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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00THEHAGUE1659 |
DUTCH PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MINISTERIAL [...] THE DUTCH WILL ATTEND THE MINISTERIAL. THE NETHERLANDS WILL BE REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL AFFAIRS AND DRUG POLICY DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, STEVEN VAN HOOGSTRATEN. HE WILL BE ASSISTED BY OFFICIALS FROM BOTH THE DUTCH ANTILLES AND ARUBA, ALTHOUGH [...] |
2000-06-05 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM XL FR NL UK |
| 00THEHAGUE1677 |
DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH [...] PURSUANT TO REF C, THE FOLLOWING IS A SHORT SUMMARY OF RECENT DUTCH COUNTERNARCOTICS INITIATIVES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN SINCE LAST POST SUBMISSION IN DECEMBER 1999. 2. PERU: THE NETHERLANDS HAS PROVIDED PERU WITH APPROXIMATELY 10,000,000 (TEN MILLION) DOLLARS IN DEBT RELIE [...] |
2000-06-06 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR NL |
| 00THEHAGUE1796 |
ANTI-TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP IN KIEV [...] WE WERE INFORMED BY THE DUTCH FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY TODAY THAT MR. H.F. VAN DRUNEN OF THE DUTCH EMBASSY IN UKRAINE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ANTI- TRAFFICKING WORKSHOP ON JUNE 21-23. THE MFA NOTED THAT NO OTHER DUTCH OFFICIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATE PERSONS WILL BE A [...] |
2000-06-16 13:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM ELAB PHUM KWMN NL CGEN OSCE |
| 00THEHAGUE1867 |
DUTCH RESPOND TO UK ALIEN SMUGGLING TRAGEDY [...] THE GON REACTED WITH BOTH WORDS AND ACTIONS TO THE JUNE 19 DISCOVERY IN THE UK OF 58 VICTIMS OF ALIEN SMUGGLING. 2. BECAUSE THE TRUCK IN WHICH THE VICTIMS WERE DISCOVERED IS OF DUTCH REGISTRATION AND THE DRIVER IS DUTCH, THE GON BECAME IMMEDIATELY INVOLVED. IT HAS SINCE ARRESTED BOTH THE [...] |
2000-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SMIG CVIS PINR ASEC CH NL EUN KPRD |
| 00THEHAGUE1957 |
DUTCH PARLIAMENT FOR LEGALIZED SOFT DRUG [...] ON JUNE 27, A MAJORITY OF THE SECOND CHAMBER OF THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT ADOPTED A LABOR PARTY (PVDA) RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GON TO LEGALIZE THE SUPPLY OF DUTCH-GROWN CANNABIS ("NEDERWIET") TO COFFEESHOPS. DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTER KORTHALS REJECTED THE PROPOSAL. HE WANTS TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WIT [...] |
2000-06-28 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NL |
| 01ABUJA1041 |
President Obasanjo on Renditions [...] (S/NF) During a breakfast meeting to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington, Ambassador Jeter delivered reftel points. President Obasanjo made an exaggerated look of being taken aback and said, "Ssh! Don't even mention renditions!" The President quickly became serious, however, sa [...] |
2001-05-09 05:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA1069 |
EAC FINDS NIGERIAN POLICE PRESENCE ESSENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: Charge chaired a May 11 meeting of the Abuja EAC in response to ref A implication that Nigerian Police could not be paid by purchase request after May 31, absent a formally-concluded MOA. EAC members unanimously agreed that termination of police coverage would be most unwise, as [...] |
2001-05-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AEMR AMGT KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA1350 |
RISING CRIME IN LAGOS: AMBASSADOR MEETINGS [...] Summary: On Friday, June 8, Ambassador Jeter, RSO Gibson and RSO Bishop met with the Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force (IGP) and the Acting National Security Advisor who is also the Director General of the Nigeria State Security Service to discuss the increase in violent crime in L [...] |
2001-06-14 11:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM AMGT NI |
| 01ABUJA1533 |
NIGERIA: A CLOSE LOOK AT THE GON'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) Assistant U.S. Attorney Susan DeWitt visited Abuja June 11 - 29 as part of an INL-funded U.S. Department of Justice Overseas Prosecution Development and Training (OPDAT) program to work with Nigeria,s fledgling Anti-Corruption Commission and design possible training assistance to this im [...] |
2001-07-02 05:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA1547 |
NIGERIA: AFTERNOON TEA WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) After a several-week hiatus, Ambassador Jeter met with President Obasanjo for a relaxed, Saturday afternoon tea at the President's residence on June 30. A very positive and wide-ranging discussion ensued which included security assistance (Operation Focus Relief and MPRI), law enforcement [...] |
2001-07-05 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD BEXP KCRM MASS NI |
| 01ABUJA1587 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NSA ON REGIONAL AND [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met July 2 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed. Regional issues dominated discussions. The NSA noted GON support for "internal dialogue" outside Liberia. He indicated the GON would host an Abuja-based John Garang/Sadiq Al-Mahdi meeting on Sudan, and vo [...] |
2001-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KCRM SNAR ETRD NI |
| 01ABUJA1951 |
NIGERIA: POLICE-COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS A SUCCESS [...] A series of eight workshops -- one for each of Lagos State's police area commands -- brought representatives of the various polcie units responsible for law and order in Lagos together with community organizations and NGOs to examine ways of managing conflict better and enhancing police-commun [...] |
2001-08-07 05:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA2074 |
THE BLOOM IS OFF THE ROSE: NIGERIA'S DRUG [...] No summary [...] |
2001-08-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM NI PGOV SNAR |
| 01ABUJA2115 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DICUSSES THE WCAR, [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on the WCAR, trafficking in persons, and HIV/AIDS. ==== WCAR ==== 2. (C) Mohammed stated that h [...] |
2001-08-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN NI WCAR |
| 01ABUJA2118 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on Nigeria's counter-narcotics performance and U [...] |
2001-08-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM CJAN EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2152 |
NIGERIA: LAFIAJI ON NDLEA EFFORTS [...] (C) NDLEA Chairman Alhaji Bello Lafiaji called on Ambassador Jeter on August 27. The Ambassador informed Lafiaji that he had shared the non-paper on certification benchmarks with National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed and President Obasanjo. The President had informed the Ambassador that 2 [...] |
2001-08-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2187 |
REPATRIATION OF DETAINED ALIENS TO NIGERIA [...] Mission shares the concern of Washington agencies that criminal aliens be repatriated without undue delay to their country of nationality. We want to work jointly with all concerned agencies to facilitate and speed repatriation of Nigerian criminal aliens. 2. We would welcome the oppor [...] |
2001-09-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL CVIS CJAN SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2224 |
PLANNING A USG-GON EXTRADITION EXCHANGE [...] Several discussions with Nigeria's Attorney General and his staff over the past three months have produced agreement on the terms of an extradition exchange or consultations to be funded by INL and implemented by DOJ's Office of Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) program. 2. T [...] |
2001-09-06 08:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA2542 |
MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2560 |
TFUS01: NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Foreign Minister, Sule Lamido, Kaduna Governor Makarfi, Adobe Obe, Foreign Affairs advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris also attended. This message covers their conversation [...] |
2001-10-11 09:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2606 |
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING ASSISTANCE TO NIGERIA [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2665 |
NIGERIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-18 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR CJAN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA2793 |
NEW FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION TO TAKE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2001-11-01 11:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA3222 |
NIGERIA: REGIONAL TIP CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Abuja hosted a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Conference which brought together representatives from nine USG missions in West and Central Africa and four funding agencies/bureaus in Washington to forge an anti- trafficking strategy for the region and coordinate future programs [...] |
2001-12-14 17:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN NI XX ECOWAS |
| 01ABUJA3223 |
WAR ON TERRORISM: NIGERIA'S EFFORTS TO UPGRADE LAWS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-12-14 18:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM KTIA PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA1140 |
NIGERIA PARTICIPATION AT VATICAN TIP CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Abuja appreciates the inclusion of Nigerian representation at the May 15-16 conference on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), co-sponsored by the Vatican Secretariat and Embassy Vatican. President Obasanjo's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor, Mr. Mike Mku, would be the [...] |
2002-04-11 08:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM NI VT |
| 02ABUJA1327 |
NIGERIA: A LOOK AT THE EDO STATE TIP PROBLEM [...] No summary [...] |
2002-04-29 16:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN NI IT |
| 02ABUJA1405 |
MEETING WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-06 18:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA1465 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL TIP SUMMIT [...] In a May 7 meeting, Mike Mku, the President's Special Assistant on Human Trafficking and Child Labor confirmed August 1-4 as the dates for the Government of Nigeria's "International Summit" on Trafficking in Persons. Mku gave RNLEO a copy of President Obasanjo's April 5 letter inviting Presid [...] |
2002-05-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM NI |
| 02ABUJA1467 |
INSPECTOR GENERAL APPROVES POLICE REFORM PROJECT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA156 |
NIGERIA: POLICE STRUGGLE TO SOLVE IGE MURDER [...] No summary [...] |
2002-01-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA1592 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT EXPEDITES EXTRADITION CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA1737 |
NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL EXTRADTION OF GABRIEL UMOH [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA1809 |
WEST AFRICAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS STRATEGY [...] This final draft regional strategy to address Trafficking in Persons in West Africa is presented to Department's African Affairs Bureau for endorsement. This strategy was reflects a consensus among nine embassies and several Washington agencies and bureaus (DRL, G/TIP, USAID/WID) represented a [...] |
2002-06-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN NI TO GH BF IV XX GN |
| 02ABUJA1865 |
MFA LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON TIP CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-21 16:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA NI |
| 02ABUJA1913 |
NIGERIAN READOUT TO G-7 AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: The GON feels Africa needs more carrots and fewer sticks to advance development, NPC Commissioner Isaac Aluko Olokun told G-7 Heads of Mission in late May. He urged greater understanding for Nigeria's institutional flaws and argued that NePAD should be a process, not an instituti [...] |
2002-06-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KCRM PINS NI |
| 02ABUJA2276 |
NIGERIA: NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-08-01 17:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2437 |
ENGAGING ECOWAS ON REGIONAL TIP ACTIVITIES [...] In recent meetings with officials ofthe ECOWAS Secretariat's Legal Affairs Department, RNLEO presented the SIPDIS framework of a G/TIP-funded project to strengthen the Secretariat's capacity to implement the new ECOWAS Plan of SIPDIS Action Against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). This proj [...] |
