TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH TO MONITOR DESIGNATION OF

UNCLAS THE HAGUE 000186 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT, EUR/UBI, IO/PSC TREASURY FOR TFFC AND OFAC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NL SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: DUTCH TO MONITOR DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND INCITERS (LIST 83) REF: A. 06 STATE 196698 ¶B. STATE 5631 THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. ¶1. (SBU) Econoff delivered ref A points December 8 regarding domestic designation, and submission to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee, of five terrorist facilitators (list 83) to Joost van Ettro, Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance. Econoff delivered ref B points regarding the hold on three of the designations to van Ettro, Visser, and Andre van Wiggen, Deputy Director at the MFA's Terrorism and New Threats Unit, on January 19. ¶2. (SBU) In a conversation December 18, Visser told Econoff that she had sent ref A details to the Dutch Central Bank and the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets. Neither organization had any questions and considered the information "very clear," she said. However, the Dutch would not designate on a national level and would wait instead for the UN or EU to act, Visser said. She added that this was the normal path unless proof existed that the facilitators were active locally. In such cases, Visser noted, the Dutch would propose designating the individuals at the EU level. ¶3. (SBU) During a subsequent conversation January 31, Van Ettro thanked Econoff for the information regarding the UN designations of two of the facilitators, and confirmed that the Dutch would wait for the UN to act on the other three individuals. Van Ettro reassured Econoff that in all cases -- including those with UN holds on the proposed designations -- MFA informs its national partners, investigates the information, and takes action if appropriate. To date, there have been no findings in the Netherlands of activity related to the five terrorist facilitators, van Ettro added. He said he would inform post of any new information received or actions taken. ARNALL