Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08MADRID733
2008-07-03 15:06:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:
SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO
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C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000733
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2018
TAGS: SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN
SUBJECT: SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO
AQI TERRORISM FINANCE
Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 000733
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2018
TAGS: SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN
SUBJECT: SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO
AQI TERRORISM FINANCE
Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Spain's Guardia Civil detained four Algerian-born
individuals (three on June 30 and another on July 1)
suspected of belonging to a terrorism finance cell linked to
Al Qaida. Three of the men were arrested near the southern
town of Huelva in the province of Andalusia while the other
was arrested in the northern Basque region. The individuals
allegedly obtained funds through the production and sale of
various counterfeit items, and transferred the proceeds via
established money transfer entities. According to the
Ministry of Interior, the money transfer quantities
reportedly never exceeded 2,400 euros at any one time. (Note:
foreign exchange and money remittance entities in Spain are
obligated by Spanish law to report transactions exceeding
3,000 euros.) All four individuals, Fouad Saada, Abdelkkim
Meliani, Mansor Tiknione, and Soukime Hamoudi are legal
residents of Spain.
2. (U) According to a Ministry of Interior press release, the
Guardia Civil has been investigating this group since 2005 in
close cooperation with the British government. The four
suspects apparently had links to individuals convicted on
charges of terrorism in Great Britain and have been active
since 2001.
AGUIRRE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/02/2018
TAGS: SP PREL PTER EFIN PINR KTFN
SUBJECT: SPANISH AUTHORITIES DETAIN INDIVIDUALS LINKED TO
AQI TERRORISM FINANCE
Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
1. (C) Spain's Guardia Civil detained four Algerian-born
individuals (three on June 30 and another on July 1)
suspected of belonging to a terrorism finance cell linked to
Al Qaida. Three of the men were arrested near the southern
town of Huelva in the province of Andalusia while the other
was arrested in the northern Basque region. The individuals
allegedly obtained funds through the production and sale of
various counterfeit items, and transferred the proceeds via
established money transfer entities. According to the
Ministry of Interior, the money transfer quantities
reportedly never exceeded 2,400 euros at any one time. (Note:
foreign exchange and money remittance entities in Spain are
obligated by Spanish law to report transactions exceeding
3,000 euros.) All four individuals, Fouad Saada, Abdelkkim
Meliani, Mansor Tiknione, and Soukime Hamoudi are legal
residents of Spain.
2. (U) According to a Ministry of Interior press release, the
Guardia Civil has been investigating this group since 2005 in
close cooperation with the British government. The four
suspects apparently had links to individuals convicted on
charges of terrorism in Great Britain and have been active
since 2001.
AGUIRRE