2002-08-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA2557 |
NIGERIA: GON RESPONSE TO FATF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-08-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EFIN PGOV SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA2564 |
NIGERIA: PAN-SAHEL INITIATIVE (PSI) PLAN OF ACTION [...] (S/NF) Embassy strongly believes that inviting Nigeria to participate in the Pan-Sahel Initiative (PSI) conference is vital to the success of the PSI. By reason of Nigeria's political and economic importance, size, demographics and the region's porous borders and well-worn overland routes, N [...] |
2002-09-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KWMN PREL KCRM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KPAO |
| 02ABUJA2598 |
NIGERIA: UPDATE ON FATF MONEY LAUNDERING REVIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-06 17:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN SNAR PGOV PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA2786 |
NIGERIA: EMBASSY VIEWS ON LOOMING FATF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA2830 |
NIGERIA: FIREARMS INTERDICTION TRAINING A HIT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MARR PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2834 |
SHARIA AND ISLAMIC EXTREMISM IN KATSINA [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-11 16:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PTER PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA2871 |
NIGERIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | KCRM PGOV KJUS NI |
| 02ABUJA2875 |
NIGERIA: REACTION TO FATF THREAT OF SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PREL PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA3138 |
FATF UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES ON LEGISLATION [...] Ambassador Jeter and RNLEO called on Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Chidubom Nwuche (PDP-Rivers State) November 15 to underscore the need for money laundering legislation prior to a December 15 deadline imposed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) at its October 9-11 meeti [...] |
2002-11-15 16:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA3185 |
NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA3311 |
NIGERIA: FATF UPDATE -- NEW HOPE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA3314 |
NIGERIA: LAWS ENACTED BEFORE FATF DEADLINE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA3353 |
NIGERIA/POLICE REFORM: FIRST QUARTER REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA358 |
NIGERIA: ITALY PROVIDES ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) On January 10, the Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Giovanni Germano, presided over a ceremony to mark the formal delivery of USD 2.5 million worth of equipment to the Nigerian Police Force and Immigration Service for the fight against Trafficking in Persons. In the last year, Italy, the la [...] |
2002-02-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EAID PHUM PGOV IT NI |
| 02ABUJA496 |
PROFILE OF A NIGERIAN SEX TRAFFICKING RING [...] No summary [...] |
2002-02-14 10:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF NI GN |
| 02ABUJA596 |
NIGERIA: FY2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PLAN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-02-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PGOV NI |
| 02ABUJA696 |
VATICAN ANTI-TIP CONFERENCE: NIGERIAN ROLE? [...] Post read reftel with interest and applauds Embassy Vatican's initiative in organizing an international conference on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in collaboration with the Vatican Secretariat, G/TIP and PD/IIP. 2. We would like to suggest that the issue of Nigerian trafficking be include [...] |
2002-03-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN KPAO VT IT NI |
| 02ABUJA708 |
NIGERIA: SACKING OF POLICE CHIEF BELIEVED IMMINENT [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-05 17:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC NI |
| 02ABUJA729 |
NIGERIA: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL SWORN IN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA787 |
NIGERIA: WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW #2 [...] (U) This is the second edition of what will be a weekly roundup of significant developments in Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- -- BENUE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FINALLY ESTABLISHED --------------------------------------------- -- Â [...] |
2002-03-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN ECPS KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA820 |
NIGERIA: ITALY DEPORTS 152 TIP VICTIMS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-13 09:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM IT NI |
| 02ABUJA823 |
NIGERIA: CLEANING HOUSE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) Summary: The March 6 sacking of Police Inspector General Musiliu Smith and his seven Deputies (DIGs) sent a clear message of reform from the Presidency. Through his newly minted Police Service Commission, the President is also challenging the police old guard by reaching below the seven [...] |
2002-03-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV PINS NI |
| 02ABUJA830 |
NIGERIA: INITIAL TAKE ON NEW POLICE CHIEF [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV ASEC SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA857 |
NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is Post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. PARA 23 -- OVERVIEW ------------------- A AND B. IS THE COUNTRY A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, TRANSIT OR DESTINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKED MEN, WOM [...] |
2002-03-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM NI |
| 02AMMAN2228 |
RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON COUNTERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (U) In response to Ref A, Post has queried and received a positive response from the FonMin's office on the GOJ's interest in attending counterterrorism legislation seminars in Washington. The GOJ is one of our strongest partners in the war on terrorism and we believe the opportunity to furth [...] |
2002-05-07 10:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM KTIA PREL PTER JO |
| 02AMMAN5653 |
FTOS: QUARTERLY REVIEW [...] (C) Per reftel, a number of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)--mostly Palestinian rejectionist groups--maintain a clandestine presence in Jordan. Those that qualify under the FTO status are HAMAS, PFLP, PFLP-GC, PIJ, Abu Nidal, and Hizballah. Although DFLP no longer qualifies as an FTO, [...] |
2002-10-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KCRM JO |
| 02ANKARA8696 |
GOT MOVES ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Deputy DirGen for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu told us 11/26 the GOT has established an inter-agency task force to address trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Turkey. The group's first priority is to establish and adopt the GOT's National Action Plan on TIP. The plan, currently i [...] |
2002-11-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KWMN KCRM PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 02COLOMBO1758 |
Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sri Lanka update [...] (C) Per Reftel Action Request, Mission has carefully reviewed the Sri Lanka section of the 2001 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. Mission provides the following update for Department's review: -- The Sri Lankan government continues to support the global campaign against terrorism. -- [...] |
2002-09-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC KCRM PINS CE LTTE |
| 02COLOMBO1890 |
OBSERVATIONS FROM SRI LANKA/MALDIVES DELEGATES [...] (U) From September 8 to September 13, AmEmbassy Colombo Assistant Regional Security Officer, Philippe Furstenberg, accompanied delegations from Sri Lanka and Maldives to Washington, D.C. for an ATA counter-terrorism legislation seminar. Per reftel request the following observations were provi [...] |
2002-10-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM PGOV PTER COSI |
| 02HARARE1137 |
ASIAN/INDIAN COMMUNITY HAS A MUTED REACTION TO [...] (SBU) On April 24 the government press carried a statement by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran's Association Director for Projects, Andrew Ndlovu, that attacked resident Indians and Asians, accusing them of economic sabotage, looting, and non-support of the Government's indigenization [...] |
2002-05-10 11:39:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV ZI |
| 02HARARE1376 |
USG ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Corruption at the official level in Zimbabwe has increased markedly in the last several years as the Government has systematically undermined the rule of law to browbeat political opponents and the ruling party has expanded its already considerable system of patronage. Corruption, once [...] |
2002-06-06 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KSEP SOCI ZI |
| 02KATHMANDU1284 |
Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nepal [...] (U) Ref A requested a brief summary of recent and notable anti-corruption efforts in Nepal by the government, civil society and the private sector. 2. (SBU) Corruption is a serious and pervasive problem in Nepal, and is being recognized increasingly by both donors and government leaders as [...] |
2002-07-01 11:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU1618 |
Seventeen Nepalese Bureaucrats Arrested in Anti- [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Seventeen Nepalese public officials have been arrested after the government body charged with investigating corruption raided the homes of 22 revenue officers on August 17. The houses of two joint secretaries were among [...] |
2002-08-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU2060 |
NEPAL CORRUPTION AUTHORITY TAKES ON EX-MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Despite the recent change in government, the Commission for Investigation into the Abuse of Authority (CIAA), the autonomous constitutional body charged with prosecuting corruption, is continuing to pursue a number of high-profile cases against several former ministers and prominent civ [...] |
2002-10-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU2168 |
U.S. GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY FOR [...] Post hereby submits its anti-trafficking strategy as requested reftel. This document provides information on both ongoing and proposed programs and some results to date. 2. Background of Situation Nepal is a source country for trafficking of children and women mainly to India. Inter [...] |
2002-11-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KSEP ASEC KPAO SNAR NP |
| 02KATHMANDU354 |
NEPAL DEPORTS PAKISTAN EMBASSY STAFF CAUGHT WITH [...] No summary [...] |
2002-02-13 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR KCRM ASEC NP |
| 02KATHMANDU537 |
NEPAL: SECOND ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post's submission for the second annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. The report addresses all of reftel's questions, but in prose form. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer G.A. Donovan (telephone: 977- 1-411-179; fax 977-1-410-723). [...] |
2002-03-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD NP KWNM |
| 02KATHMANDU800 |
Parliament Adjourns With Passage of Anti- [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament adjourned April 17 after passing four anti-corruption bills. Legislators will return in May for a budget session and to consider further extending the state of emergency in effect since November 2001. The four new anti-corruption measures provide for punishments f [...] |
2002-04-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR NP GON |
| 02KATHMANDU921 |
Tibetan Refugees Hard Hit by Maoist Insurgency [...] (SBU) Summary. Nepal's Tibetan refugee community has been seriously affected by the violent Maoist insurgency, most directly by a recent string of bombings at Tibetan- owned carpet businesses and threats to Tibetan-run tourist facilities. Tibetans have made a significant contribution to Nepa [...] |
2002-05-10 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PGOV KCRM PHUM SMIG NP |
| 02RANGOON1355 |
BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) Summary: Burma has responded well to the criteria outlined in our certification demarche. It has continued to enforce its counternarcotics laws, increased pressure on cease-fire groups such as the United Wa State Army, and sharply reduced the production of opium and heroin within its terr [...] |
2002-10-18 10:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1415 |
