FOREIGN REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE

UNCLAS DILI 000337 SIPDIS STATE FOR EAP/MTS AND CA/OCS/ACS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CASC CJAN TT SUBJECT: FOREIGN REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE ¶1. The Dili District Prosecutor's Office and the United Nations Police National Investigations Department's Prosecution Support Unit conveyed a request for judicial assistance to the Embassy on December 22. The Prosecutor's Office asked the Prosecution Support Unit to investigate misadministration at the Customs Department in 2000 and 2001. As part of that investigation, the Prosecution Support Unit requests all information, including current contact information, for Edgar Doucette, an American citizen employed by the United Nations Police from June 22, 2000, until December 19, 2001. The Prosecution Support Unit states that Doucette worked at Dili Harbour Customs as a Border Control Officer. Based on the investigation so far, Doucette is suspected of committing crimes of corruption. ¶2. Public sources suggest the individual in question is Edgar ¶J. Doucette of 2255 Par Lane, Willoughby, OH 44094. Doucette is a retired U.S. Customs officer who served in East Timor and Yugoslavia. ¶3. Post has sent an electronic copy of the incoming request to EAP/MTS and CA/OCS/ACS. KLEMM