UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 DUSHANBE 000488 SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEA HQ PASS TO OC/NEWTON-BELL, OE/TRAPP, A/OC/HARRIGAN OCX/WILLIAMS, OEX/MASUMOTO, A/OGE/SCHRETTNER, OGA/RYAN, OGPA/STATEN, NTRE/UPP, NIRE/LEHRER NI/BORDER, NTRE/UPP/KREGOR, FOE/HAFF, NIWF/MANZI, SOD/OSE/MCMANAMON/YASEVICH/KHAN/OEA/SHROYER E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI SUBJECT: UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION RELATED THE SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION DEA ACTION REQUEST FOR DEA SOD IN PARAGRAPH 5 DEA ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE IN PARAGRAPH CXX: SOD OPERATION TAJIK EXPRESS ¶1. (SBU) ON 04/21/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE COUNTER NARCOTICS UNIT CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. (THE DCO HAS REFERED TO THE MOI IN PREVIOUS CABLES AS THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR; A MORE ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF THE RUSSIAN TERM IS THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI)). THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW NEW TOLL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY OF THE NOSIR SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). ¶2. (SBU) COL. BUHORIEV PROVIDED THE DCO WILL TELEPHONE TOLL RECORDS FOR TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333. THE MOI HAS IDENTIFIED THE SUBSCRIBER AS YULIYA VLADIMIROVNA ALEKSEEVA; THE MOI BELIEVE THAT ALEKSEEVA IS A FEMALE RUSSIAN WHO RESIDES IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. THE MOI DOES NOT CONSIDER ALEKSEEVA TO BE THE USER OF THE CELLULAR NUMBER. THE DCO HAS ESTABLISHED THAT THIS NUMBER IS POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO SAROV DTO TRAFFICKING ASSOCIATES BASED PRIMARILY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN. THIS NUMBER WAS ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED BY THE DCO FROM TOLL RECORDS ACQUIRED BY THE MOI FROM TAJIK CELLULAR TELEPHONE NUMBER [992] (95) 173-9220. ACCORDING TO A MOI CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS),THIS CELLULAR NUMBER MAY BE USED BY A HIGH RANKING SAROV DTO ASSOCIATE IDENTIFIED AS THE "DOCTOR". THE CS ALSO REPORTED THAT SAROV MAY USES CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER [93](79) 4245620. ¶3. (SBU) THE MOI PROVIDED THE DCO WITH THE FOLLOWING TOLL DATA FOR CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333 BEGINNING ON 03/15/09 THROUGH 04/17/09: AFGHANISTAN: 93-794245620 (MOI HAS LINKED THIS NUMBER TO SAROV) 93-788431633 93-788285646 93-786444539 93-795751007 RUSSIA 79-269347766 (THIS NUMBER WAS CALLED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THE REQUESTED TOLL PERIOD.) INDIA 918735757 (POSSIBLE MISDIALED INDIAN NUMBER.) MISDIALED UNKNOWN INTERNATIONAL NUMBERS 393335363830373131 557665646 (THIS NUMBER WAS MISDIALED NUMEROUS TIMES.) 8109379269347766 TAJIKISTAN: 992-37-2500351 992-91-9629805 992-91-8906767 (THIS NUMBER WAS CONTACTED NUMEROUS TIMES DURING THE REQUESTED TOLL PERIOD.) 992-91-9246848 992-91-9982204 992-91-9551621 992-91-9006949 992-90-7369555 992-91-9629805 992-91-9246848 992-90-7331265 992-90-7705695 992-91-8735757 992-91-9800598 992-91-8744054 DUSHANBE 00000488 002 OF 002 992-91-9628273 992-95-1424877 (THIS NUMBER REPRESENTS ALMOST HALF OF THE PHONE CONTACTS ON THE TOLL REPORT. THIS NUMBER WAS ALSO IN CONTACT WITH SAROV'S POSSIBLE NUMBER IN AFGHANISTAN: 93-794245620.) 992-91-8274497 992-90-7911717 992-91-7012750 992-91-7015213 992-95-1739220 992-91-8906767 992-91-8363616 ¶4. (SBU) ACCORDING TO THE COL., THE MOI IS IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING AN AFFIDAVIT WHICH WILL BE USED TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FROM THE TAJIK GENERAL PROSECUTOR FOR MOI TO INITIATE A WIRE INTERCEPT ON CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333. THE COL. HAS STATED THAT THE MOI CAN CONDUCT STATE-AUTHORIZED WIRE INTERCEPT INVESTIGATIONS BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION WHICH WAS USED TO INITIATE THE INTERCEPT OPERATION. IF THE MOI IS SUCCESSFUL IN ACQUIRING AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT THE INTERCEPT, THE DCO WILL REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FROM THE MOI TO INSPECT THEIR INTERCEPT EQUIPMENT. THE MOI HAS STATED THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO INTERCEPT CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; THE DCO HAS YET TO CONFIRM THIS FACT. ACTION REQUEST FOR DEA SOD ¶5. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT SOD CROSS-CHECK ALL OF THE PHONE NUMBERS PROVIDED IN THIS CABLE AGAINST THE SOD DATABASE AND IDENTIFY ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. IN THE EVENT THE MOI CAN INITIATE THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WIRE INTERCEPT TARGETING TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER, [992] (90) 790-3333, THE DCO REQUESTS SOD TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING A REGIONAL WIRE INTERCEPT OPERATION. THE OPERATION WOULD LINK TOGETHER INVESTIGATIONS IN DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, RUSSIA AND POSSIBLY BELGIUM, WHICH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIMARY TIER ONE NUMBER LOCATED IN AFGHANISTAN (992-95-1739220). ¶6. (SBU) THE DCO REQUESTS THAT THE DEA KABUL COUNTRY OFFICE CROSS-CHECK ALL OF THE AFGHAN PHONE NUMBERS AGAINST THEIR DATA BASE AND IDENTIFY ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING TRAFFICKING ELEMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN. ¶7. (SBU) THIS CABLE WAS PREPARED IN LIEU OF A DEA-6; REFERENCE THE DEA MANUAL SECTION 6242.11. ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONTENT OF THIS CABLE SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE MICHAEL W. BROWN AT [992] (37) 229-2807. INDEXING SECTION: ¶1. SAROV, NOSIR NADDIS: INCONCLUSIVE: DESCRIBED AN AFGHAN NATIONAL WHO RESIDES IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER. ACCORDING TO A TAJIKISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE (CS),SAROV IS THE HEAD OF A SIGNIFICANT HEROIN, OPIUM, AND HASHISH DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO) BASED IN AFGHANISTAN NEAR THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER. SOURCE INFORMATION INDICATED THAT THE SAROV DTO COORDINATES ITS TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY THROUGH A TAJIK BROKER KNOWN ONLY AS THE "DOCTOR." SOURCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE DOCTOR RESIDES IN TAJIKISTAN AND USES TAJIK CELLULAR PHONE NUMBER, 992-95-173-9220 TO COORDINATE TRAFFICKING ACTIVITY WITH SAROV IN AFGHANISTAN. ¶2. ALEKSEEVA, YULIYA VLADIMIROVNA NADDIS: NEGATIVE; DESCRIBED AS A RUSSIAN FEMALE WHO RESIDES IN DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN. THE TAJIKISTAN MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS HAS IDENTIFIED ALEKSEEVA AS THE SUBSCRIBER FOR TAJIK CELLULAR NUMBER [992] (90) 790-3333. THIS NUMBER HAS BEEN LINKED TO CURRENT DEA INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS. 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