BURMA COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: RESULTS, RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: The GOB has provided a response to our request for additional information on Burma's performance in regard to the criteria set by the U.S. government for certification of its counternarcotics efforts in 2002. Included in the package are: -- statistics on all seizures of narcotic [...] |
2002-11-04 07:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1473 |
BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PROGRAM: MORE DATA, MORE [...] In response to our request (ref D), the Government of Burma has provided a third package of information on its counternarcotics program. The latest package includes an outline of measures that the GOB has taken to implement its new money laundering law, a list of members of the United Wa Stat [...] |
2002-11-15 03:18:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1609 |
2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2002-12-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02RANGOON1644 |
A WA SELF-PORTRAIT [...] Summary: A paper prepared by the Wa for international visitors to their territories portrays their region as a relatively poor, but developing part of Myanmar that is struggling to rid itself of opium. The Wa describe their Special Region as an indivisible part of Burma, though they also und [...] |
2002-12-24 03:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA1927 |
ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN [...] This cable responds to the action requested in Reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Over the course of the last three years, there has been considerable activity in the battle against corruption in Honduras, in which the government of Honduras (GOH), civil society and the private sector have been involv [...] |
2002-07-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM KSEP PGOV EAID HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2760 |
FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS - POST HAS NONE TO [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel Post reviewed the legal criteria for designation and determined that Post does not have any additional foreign terrorist organizations (FTO) to recommend for inclusion in the list of FTOs. 2. (C) Post notes that both the FARC and to a lesser extent the AUC have be [...] |
2002-10-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC SNAR KCRM KVPR HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3012 |
AMBITIOUS NEW GUN CONTROLS IN EFFECT--BUT WILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 12, a new Honduran gun control law went into effect, requiring registration of all pistols, revolvers, rifles and shotguns with the National Criminal Investigation Division (DGIC) of the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS). The new law requires registration by both ind [...] |
2002-10-31 20:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV KCRM HO ASEC |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3017 |
PEELING A ROTTEN ONION-SUPREME COURT OUSTS ENTIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, 2002, in an unprecedented move the Supreme Court suspended all three magistrates of the Court of Appeals. Magistrate Mario Alberto Guzman Zuniga (Guzman) was suspended pending the investigation of allegations that he took a bribe. Guzman supposedly accepted money [...] |
2002-11-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM KCRM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3318 |
HONDURAN ACTION ON SEVEN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para. 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: PolOff met December 6 with Honduran MFA Director General for Treaties Ivonne Bonilla to demarche Bonilla on the 1988 maritime counterterrorism (CT) convention and protocol and to get a status report on the GOH's slow acti [...] |
2002-12-09 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3322 |
HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES STOLEN VEHICLE TREATY [...] Upon receipt of reftel that informed Post that the Senate on November 14 had given advice and consent to ratification of the Treaty With Honduras for Return of Stolen, Robbed, and Embezzled Vehicles and Aircraft, EmbOffs began checking into the status of Honduran congressional action on the tre [...] |
2002-12-10 15:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS KTIA KCRM ETRD HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3428 |
PROPOSED MUNITIONS EXPORT APPLICATIONS #865798 AND [...] SUMMARY: Omni Engineering Company, Inc. has applied for two (2) licenses to import arms and ammunition to Honduras. Application #865798 is a proposed sale of revolvers, pistols and rifles to La Armeria (the Honduran distributor/end user) valued at $312,500. Application #865799 is a proposed [...] |
2002-12-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC KCRM US HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3429 |
HERO OF THE WEEK -- INL PROGRAM SIGNLED OUT BY [...] Tegucigalpa's local El Heraldo newspaper singled out the December 18 signing of the INL face sheet amendment as a "hero" of the week. The paper praised the U.S. as Wednesday's hero because the INL program donated 12.7 million lempiras (750K USD) to support the fight against drug trafficking [...] |
2002-12-23 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KCRM KJUS PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3434 |
CRIME IN HONDURAS VICTIMIZES POLICE AS WELL AS [...] Napoleon Nazar Herrera, head of the Honduran General Administration for Criminal Investigation (DGIC - investigative police under the Public Ministry), recently told reporters that gang members have killed at least 10 police officers this year. An increasingly typical killing occurred Novembe [...] |
2002-12-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3435 |
ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) PROJECT [...] Post welcomes the opportunity to submit anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) project proposals. After discussing reftel among the Political, Public Affairs, and Consular Sections, as well as INS and USAID, Post proposes two Honduras-specific program recommendations. Embassy is also collaborating [...] |
2002-12-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG PREL ELAB EAID KPAO KWMN HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3463 |
ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post has established a Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) in order to focus on and support "homeland security abroad" in Honduras. Post will incorporate its HSWG responsibilities into the existing work of its Counternarcotics/Law Enforcement Committee (CNLE). EN [...] |
2002-12-27 21:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER KCRM SNAR HO |
| 03ABUDHABI1414 |
UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...] |
2003-03-24 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 03ABUDHABI2081 |
UAEG WILL ATTEND GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING [...] (U) Classified by Econchief Tom Williams, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Post confirmed 4/30 that the UAE Ministry of Justice will participate in the "Global Forum On Fighting Corruption" to be held 5/29-31 in Seoul, Korea. The Ministry of Justice has not yet selected its represent [...] |
2003-04-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2335 |
UAE CAMEL RACING SEASON WRAP-UP: MUCH PROGRESS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A round of meetings with UAE officials confirmed earlier reports (see Refs A and B), that the UAEG has not yet succeeded 100 percent in implementing and enforcing the chi [...] |
2003-05-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2369 |
UAEG DOWNGRADES REPRESENTATION TO THE THIRD [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Despite earlier indications to the contrary (ref A), the UAE Justice Ministry notified Post 5/14 that the Minister and his staff would not/not attend the Third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption. [...] |
2003-05-17 12:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2454 |
UAEG CONFIRMS ITS DELEGATION TO THE THIRD GLOBAL [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed via diplomatic note May 25 that the following will represent the UAE at the Third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption: -- Ministry of Foreign Affair [...] |
2003-05-25 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2603 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES MLAT AND TIP WITH [...] MLAT: The Ambassador, accompanied by Polchief and POL FSN, met 5/31 with UAE Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Muhammad Nakhira Al- Dhaheri. The Ambassador engaged Al-Dhaheri on the draft Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty, noting that, following the exchange of proposed changes, th [...] |
2003-06-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KTIA PGOV TC |
| 03ABUDHABI2943 |
ELATED BY TIER 1 RANKING, UAEG PROMISES TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On 11 June, the Ambassador congratulated MFA Minstate Hamdan bin Zayid Al-Nahyan on the UAE's Tier 1 ranking in the 2003 TIP Report, noting that the UAE is the only country to jump tw [...] |
2003-06-18 11:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC |
| 03ABUDHABI3249 |
UAE READY FOR MLAT VIDEO CONFERENCE JULY 15 [...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an Action request. Please see para 5. 3. (C) The Ambassador Met with UAE Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Awqaf Mohamed Nakhera Al-Daheri on July 13, 2003. The Minister said that of th [...] |
2003-07-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL ASEC ETTC KCRM PGOV KTIA |
| 03ABUDHABI496 |
G/TIP VISIT A SUCCESS: UAEG STRESSES COMMITMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for Reasons 1.5(B) and (D). 2. (U) This message contains an action recommendation: See paragraph 9. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Sally Neumann and NEA/RA Barbara Keary visited the UAE (both Abu Dhabi and Dubai) from 22-26 January to engage wi [...] |
2003-01-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TC |
| 03ABUJA1012 |
NIGERIA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting to deliver the non-paper on narcotics and law enforcement certification to the Minister of Justice Kanu Agabi (Reftel), Ambassador Jeter took the opportunity to discuss the April elections with the Minister. The blunt, straight-talking Agabi decried the man [...] |
2003-06-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCRM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1372 |
ADVANCING THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES IN NIGERIA: USE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET KCRM PHUM SNAR NI |
| 03ABUJA158 |
NIGERIA: MONEY LAUNDERING SECTION OF 2002 INCSR [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM EFIN NI |
| 03ABUJA159 |
NIGERIA: 2002 INCSR SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NI |
| 03ABUJA1916 |
NEW RESOLVE TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A sudden surge in Nigerian law enforcement efforts against child trafficking has drawn greater attention to the magnitude of this problem in the region while also reflecting improved political will to crack down on trafficking crimes in general. End Summary. Rescue, Repat [...] |
2003-11-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN NI |
| 03ABUJA2170 |
NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NI |
| 03ABUJA2193 |
NIGERIA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-22 10:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM EFIN NI |
| 03ABUJA328 |
NIGERIA: ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE ON NIGERIA'S [...] Ambassador and Regional Narcotics and Law Enforcement Officer (RNLEO) met with Attorney General Kanu Agabi on 31 January 2003. In addition to formally introducing the new RNLEO to the Attorney General, the Ambassador delivered a letter on Article 98 Agreements. The AG said he would pass it [...] |
2003-02-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS SNAR KCRM PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA495 |
NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP MARCH 13 [...] This periodic economic report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --GON Bans Import of Toothpicks, Water, Biscuits, Spaghetti, and Noodles --Obasanjo Sacks Author of Controversial Audit Report --Central Bank Warns of Excess Liquidity --Nigerian Customs Posts Banner Year --GON to Sell Steel Rollin [...] |
2003-03-13 15:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM EINV BEXP EFIN ETRD KPRV ECON NI |
| 03ABUJA515 |
