CROATIA WILL SUPPORT REQUEST FOR RED NOTICE

C O N F I D E N T I A L ZAGREB 000985 SIPDIS SIPDIS WHA/BSC - JANINA SLATTERY AND CAROLINE CROFT NEA/IR - REBECCA HUMMEL S/CT - ARNOLD SIERRA L/LEI - HEATHER MCSHAIN E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2017 TAGS: ASEC IR PREL PTER SUBJECT: CROATIA WILL SUPPORT REQUEST FOR RED NOTICE ISSUANCES REF: STATE 147320 Classified By: POLITICAL OFFICER KIRSTEN SELINGER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) A ND (D) ¶1. (C) Post delivered reftel to Chief of National Criminal Police at the Ministry of Interior, Darko Dundovic, who is Head of Delegation to the INTERPOL General Assembly. Dundovic was familiar with the case and told Post that the GOC would support the GOA request and EC position. He indicated that the MFA has not been active in this issue, deferring instead to the Ministry of Interior's professional evaluation of the case. ¶2. (C) While Dundovic told us that they evaluated the case on its law enforcement merits, he inquired as to why the GOA did not issue a diffusion message through INTERPOL while waiting determination of red notice status. According to him, the diffusion message would have permitted sympathetic countries to provisionally arrest the individuals. Dundovic was not aware of any Iranian approaches on this issue. BRADTKE