Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09AITTAIPEI24
2009-01-08 05:34:00
UNCLASSIFIED
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Cable title:
TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
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UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000024
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INS, NEA/IR, EEB/ESC/TFS/LINDA S. RECHT, NEA/I/JKONDOS,
AND S/CT/TDROZDENKO
TREASURY FOR TFFC LADAN ARCHIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA
REF: 08 STATE 131885
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000024
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INS, NEA/IR, EEB/ESC/TFS/LINDA S. RECHT, NEA/I/JKONDOS,
AND S/CT/TDROZDENKO
TREASURY FOR TFFC LADAN ARCHIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA
REF: 08 STATE 131885
1. Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC)
issued a formal instruction on January 5, 2009, providing all
banking institutions with information on four members of the
terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008 by
the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee
(1267 Committee) for targeted sanctions. These four individuals are
Muhammad Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Haji Muhammad Ashraf, and
Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq.
2. In the instruction, the FSC directs Taiwan banking institutions
to treat transactions with the designated individuals and their
beneficiaries as suspected money laundering transactions, and
instantly report these transactions to the Ministry of Justice
Investigation Bureau for further investigation and action.
3. The FSC also asked the following industry associations to
request their members to comply with the January 5, 2009
instruction:
--Credit Cooperation Association
--Bills Finance Association
--Securities Firms Association
--Securities Investment Trust and Consultant Association
--Futures Commissioners Association
--Life Insurance Association
--Non-life Insurance Association
--all jewelry associations
--Credit Card Firms Association
--Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation
--four securities finance companies
--Joint Credit Information Center
YOUNG
SIPDIS
STATE FOR INS, NEA/IR, EEB/ESC/TFS/LINDA S. RECHT, NEA/I/JKONDOS,
AND S/CT/TDROZDENKO
TREASURY FOR TFFC LADAN ARCHIN
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON PK TW
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF FOUR MEMBERS OF
LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA
REF: 08 STATE 131885
1. Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC)
issued a formal instruction on January 5, 2009, providing all
banking institutions with information on four members of the
terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba designated on December 10, 2008 by
the UN Security Council's Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee
(1267 Committee) for targeted sanctions. These four individuals are
Muhammad Saeed, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, Haji Muhammad Ashraf, and
Mahmoud Mohammad Ahmed Bahaziq.
2. In the instruction, the FSC directs Taiwan banking institutions
to treat transactions with the designated individuals and their
beneficiaries as suspected money laundering transactions, and
instantly report these transactions to the Ministry of Justice
Investigation Bureau for further investigation and action.
3. The FSC also asked the following industry associations to
request their members to comply with the January 5, 2009
instruction:
--Credit Cooperation Association
--Bills Finance Association
--Securities Firms Association
--Securities Investment Trust and Consultant Association
--Futures Commissioners Association
--Life Insurance Association
--Non-life Insurance Association
--all jewelry associations
--Credit Card Firms Association
--Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation
--four securities finance companies
--Joint Credit Information Center
YOUNG