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] The following is post's submission for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs below are keyed to questions in reftel. Note: Post tried to confine material to respective sections, but several examples have overlapping relevance to the general overview, prevention, prosecu [...] |
2003-03-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
| 03ABUJA526 |
MEETING WITH ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN [...] (U) On March 6, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offenses Commission, (ICPC) paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Jeter. Akanbi thanked the Embassy for supporting the ICPC and briefed us on the Senate proceedings underway to amend the law [...] |
2003-03-19 13:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV EAID NI MMAR |
| 03ABUJA720 |
NIGERIA: POLICY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. The April 19 election will test the tensile strength of Nigerian democracy and its supporting institutions. While many will play important roles in this national drama, the primary antagonists are President Obasanjo and Muhammed Buhari. Not only is this election a litmus test of [...] |
2003-04-18 14:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM EFIN ECON PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA856 |
NIGERIA: INL NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION [...] (C) Ambassador and RNLEO delivered the non-paper on narcotics and law enforcement certification to the Minister of Justice Kanu Agabi on May 5. The Ambassador methodically addressed each area of cooperation and the benchmarks that will guide next year's certification determination. In the area [...] |
2003-05-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC NI |
| 03ABUJA873 |
NIGERIA: RIOT CONTROL EQUIPMENT PRESENTATION [...] During an April 8 turnover ceremony, Ambassador Jeter presented the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, with riot control and other equipment valued at more than $300,000. The donation, part of the ICITAP Civil Disorder Police Reform Training Program, included helmets, shields, b [...] |
2003-05-12 18:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA936 |
RNLEO MEETING WITH ICPC CHAIRMAN [...] RNLEO met with the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi, on May 20 to discuss the status of the ICPC in light of the recent actions by the National Assembly. 2. Justice Akanbi told RNLEO that he has been workin [...] |
2003-05-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV EAID NI MMAR |
| 03ACCRA437 |
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is AmEmb Accra's response to the tasker requesting information for the second annual Trafficking in Persons Report. In summary, Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG and local NGOs have so far combined efforts to focus o [...] |
2003-03-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH |
| 03AMMAN1357 |
ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN [...] Per reftel, Post's information for the 2002 anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras below. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. Until 6/1/2003, embassy poc on trafficking issues is PolOff Gregory D. LoGerfo. Subsequent to 6/1/2003 poc will be PolOff James Fellows. [...] |
2003-03-06 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO |
| 03AMMAN150 |
MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: JORDANIANS THINK THE [...] (S) Post shares Embassy The Hague's frustration with the current state of play of the Mullah Krekar extradition case. To have Krekar walk free would be an outcome that would serve no one's interests and would send the wrong signal to all those working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism [...] |
2003-01-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PTER KCRM PREL JO NL |
| 03AMMAN192 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ABU ABBAS [...] (S) The Ambassador made the points in reftel to Foreign Minister Muasher on the morning of January 9. Muasher said he understood the importance of the issue and would talk immediately to the Prime Minister and to GID Director Sa'ad Kheir. 2. (S/NF) Simultaneously, we raised the issue th [...] |
2003-01-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IT JO IQ |
| 03AMMAN2294 |
TFIZ01: WHY JORDANIANS OPPOSE A ROLE FOR AHMED [...] (S) Both the official and popular reaction in Jordan to the return to Iraq of Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmed Chalabi has been sharply negative. Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador that a Chalabi role in Iraq would cause "serious problems" for Jordan. Press and popular [...] |
2003-04-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL KCRM PGOV IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN252 |
MULLAH KREKAR: JORDAN UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MEET [...] (S) Charge and PolCouns delivered ref a points January 13 to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. Charge encouraged the GOJ to provide to the Dutch as much as possible of the additional evidentiary and legal information they have r [...] |
2003-01-13 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER SNAR KCRM NO NL JO |
| 03AMMAN2889 |
YOUR MAY 31 - JUNE 1 VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) Director Mueller: It was a pleasure speaking with you last week regarding your upcoming visit to the region. As you will recall, at that time I was not certain whether King Abdullah or GID Director Sa'ad Kheir would be in Jordan at the end of the month or traveling abroad. I am happy to [...] |
2003-05-18 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM JO |
| 03AMMAN4240 |
FORMER GID HEAD CONVICTED IN BANK SCANDAL CASE [...] (C) Former General Intelligence Directorate (GID) head Samih Battikhi was sentenced to 8 years in prison on July 10 after being convicted of fraud and forgery charges, which stem from a bank fraud scandal associated with Jordanian businessman Majd Shamayleh (see reftels). One Embassy source s [...] |
2003-07-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM JO |
| 03AMMAN5540 |
JORDAN'S NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ON PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting with Emboffs and visiting Congressional staff, Public Security Directorate (PSD) Director General Tahseen Shurdom cited training and equipment as his fiscal priorities. He reiterated his government,s willingness to train Iraqi police officers and showed [...] |
2003-09-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN841 |
PROPOSED JORDANIAN REPRESENTATIVES OCC REGULATORY [...] (U) As per reftel, post is conveying the Central Bank of Jordan nominations for representatives for the OCC Regulatory and Examination Assistance Course. They are: Arafat H. al-Fayoumi, Senior Financial Analyst, Ibrahim Q. al-Naser, Inspector, and Esam I. Qaqish, Inspector. E-mail address i [...] |
2003-02-06 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC SNAR KCOG KCRM JO |
| 03ANKARA1396 |
TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...] |
2003-03-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA2574 |
TURKEY: REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIP INFORMATION [...] (C) Per reftels, additional trafficking-in-persons (TIP) information for Turkey is provided below. 2. (C) Below are the answers to ref (A), follow up questions from GOT report: -- Para 4. According to MFA Second Secretary Belgin Ergunes, the programs and activities referred to in thi [...] |
2003-04-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA310 |
TURKISH RESPONSE TO A/S WAYNE LETTER ON OECD; [...] (U) Embassy received an electronic copy of the Turkish response to A/S Anthony Wayne's letter on OECD reform and the Anti-Bribery Convention (reftel). The letter dated January 13 is to be sent by Ambassador Alev Kilic, Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs. In addition to presenting Turk [...] |
2003-01-14 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KCRM TU OECD |
| 03ANKARA419 |
EMBASSY REQUESTS MEETING FOR GOT CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (C) Action Request. That G/TIP director John Miller meet GOT trafficking-in-persons (TIP) inter-agency task force leader Fatma Firat Topcuoglu, MFA DDG for Consular Affairs, on the margins of Feb 2003 G/TIP-sponsored conference "Pathb [...] |
2003-01-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA4948 |
MEETING WITH MFA ON BASAYEV PRENOTIFICATION AND [...] (U) CLASSSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B), (D). 2. (SBU) ON AUGUST 5, EMBOFFS MET WITH MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR RESEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE HAKAN OKCAL TO EXECUTE REFTEL INSTRUCTIONS. 3. (S) EMBOFFS DELIVERED REF A TALKING POINTS EMPHASIZING THE CLO [...] |
2003-08-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC KCRM PTER SNAR TU |
| 03ANKARA6233 |
ISTANBUL POLICE ARREST TRAFFICKERS [...] (U) Hurriyet newspaper reported September 25 that Turkish show business manager Muzaffer Arslan coerced four Ukrainian ballerinas to work in a night club in Istanbul's Atasehir district in mid-June. Arslan took possession of their passports, forced them to perform at the Play Show night club [...] |
2003-10-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PREF TU |
| 03ANKARA678 |
GOT FOCUSES EFFORTS ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (U) Jan. 23 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu called us in to discuss GOT developments in the fight against trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Topcuoglu stressed local, regional, and national efforts to raise awareness of the issue, pr [...] |
2003-01-28 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
| 03ANKARA7005 |
TURKEY: SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN PROSECUTORS WORKING [...] (U) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing efforts to focus GOT officials on trafficking in persons (TIP), we discussed the talking points contained in reftels A, B and C, and particularly the agenda described in reftel B, with Head of Illegal Migration Hayati Soysal. A member of the GOT's Natio [...] |
2003-11-07 18:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KSEI KWMN PHUM SMIG TU ZL |
| 03ANKARA7289 |
IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, [...] Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at th [...] |
2003-11-21 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ |
| 03ANKARA7769 |
2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-19 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR TU |
| 03BRUSSELS2375 |
EUROPOL - U.S. COOPERATION [...] Summary. The mission of Europol (the European Police Office) has steadily expanded from its initial focus on fighting drugs to encompass all serious crimes, including terrorism, illicit migration, trafficking in persons, child pornography, money-laundering and counterfeiting of the Euro. W [...] |
2003-05-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AINF KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BRUSSELS3243 |
CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy), Eastern Europe (Germany), Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...] |
2003-06-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BRUSSELS4996 |
PARIS PACT ROUNDTABLE ON IRAN [...] Summary. The second roundtable convened by the "Paris Pact" for countries affected by the Afghanistan Opium Economy was held at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization in Brussels on October 15. This meeting was a considerable improvement over the first roundtable on the Balkans h [...] |
2003-10-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF KCRM SNAR IR RS XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BRUSSELS5015 |
STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before these agreements can be sent to Congress for ratification, protocols to existing bilateral extradition and MLATs must be negotiated. In the limited instances whe [...] |
2003-10-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO129 |
Amendment to April 17, 2001 LOA on Narcotic [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM CE |
| 03COLOMBO1405 |
Trafficking in Persons -- Sri Lanka: [...] Per notification in Reftel, Mission is pleased to have received approval for the two anti-trafficking projects and is looking forward to implementing them. In response to the request re Project A, Mission would ask the Department of Justice to conduct an initial training session for personnel [...] |
2003-08-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM SMIG CE |
| 03COLOMBO1613 |
INL: Amendment to LOA signed with Police [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-16 09:33:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM CE |
| 03COLOMBO1837 |
