Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09JERUSALEM1384
2009-08-10 14:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Consulate Jerusalem
Cable title:
U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION
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UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001384
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IPA AND EEB/ESC; TREASURY FOR CORREA/PARODI/GRANT;
AMMAN FOR PARKER; CAIRO FOR ROWE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM
SUBJECT: U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION
TRAINING TO PA
REF: JERUSALEM 1205
UNCLAS JERUSALEM 001384
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IPA AND EEB/ESC; TREASURY FOR CORREA/PARODI/GRANT;
AMMAN FOR PARKER; CAIRO FOR ROWE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM
SUBJECT: U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION
TRAINING TO PA
REF: JERUSALEM 1205
1. (SBU) U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance
(OTA) provided training to 23 Palestinian Authority (PA)
employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law at the request of Palestine
Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir.
Participants in the Financial Investigative Techniques Course
(FIT) in Ramallah included representatives of the PA Attorney
General's Office, the PMA's Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),
the Preventive Security Organization (PSO),and the General
Intelligence (GI, also known as the Muchabarat).
2. (SBU) This was the second training course offered by OTA
in July 2009 (reftel). Europe- and Jordan-based OTA advisors
provided training in Ramallah to PA employees responsible for
investigating and prosecuting financial crimes. Participants
primarily consisted of PA prosecutors from the newly-formed
Economic Crimes and Anti-Corruption Division (ECAC) of the
Attorney General's Office. The prosecutors were joined by
analysts from the PSO, GI, and FFU.
3. (SBU) The week-long course focused on conducting
investigations of moderate-to-complex financial crimes, such
as commercial fraud, corruption, and money laundering. Topics
included case planning and management; financial profiling
and indirect methods of proving income; collecting, analyzing
and presenting financial evidence; interviewing; report
writing; evaluating sources of information; and asset
forfeiture.
4. (SBU) Several local experts augmented lectures and
practical exercises led by the three OTA advisors. From the
PMA, FFU Director Riyad Aweidah provided an overview of the
function and operation of the PMA's Financial Intelligence
Unit, and FFU Analyst Firas Murar described various sources
of financial information that can be obtained by
investigators. Chief Prosecutor Salim Jarrar gave an
overview of the PA's AML law and evidentiary standards.
Transparency Palestine Director Azmi al-Shoabe covered local
anti-corruption efforts, and Cairo Amman Bank Assistant
Regional Manager Izzidin Abu Salameh presented on banking
"back-room" operations and internal procedures used to
identify suspicious transactions.
5. (SBU) Due to high demand from participating agencies, and
in order to give the prosecutors' counterparts in the ECAC
division of the PA civil police an opportunity to
participate, OTA plans to offer a second FIT course in the
fall.
WALLES
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR NEA/IPA AND EEB/ESC; TREASURY FOR CORREA/PARODI/GRANT;
AMMAN FOR PARKER; CAIRO FOR ROWE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM
SUBJECT: U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION
TRAINING TO PA
REF: JERUSALEM 1205
1. (SBU) U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance
(OTA) provided training to 23 Palestinian Authority (PA)
employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law at the request of Palestine
Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir.
Participants in the Financial Investigative Techniques Course
(FIT) in Ramallah included representatives of the PA Attorney
General's Office, the PMA's Financial Follow-up Unit (FFU),
the Preventive Security Organization (PSO),and the General
Intelligence (GI, also known as the Muchabarat).
2. (SBU) This was the second training course offered by OTA
in July 2009 (reftel). Europe- and Jordan-based OTA advisors
provided training in Ramallah to PA employees responsible for
investigating and prosecuting financial crimes. Participants
primarily consisted of PA prosecutors from the newly-formed
Economic Crimes and Anti-Corruption Division (ECAC) of the
Attorney General's Office. The prosecutors were joined by
analysts from the PSO, GI, and FFU.
3. (SBU) The week-long course focused on conducting
investigations of moderate-to-complex financial crimes, such
as commercial fraud, corruption, and money laundering. Topics
included case planning and management; financial profiling
and indirect methods of proving income; collecting, analyzing
and presenting financial evidence; interviewing; report
writing; evaluating sources of information; and asset
forfeiture.
4. (SBU) Several local experts augmented lectures and
practical exercises led by the three OTA advisors. From the
PMA, FFU Director Riyad Aweidah provided an overview of the
function and operation of the PMA's Financial Intelligence
Unit, and FFU Analyst Firas Murar described various sources
of financial information that can be obtained by
investigators. Chief Prosecutor Salim Jarrar gave an
overview of the PA's AML law and evidentiary standards.
Transparency Palestine Director Azmi al-Shoabe covered local
anti-corruption efforts, and Cairo Amman Bank Assistant
Regional Manager Izzidin Abu Salameh presented on banking
"back-room" operations and internal procedures used to
identify suspicious transactions.
5. (SBU) Due to high demand from participating agencies, and
in order to give the prosecutors' counterparts in the ECAC
division of the PA civil police an opportunity to
participate, OTA plans to offer a second FIT course in the
fall.
WALLES