smuggling.
2. (C) Fayzullaev reminded poloff that Uzbekistan remains a
cash economy and that it is common for people to carry
relatively large amounts of money when they come home from
abroad. He said that he supports efforts to cut off illicit
cash to terrorists and criminals; however, such efforts must
be balanced so that they do not hurt ordinary people who are
trying to scrape out a living based largely on cash
remittances from family members working outside of the
country.
PURNELL
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/CEN, EB/ESC/TFS (LEAHY AND CANNON) AND
S/CT (HILL, GALER, AND NOVIS)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/28/2017
TAGS: EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UZ
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: INITIAL GOU RESPONSE TO USG
CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS
REF: STATE 16120
Classified By: Amb. Jon R. Purnell for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
1. (C) Poloff conveyed reftel information on USG concern over
the increasing use of cash couriers to finance criminal
organizations and terrorist groups to MFA U.S. Division Chief
Ismat Fayzullaev on March 28. Fayzullaev said that the
Government of Uzbekistan was concerned about the movement of
cash into or out of the country. Uzbekistan has appropriate
rules in place to regulate cash coming into or leaving the
country, including a requirement that everybody entering or
departing the country declare the total amount of cash and
other negotiable instruments they are carrying. The State
Customs Committee, in cooperation with other law enforcement
organizations, has primary responsibility for enforcement of
the regulations. Fayzullaev said he would arrange a meeting
with these organizations so that poloff could obtain a more
complete picture of the government's efforts against cash
smuggling.
2. (C) Fayzullaev reminded poloff that Uzbekistan remains a
cash economy and that it is common for people to carry
relatively large amounts of money when they come home from
abroad. He said that he supports efforts to cut off illicit
cash to terrorists and criminals; however, such efforts must
be balanced so that they do not hurt ordinary people who are
trying to scrape out a living based largely on cash
remittances from family members working outside of the
country.
PURNELL