Interior Ministry officials request more [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 20 with Interior Minister Amaratunga and Interior Secretary Junaid. Amaratunga underscored his appreciation for U.S.- sponsored police training programs and requested further assistance. Junaid discussed the GSL's efforts to curb human trafficking. Turning bri [...] |
2003-10-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM CVIS SMIG CE |
| 03COLOMBO196 |
Sri Lanka: Proposal for anti-trafficking in [...] (U) Per Reftel, Mission is providing the attached program proposal to strengthen the capabilities of the Sri Lankan National Child Protection Agency (NCPA) in enforcing the government's laws regulating trafficking of children in regards to prostitution and labor. 2. (U) Attached is the proj [...] |
2003-02-03 11:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID SMIG ELAB KPAO CE |
| 03COLOMBO342 |
Sri Lanka/Maldives: 2003 annual Trafficking [...] (U) Mission point of contact on trafficking in persons issues until May 1 is poloff Carl-Heinz J. Wemhoener-Cuite, Andrea Tomaszewicz will replace him at that time, both can be reached at 94-1-448-007 x-2425 and fax 94-1-471-092. 2. (U) Mission's submission for the 2002 Trafficking in Pe [...] |
2003-02-28 05:45:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CE MV |
| 03COLOMBO659 |
Sri Lanka: FY-2005 INL project proposal -- [...] (U) Per Ref A, Mission's FY-2005 INL project proposal for Sri Lanka follows in Para two. The goal of the project is to establish a means by which Sri Lanka's police can identify the talents of their officers and most effectively make them operational. The paragraphs below are keyed to the in [...] |
2003-04-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV CE OEXC |
| 03GUATEMALA139 |
THIRD ANNUAL CORRUPTION REPORT - GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Guatemala made limited progress in 2002 in implementing its commitments under the Inter-American Convention Against Corruption. The primary obstacle to greater progress was the lack of effective leadership on the part of the Executive in fighting corruption, and the political polariz [...] |
2003-01-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1541 |
GUATEMALA LABOR AND TIP UPDATE #4 [...] The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Bilateral Labor Group Convoked for Early July (para 2) -- Union Leader Arrested in Social Security Scandal (3) -- Choi Shin/Cimatextiles in the GOG's Crosshairs (4) -- American Dat [...] |
2003-06-16 17:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN ETRD CVIS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1609 |
COUNTER-NARCOTICS MARITIME AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) Ambassador Hamilton and Foreign Minister Gutierrez signed the bilateral counter-narcotics maritime agreement (reftels) in a ceremony at the MFA on June 19. Signature of this landmark agreement has been an important element in our dialogue with the GOG on counter-narcotics certification. T [...] |
2003-06-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA SNAR PBTS KCRM PHSA EWWT EAIR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1728 |
INTERIOR MINISTER COMMENTS ON ASSAULT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 27 with Interior Minister Reyes Calderon to express concern over the June 24 criminal attack of the home of newspaper publisher Jose Ruben Zamora, and to urge a thorough investigation. Reyes Calderon said that the Public Ministry was investigating the c [...] |
2003-07-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1902 |
STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further progress since the June 30 Inter-Agency meeting in which the Ambassador participated. A quick run down on our benchmarks: cocaine seizures have increased four [...] |
2003-07-24 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2254 |
GUATEMALA LABOR UPDATE #5-2003 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector. Topics include: -- Minister of Labor's Priorities for Levine Bilateral in Brazil (para 2) -- Minister of Labor Wants Changes to USAID Labor Regional Project (PROALCA II) (4) -- Ambassador Again Ra [...] |
2003-09-02 21:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2288 |
VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...] |
2003-09-04 22:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2371 |
AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez on September 10 to discuss re-certification; Article 98; Belize; a draft law on the successor to the Presidential Guard (SAAS); the Commission to Investigate Parallel Groups (CICIACS); and trafficking in persons. Gutierrez [...] |
2003-09-12 00:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2587 |
GERARDI WITNESS MURDERED [...] Press reported the murder on October 5 of Erick Urizar, a defense witness in the murder case of Bishop Juan Gerardi. Urizar was shot while exiting his gun shop in the capital with his brother. He had provided an alibi for ex-Capitan Byron Lima Oliva, convicted to 30 years imprisonment (since [...] |
2003-10-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2753 |
GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #7-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- Political Parties Respect Labor Rights (para #2) -- Fired Maquila Workers Reinstated (3) -- GOG GSP Submission Incomplete (4) -- Changes Likel [...] |
2003-10-28 22:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA428 |
PRISON RIOT KILLS GERARDI MURDERER, SIX OTHERS [...] Summary. Sergeant Jose Obdulio Villanueva, serving a 30-year sentence for the murder of Bishop Gerardi, was decapitated along with three other inmates during a prison riot on February 12. The riot was an internal power struggle between two groups of inmates. The sixth prison uprising in the [...] |
2003-02-18 17:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA489 |
EMBASSY VIEWS ON REGIONAL ANTI-TIP HARMONIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy concurs that regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation, as outlined in RefTel, would further U.S. interests in Guatemala. Harmonized anti-TIP legislation is necessary to achieve greater regional cooperation to prevent and combat trafficking, an [...] |
2003-02-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG SNAR KCRM KWMN GT |
| 03GUATEMALA605 |
ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT--GUATEMALA [...] (U) The following are responses to questions in Ref A. Additional information on Embassy projects and strategies to combat trafficking can be found in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Country Overview: A. Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, wome [...] |
2003-03-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT |
| 03GUATEMALA91 |
G/TIP INVITEE CONFIRMED: ANA CARPIO ALFARO [...] Reftel invitation to the February 23-25 international conference entitled "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking" was delivered on January 13 to Ana Ignez Carpio Alfaro, International Correspondent for Telemundo based in Guatemala. Ms. Carpio accepted the invita [...] |
2003-01-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CVIS KWMN SMIG PHUM GT |
| 03HANOI1504 |
LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM [...] (U) SUMMARY. In what Vietnam's state-controlled media reported as the "largest single heroin seizure ever" in Vietnam, Quang Tri provincial counternarcotics police seized approximately 40 kilograms of heroin entering Vietnam in a truck near the Lao Bao border crossing. Five people are under [...] |
2003-06-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1549 |
NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2003 [...] (U) In response to ref a request, post is providing responses keyed to 2003 certification demarche points (ref b) as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Un [...] |
2003-06-20 06:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI1555 |
GVN Complains TIP Report Shorts Its Efforts [...] (U) Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung complained to DCM during a June 20 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that Vietnam's placement on Tier II and in particular the evaluation of Vietnam's law enforcement efforts against Trafficking in Persons do not "truly reflect re [...] |
2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
| 03HANOI1671 |
An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...] (U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in their province. Women's Union and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (DOLISA) officials portray a fairly serious problem while loc [...] |
2003-07-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP |
| 03HANOI1885 |
LARGEST DRUG BUST EVER IN VIETNAM (PART II) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Some of Vietnam's state-controlled media have reported that a second comprehensive search of the same truck seized on June 9 led to the recent discovery of another 33 kilograms of heroin, in addition to the 40 kilograms uncovered during the first inspection. A senior [...] |
2003-07-24 00:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS LA VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI2320 |
NEW COUNTERNARCOTICS SUCCESSES [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent drug trial in Hanoi concluded on August 29 with a variety of harsh punishments, including four death sentences. According to government prosecutors, this was an exceptionally serious case, involving many people, in a drug-trafficking ring between Lai Chau province an [...] |
2003-09-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HANOI2323 |
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...] |
2003-09-15 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP |
| 03HANOI3232 |
VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...] |
2003-12-15 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP |
| 03HANOI3288 |
VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...] |
2003-12-19 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC |
| 03HANOI3350 |
2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY -- REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-29 10:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CNARC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM |
| 03HANOI527 |
VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...] |
2003-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR |
| 03HANOI567 |
REVIEWING BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (U) Summary. DPM Dung expressed general satisfaction with US-Vietnam relations, especially regarding trade and investment ties, along with the desire to do more to push the relationship further. He complained about the recent flag cases, catfish, and the US desire for a textile agreement, [...] |
2003-03-11 01:34:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD MARR SNAR KCRM VM |
| 03HANOI827 |
LARGE DRUG CASE IN LAI CHAU PROVINCE RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam's state-controlled media gave prominent coverage to what was described as the "largest drug case ever" in the northwestern province of Lai Chau. The trial concluded on March 14, with the provincial people's court handing down six death sentences (two others had also bee [...] |
2003-04-03 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC |
| 03HARARE444 |
ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2002 - [...] (SBU) Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------------- -- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women an [...] |
2003-03-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC ZI TIP |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY499 |
NAM CAM TRIAL: A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR [...] Summary. One day after the conclusion of the biggest trial related to corruption and organized crime in the history of Vietnam, the Vietnamese press is claiming that the judicial system has fundamentally changed. The conviction of 18 GVN officials on charges of corruption and 136 private cit [...] |
2003-06-06 18:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI VM |
| 03ISTANBUL1579 |
TWO MURDERS, THREATS SHAKE ISTANBUL JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: A recent extortion campaign against members of a Jewish retirement home's board of directors has shaken Istanbul's Jewish community. One of the board members, Yasef Yahya, was killed on August 22 at his office. Starting three weeks ago, other members of the board have been contac [...] |
2003-10-27 05:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM TU |
| 03ISTANBUL452 |
"RUSSIAN" PROSTITUTION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In separate March 26 meetings, Istanbul contacts confirmed that illegal foreign prostitution in Istanbul remains widespread, and that criminal networks, and possibly even corrupted officials, have a lucrative stake in the business. Marmara University sociologist professor Nilufer Narli t [...] |
2003-04-03 08:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF UK MD TK |
| 03KATHMANDU1643 |
NEPAL: PAKISTAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT WITH [...] (SBU) On August 19, Nepalese Police arrested an administrative staff member of the Pakistani Embassy, allegedly carrying counterfeit Indian currency. The staff member was released into the Pakistani Ambassador's custody and deported over the weekend. The Pakistani Embassy denies all the cha [...] |
2003-08-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ETTC KCRM IN PK NP XD |
| 03KATHMANDU26 |
NEPAL: FY2003 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: Post's anti-trafficking-in-persons (TIP) project proposals for FY2003 provide for improved formal and non-formal educational opportunities for girls; a public awareness campaign targeting urban migrants, media outlets, transport providers and rehabilitation centers; and improvement i [...] |
2003-01-06 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ELAB KPAO EAID NP |
| 03KATHMANDU365 |
NEPAL: THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the third annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political/Economic Officer Sarah Welborne (tel: 977-1-411-179, fax: 977-1-410-723, e-mail: welbornese@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a co [...] |
2003-02-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP |
| 03KATHMANDU975 |
NEPAL'S ANTI-CORRUPTION WATCHDOG INITIATES [...] (SBU) On May 16, the Commission for the Investigation of the Abuse of Authority (CIAA) issued summons to prominent current and former politicians and government employees, including former Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Nepali Congress Party Girija Prasad Koirala. On May 19, Koi [...] |
2003-05-28 09:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KCRM NP |
| 03KUWAIT2335 |
KUWAITI AIRWAYS SEEKS ACCESS TO SEARCH FOR [...] MFA U/S Khalid al-Jarallah called the Ambassador the afternoon of May 26. Al-Jarallah explained that he had recently received a request from Kuwait Airways. According to al-Jarallah, Kuwait Airways believed that spare parts stolen from its warehouses after the 1990 invasion of Kuwait had bee [...] |
2003-05-31 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR KCRM US IZ KU |
| 03LAGOS265 |
EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...] |
2003-02-03 16:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI |
| 03MAPUTO1752 |
2003-2004 INCSR SUBMISSION - MOZAMBIQUE [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR: I. Summary Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs (hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, mandrax (methaqualone), and heroin) consumed in Europe and South Africa. Some hashish shipments passing through Mozambique find their [...] |
2003-12-18 10:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 03MAPUTO1755 |
MOZAMBIQUE INCSR PART II SUBMISSION - MONEY [...] Per ref A, below is post's submission for 2003-2004 INCSR, Part II: Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering in Mozambique is related to bank fraud and corruption. Lax oversight and weak banking regulations make Mozambique's financial institutions vulnerable to money la [...] |
2003-12-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER SNAR PGOV MZ KCOR |
| 03MONTREAL266 |
TRAFFICKING VIOLATIONS: SEX AND SMUGGLING IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MONTREAL, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS "THE PARIS OF THE WEST," HAS ALSO DEVELOPED A REPUTATION IN THE SEX-TOURISM INDUSTRY AS "THE BANGKOK OF THE WEST." NOT SURPRISINGLY, MOST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN QUEBEC PROVINCE INVOLVES WOMEN WHO ARE TRAFFICKED INTO THE SEX TRADE. IN FEBRUA [...] |
2003-02-27 15:01:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB SMIG PREF PHUM |
| 03NASSAU577 |
BAHAMAS - THRID ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] The Bahamas, although rife with alien and drug smuggling, has no indications of being a country of origin, transit, or destination for international trafficking in men, women, or children. Post discussed this issue with governmental sources including the Foreign Ministry, The Department of [...] |
2003-03-17 21:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF |
| 03OTTAWA1190 |
IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADA OFFERS AIR TRANSPORT, [...] (C) Canadian Prime Minister Chretien issued an Iraqi reconstruction press release on April 29, announcing that Canada is ready to make available elements of its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART); Canadian transport aircraft to support humanitarian assistance efforts and reconstruction m [...] |
2003-04-29 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA |
| 03OTTAWA2198 |
IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN PERSONNEL FOR [...] (SBU) Canada has committed to providing US$215 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for post-conflict Iraq, with emphasis on access to basic services (water, sanitation, health care); building democratic institutions; reforming judicial, police and correctional services; stren [...] |
2003-08-01 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA |
| 03OTTAWA2332 |
MASS GRAVES PROJECT IN IRAQ: CANADA PLANS TO ASSIST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KCRM IZ CA |
| 03OTTAWA577 |
CANADA - 2002 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-28 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA |
| 03OTTAWA700 |
G8 EXPERTS MEETING ON CRITICAL INFORMATION [...] Following is the list of the Canadian delegation who will participate in the G8 CIP Experts Meeting in Paris March 24-26: William de Laat (Head of Delegation) Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness Michael Bitz Industry Canada Brenda Hensler-Hobbs Off [...] |
2003-03-13 19:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP PREL KCRM EINT KJUS CA |
| 03RANGOON1253 |
BURMA: NO PROGRESS ON MONEY LAUNDERING RULES [...] (C) Summary: After a promising start, Burma's efforts in 2003 to implement its year-old money laundering law have fallen well shy of international expectations. The likely culprits? The collapse of the private banking sector, persistent corrupt cronyism, and a lack of technical capacity. Si [...] |
2003-10-01 08:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SNAR KCRM PTER BM |
| 03RANGOON1313 |
BURMA HOSTS "ACCORD" REGIONAL DRUG TASKFORCE; [...] (C) Summary: On Oct. 16 Burma hosted the law enforcement taskforce of the ASEAN region's cooperative counterdrug entity, ACCORD. Members agreed that amphetamines pose the biggest drug threat to the region, lauded UNODC computer-based training for law enforcement, and demonstrated varying degr [...] |
2003-10-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PGOV EFIN BM |
| 03RANGOON1317 |
NEW MONEY LAUNDERING SANCTIONS COULD BE USEFUL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (C) For reasons laid out in Ref B, we think it unlikely that the Burmese government will produce adequate money laundering regulations and a draft mutual legal assistance law by the November 3 deadline set by the Financial Ac [...] |
2003-10-21 02:23:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SNAR KCRM PGOV BM |
| 03RANGOON1623 |
BURMA: 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Burma is the world's second largest producer of illicit opium and the second largest cultivator of opium poppy. The gap between Burma and the number one producer of illicit opium and number one cultivator of poppy, Afghanistan, increased considerably in 2003. Burma remains the primary sourc [...] |
2003-12-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PTER BM TAGS |
| 03RANGOON309 |
BURMA: THIRD ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma. The report will also be forwarded to EAP/BCLTV in Word format. Begin Report: Overview of Country's Activities - A. Burma is a country of origin [...] |
2003-03-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG BM |
| 03RANGOON334 |
OPIUM CULTIVATION DOWN SHARPLY IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: According to UNODC experts, Burma's notorious Kokang Region is now free of opium. So is northern Shan State from Kutkai to Muse. According to UNODC's opium surveyors, preliminary indications from the data they have collected throughout Shan State suggest that the area under opiu [...] |
2003-03-13 05:22:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 03RANGOON707 |
BURMA'S OPIUM FIELDS -- GOING, GOING, .... [...] (C) Summary: According to information presented by UNODC's Resident Representative, Burma eliminated approximately one-quarter of its opium fields in 2003. According to UNODC's latest survey, the acreage under opium cultivation in Burma in 2003 totaled only 62,100 hectares, down 24 percent fr [...] |
2003-06-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PINS BM |
| 03RANGOON757 |
BURMA'S COUNTERNARCOTICS PERFORMANCE [...] Summary: The Burmese government (GOB) has reduced opium cultivation, cooperated with the United States, Australia, China, Thailand, and other states on a series of major narcotics cases, and continued to prosecute traffickers. It has failed in regard to its new money laundering law, whose i [...] |
2003-06-25 09:50:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM BM |
| 03SANAA1190 |
IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO [...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...] |
2003-05-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE |
| 03SANAA1194 |
SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador has briefed President Saleh on your visit. Saleh wishes to meet with you and welcomes the establishment of a LEGATT office in Sanaa. As noted in the 2002 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report, ROYG has provided "excellent cooperation with the U.S." Your visit could hard [...] |
2003-05-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03SANAA173 |
2002-2003 INCSR SUBMISSION: YEMEN [...] (U) Summary: Per request in reftels, below is Embassy Sanaa's response for the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. ---------------- MONEY LAUNDERING ---------------- 2. (U) Yemen has no anti-money laundering legislation. Though the extent of money [...] |
2003-01-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP SNAR PTER KCRM YM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA3002 |
YEMEN 2003-2004 INSCR REPORT [...] (SBU) EMBASSY SANAA SUBMITS ITS UPDATE FOR THE 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: WHILE THE ROYG MUST IMPROVE ITS ENFORCEMENT OF FINANCIAL CRIMES, THE PASSAGE OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN ME [...] |
2003-12-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM KSEP YM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA677 |
ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW SIGNED, ENFORCEMENT [...] Summary: President Saleh signed the ROYG's anti-money laundering legislation into law on April 5. The law was written in consultation with the World Bank. While not specifically mentioning terrorism, the law criminalizes money laundering for the first time and requires banks to verify names of [...] |
2003-04-07 13:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PTER YM TERFIN ECON COM |
| 03SANTODOMINGO4390 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Hertell met with the Dominican Republic's Director of the National Police, Jaime Marte Martinez, to introduce DCM Lisa Kubiske and to thank the Director for his support in establishing an Anti-Trafficking in Persons Investigation Unit as part of the National Police [...] |
2003-08-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PINR DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6424 |
GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES (TEJADA, RODOLFO AND [...] On November 4, 2003, Rodolfo Tejada and Francisco Jose Estevez were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Tejada is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges. Upon arrival on a flight from Santo Domingo to Miami International Airport, U.S. Department [...] |
2003-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6442 |
90-DAY GOALS MET IN 90 DAYS - SANTO DOMINGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Santo Domingo has met all three of its 90-day goals set forth in reftel B. Emboffs have: a.) Increased the Dominican's readiness for CAFTA docking talks, b.) Secured GODR agreement for international election observers and identified potential observers, and c.) Convin [...] |
2003-11-07 19:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KCRM SNAR AMGT DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6580 |
CAFTA LABOR TEAM VISITS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary. On November 5-7 an inter-agency team discussed labor issues with the Dominican Republic in advance of free trade negotiations. In meetings with the Minister of Labor, leaders in Congress, civil society, employer federations and emboffs, team leader Assistant USTR Clatanoff stress [...] |
2003-11-15 20:34:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6857 |
DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #2 - BANCREDITO FAILURE [...] (U) The following is the second in a series of reports on fraud cases in the Dominican financial sector. (begin text) (U) BANCREDITO (U) The District Attorney for the city of Santo Domingo issued arrest warrants on Friday afternoon, November 7, for Manuel Arturo Pellerano Pena and Juan [...] |
2003-11-26 18:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KCRM DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7095 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES NINE FUGITIVES [...] On December 2, 2003, nine fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. All fugitives were flown to San Juan, Puerto Rico. From there, they will be delivered to the jurisdictions which have issued warrants for their arrests. The following list of fug [...] |
2003-12-08 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7566 |
BANKING SERIES #3: FORMER BANINTER EXECUTIVES [...] The following is the third in a series of reports on the Dominican Banking sector. 2. On December 20, an Appeals Court panel of three judges ruled to allow the release of former Baninter President Ramon Baez Figueroa and Vice-President Marcos Baez Cocco on RD $100 million bail each. Afte [...] |
2003-12-24 17:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1041 |
HONDURAN FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] The following are responses, requested in reftel, reporting on the GOH's fiscal transparency and accountability. A. Does host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Level 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under one year) B. Where substantial levels of government are sign [...] |
2003-05-05 23:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ELAB PGOV KJUS KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1108 |
HONDURAN SUPREME COURT RULES IT HAS AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, in a unanimous 15-0 decision, the Honduran Supreme Court declared its authority to interpret the Constitution by ruling on a controversial constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1999. The Court's decision struck down as unconstitutional Article 218(9) which prov [...] |
2003-05-12 23:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1109 |
TROUBLE IN PARADISE: HONDURAN BAY ISLAND OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Bay Islands of Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja are well known narcotrafficking transit points and home to countless other illicit activities. Due to the large tourism industry on Roatan and Utila, the GOH has chosen to focus its limited counternarcotics resources primari [...] |
2003-05-12 23:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1122 |
ONE IF BY AIR, TWO IF BY SEA: HONDURAN [...] (SBU) The following is a listing of important narcotrafficking activities occurring in Honduras within the past year. It should be noted that there has been a sizable increase in the use of aircraft as a delivery platform for drug shipments. The occurrence of illicit aircraft tracks crossing [...] |
2003-05-13 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV EAIR KCRM KJUS PHUM ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1253 |
JOINT TASK FORCE BRAVO - U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since 1982 the U.S. military has maintained a presence at the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) airbase at Soto Cano (commonly known by Hondurans as Palmerola). The base is also the site of the Honduran Air Force Academy. Currently, Joint Task Force Bravo (JTF-B) houses more than 60 [...] |
2003-06-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1258 |
MUSICAL CHAIRS: WHO'S WHO IN HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high-profile Honduran counternarcotics agencies are receiving a leadership makeover. Gustavo Alfredo ((Landaverde)) Hernandez is leaving the Executive Secretary position at the National Council Against Narcotrafficking (CNCN), and has been replaced by the Direction in [...] |
2003-06-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM PINR PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1276 |
INL FY 2002 LAW ENFORCEMENT LETTER OF AGREEMENT AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. Action request for INL: Paragraph three has the proposed text of the INL FY 2002 Law Enforcement Letter of Agreement scheduled to be signed June 11, 2003 by the Ambassador and Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Arturo Alvarez. Post r [...] |
2003-06-04 21:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID PREL KCRM AFIN AMGT HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1309 |
HONDURAN COMMISSION ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LA [...] (SBU) Summary: A Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN) has issued a report assigning responsibility to GOH security forces and prison "trusties" for the majority of the 68 deaths that occurred in an April 5 incident at the El Porvenir prison, locat [...] |
2003-06-06 18:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC ELAB PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA145 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN HONDURAS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-17 21:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR KJUS PGOV EAID PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1497 |
HONDURAN PARLACEN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday June 20, a Honduran representative to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), Cesar Augusto Diaz Flores, was arrested in Nicaragua for trafficking and possession of seven kilos of heroin (said to be worth some USD 6.3 million and a portion of a larger 20-kilo shipmen [...] |
2003-06-25 20:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1534 |
CARDINAL'S CORRUPTION COMMENTS SPARK PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, the Cardinal expressed heightened concern over the pervasiveness of drug-related corruption at the highest levels of government as well as continuing death threats he had received. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga us [...] |
2003-07-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1608 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY IN MONEY LAUNDERING. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP FRAUDULENTLY BY CONCEALING HIS U [...] |
2003-07-08 00:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1615 |
HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERS EXCUSES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26 Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran Attorney General (AG), Roy Medina, to discuss corruption in the Public Ministry (PM) and the lack of any serious effort to prosecute high-level criminal cases by the Attorney General's office. This meeting came a day after Ambassad [...] |
2003-07-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1622 |
ANOTHER HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yet another Honduran political figure was implicated in drug trafficking when he was arrested on July 6 fleeing the scene of an airplane crash in the eastern department of Olancho. National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, was arrested by the police for drug trafficking and [...] |
2003-07-08 22:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1740 |
NEW HONDURAN LEGISLATION SEEKS TO CURB ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Honduran National Congress added Article 332 to the Honduran Penal Code. This article calls for the collection of assault weapons and stricter punishment for trafficking and possession of outlawed weapons. Article 332 comes at a time when Ministry of Public Secur [...] |
2003-07-23 21:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1742 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE [...] Summary. (SBU) On July 9, Human Rights Commissioner for Honduras, Ramon Custodio, presented the results of the Commission's investigation into the April 5 massacre of 68 prisoners at the El Porvenir Prison, located outside of the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba. The report supported allegat [...] |
2003-07-23 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1757 |
MORE HONDURAN CONGRESSMEN ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Public Ministry (PM) announced last week that it has begun legal proceedings against two more Honduran elected officials. On July 10, Attorney General Roy Medina announced that his office will bring charges against alternative National Party (PN) Congressman Melvin [...] |
2003-07-24 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1761 |
HONDURAN CONGRESS LOOKS TO REPEAL IMMUNITY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 9, 2003, leaders of the major political parties in the Honduran National Congress announced their intention to repeal the general immunity granted congressmen and other high ranking public officials under the Honduran Constitution. The initiative comes after the recent a [...] |
2003-07-25 14:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1792 |
HONDURAN AUTHORITIES SEIZE APPROXIMATELY 525 KILOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28 Honduran authorities seized approximately 525 kilos of cocaine from a Colombian go-fast boat that was forced to beach near the remote northern coastal region of Limon, Colon. The vessel was first interdicted by the Honduran Navy at approximately 17:45, some nine nauti [...] |
2003-07-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC CO HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1904 |
HONDURAN CONGRESS VOTES TO CRIMINALIZE GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 8, the Honduran National Congress approved a bill banning membership in street gangs and other groups that associate for the purpose of committing crimes. The bill prescribes prison terms for those convicted of being gang members, with sentences ranging from three to 12 [...] |
2003-08-12 22:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1938 |
TRUTH SCARIER THAN FICTION: AN ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assault rifles, gang-related, nine victims, 15 to 48 years old, early morning, all family members, murdered. It is August 5 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the facts of the latest mass murder swirl as you thumb through the local newspapers. You know shock should follow, but it d [...] |
2003-08-15 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR ECON ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2052 |
HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES ENHANCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Honduran Attorney General (AG) Roy Medina August 26 that he was satisfied that the AG had taken action to improve the Public Ministry's operations since their last meeting in late June. However, he pressed AG Medina on the importance of the Ministry bringing to tr [...] |
2003-08-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2081 |
THIRTEEN MURDERED, MANY OTHERS WOUNDED, AS GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 30, in three separate attacks in different neighborhoods of San Pedro Sula, Hoduras' commercial center, gang members randomly opened fire on three "rapidito" small buses killing 13 and wounding over thirty others. All three buses appear to be owned by the same transport [...] |
2003-09-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2266 |
PRESIDENT MADURO TALKS DRUGS IN COLOMBIA WHILE [...] On September 16 President Maduro met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in Cartagena, Colombia to discuss better coordination between the two nations' counterdrug efforts. Honduras is a major transshipment zone for illicit narcotics making their way north from Colombia to U.S. shores, alth [...] |
2003-09-24 20:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2289 |
COWABUNGA: TWO SEPARATE DRUG SEIZURES YIELD 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, in two separate actions, Honduran police seized 13 kilos of heroin and approximately 1,026 kilos of cocaine. In both operations, Honduran authorities displayed unprecedented cooperation and coordination, working closely together and with U.S. counterdrug assets [...] |
2003-09-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2301 |
HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY CLAIMS MURDER [...] Although still exceptionally high (ref B), according to Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez September 23, the murder rate in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula declined approximately 24 percent since the passage of anti-gang legislation in early August (ref A). (Note: As reported in [...] |
2003-09-26 22:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2333 |
IN YET ANOTHER DRUG BUST, HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE [...] (U) On September 30 in the Department of Colon on the Caribbean coast, Honduran Frontier Police seized another 201 kilos of cocaine. This time, the drugs were hidden aboard a truck in multiple secret compartments. Police were alerted to the drug's presence by a local source of information who [...] |
2003-10-01 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2514 |
HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT UNSETTLES MADURO [...] (U) On October 21, Honduran Vice President Armida de Lopez Contreras (one of three presidential designates in the current Honduran constitutional leadership structure) stirred up a hornets nest when she accused an unnamed high ranking Government of Honduras (GOH) official of tampering with USD [...] |
2003-10-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EAID EFIN PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2656 |
HONDURAS RATIFIES THREE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] Summary: The GOH has ratified three outstanding counterterrorism (CT) conventions (two ICAO and one IAEA). The GOH is now a party to 10 international CT conventions. Post is pressing hard for the GOH to ratify the two IMO and two OAS CT conventions still outstanding. Persistent efforts by Emb [...] |
2003-11-12 17:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2814 |
HONDURAS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2003 Annual Terrorism Report for Honduras follows. Points are keyed to reftel paragraph headings: A. Significant Actions by GOH ----------------------------- In 2003, President Ricardo Maduro continued his policy of strong Honduran support for U.S. efforts against terrorism, was a me [...] |
2003-12-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL KTIA AORC PARM EAIR EWWT KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2824 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY TO LAUNDER MONEY. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP BY CONCEALING HIS U.S. [...] |
2003-12-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO MR ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2841 |
HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE ANOTHER 53 KILOS OF COCAINE, [...] On November 27, Honduran authorities seized approximately 53 kilos of cocaine from a truck in the remote northern town of Bonito Oriental in the Department of Colon. The cocaine valued at approximately USD two million was seized by the Honduran Frontier Police, working in cooperation with the [...] |
2003-12-04 20:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2844 |
GOOD TALKERS, BUT MADURO ADMINISTRATION NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: In office for almost two years, President Ricardo Maduro's administration talks a lot about fighting corruption, particularly when addressing interested U.S. audiences. Upon close examination, however, one sees little demonstrable progress in breaking corruption's pervasive grip [...] |
2003-12-04 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2882 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR IN SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (U) On December 1, Ruben Adolfo Reyes, a prosecutor in a unit designed to combat corruption in San Pedro Sula was arrested by Honduran authorities for his alleged links to organized crime. Reyes, who works for the "Common Crime" unit of the Public Ministry in San Pedro Sula, was arraigned on [...] |
2003-12-10 22:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2883 |
HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE 636 KILOS OF COCAINE AND [...] Summary: On December 4, Honduran authorities seized approximately 636 kilos of cocaine from a truck in San Pedro Sula. The seizure of the drugs was the result of well-executed police work, acting upon a tip that a large amount of drugs would soon be moving through the country. The drugs were [...] |
2003-12-10 22:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2916 |
EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA HOSTS MINI-DUBLIN GROUP [...] Summary. On December 5, Post hosted a meeting of the Tegucigalpa Mini-Dublin Group to coordinate with participating countries on counternarcotics assistance programs and the overall effectiveness of such programs. Along with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), countries that partici [...] |
2003-12-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR KJUS EFIN ETRD HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2938 |
HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. According to press reports, apart from Honduras, the only other Latin American and Caribbean countries not to sign were Uruguay, [...] |
2003-12-18 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2939 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued, but with significant disruption in 2003. Overall, seizures in Honduras were higher than the past five years combined, with 5,738 kilos of cocaine seized. Corruption within the police, Publi [...] |
2003-12-18 21:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM PTER HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2965 |
CHINESE SMUGGLING RING IN HONDURAS - CHINAZO [...] (U) SUMMARY - As part of an ongoing investigation, the Honduran Criminal Investigative Police (DGIC), Prosecutor's from the Organized Crime Division of the Public Ministry, and DHS personnel from Tegucigalpa participated in a series of raids in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, unc [...] |
2003-12-22 23:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2970 |
ACCUSATIONS OF WRONGDOING PLAGUE HONDURAN CHIEF OF [...] (U) On December 10, Aida Romero, Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, accused Chief of Police, Coralia Rivera Ramos, Commissioner Mirna Suazo, and the assistant to the Minister of Public Security, Juan Manuel Aguilar, with obstruction of justice and abuse of power. According to the prosecutor, [...] |
2003-12-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM SOCI PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA4 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits 2002 International Narcotics Control Status Report (INCSR) for Honduras. Begin text: I. Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras using air, land and maritime routes continued without significant disruption in 2002. Overall seizures in [...] |
2003-01-02 20:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA527 |
PRESIDENT MADURO VOWS TO COMBAT RISING MINOR [...] (U) On February 19, before a hastily convened international audience which included the ambassadors of Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, France, Spain, as well as PolOff, President Ricardo Maduro vowed to combat Honduras' surging homicide rate for minors. Maduro expressed his administration's d [...] |
2003-02-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR KJUS PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA532 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS--IS RICARDO MADURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro enters the second year of his single four-year term in office, the looming question in his professed effort to transform Honduras, economy, judicial system and political environment is whether or not he is prepared to seek concrete results in his battl [...] |
2003-02-26 19:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM KCRM OVIP HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA611 |
HONDURAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE: A SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A year after the implementation of Honduras' new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), opinions regarding its level of success are positive overall, but critics remain. Supporters cite the commencement of oral trials under the new system in 2002 as evidence of the Code's success. Crit [...] |
2003-03-06 22:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID KCRM SNAR PREL ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA697 |
HONDURAS AND PROSPECTS FOR HARMONIZED ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Post concurs with Department recommendation that a regional harmonization of anti-trafficking in persons legislation (ref A) would serve U.S. interests in Honduras and the region. As stated in ref C, Honduras could benefit by an overriding law against TIP that pieced together [...] |
2003-03-19 22:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC PREF KFRD HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA861 |
LA CEIBA PRISON RIOT LEAVES 69 DEAD AND MANY [...] SUMMARY: On April 5 a riot in El Porvenir prison, located just outside the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba, Honduras, left 69 dead and 39 wounded. Many of the dead were gang members from Mara 18, one of Central America's largest gangs. According to press reports, the riot broke out when a sc [...] |
2003-04-08 22:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA882 |
GUNMEN SHOOT ADVANCE CAR OF HONDURAN FIRST LADY [...] (U) According to Honduran Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez, an advance car for Honduran First Lady Aguas Santas Ocana de Maduro was shot by unknown gunmen near the town of Los Limones on the road from Olanchito to the Caribbean coastal city of Trujillo in the Department of Yoro, at a [...] |
2003-04-11 00:30:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CASC ASEC PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA99 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 24, 2002, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT IN SAN PEDRO SULA RULED IN FAVOR OF MORRIS, ANNULLING THE CANCELLATION OF HIS HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP. THIS RULING MAKES MORRIS A HONDURAN CITIZEN AND, THEREFORE, NOT EXTRADITABLE UNDER THE HONDURAN CONSTITUTION. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL HA [...] |
2003-01-14 19:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM CASC HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 03THEHAGUE1453 |
DUTCH COURT ACQUITS ISLAMIST TERRORIST SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the District Court of Rotterdam acquitted all twelve suspects charged (under a variety of statutes) for offenses related to the provision of support to a terrorist organization. This was the second such loss for the government before the same court, following the December [...] |
2003-06-06 15:36:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM PREL CASC ETTC XG NL EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE1847 |
OSCE: A/S JONES' MEETINGS IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-22 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | GG KCRM MD NL PREL UP OSCE |
| 03THEHAGUE1855 |
A/S JONES' HAGUE VISIT: TRAFFICKING, TERRORISM, [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-22 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ELAB KCRM KHIV KWMN PHUM PTER SMIG SNAR |
| 03THEHAGUE1859 |
COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE NETHERLANDS: ACQUITTALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent acquittals of Islamist terrorist suspects in two high profile cases (see Ref A) and increasing realization that terrorist threats affect the Dutch homeland have prompted the government of the Netherlands to propose more measures to strengthen counterterrorism legislatio [...] |
2003-07-23 05:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM CASC XG PREL ECON ETRD ETTC EFIN NL EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE2196 |
RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...] |
2003-08-29 13:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2205 |
RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Summary ----------- Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: --New Legislation --Other Parliamentary Activity --Outreach to National TIP Rapporteur's Office --Arrests/Prosecutions --Visitors Raise TIP: A/S Jones; Former [...] |
2003-09-02 11:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL |
| 03THEHAGUE2238 |
U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COOPERATION: [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-05 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR NL EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE2527 |
DUTCH JUSTICE MINISTER PLANS TO TARGET [...] (SBU) Action request: Please see Paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with the Dutch Justice Minister Donner October 1 to discuss the Ministry of Justice's proposed Action Plan aimed at disrupting the cocaine traffic transiting Schiphol airport from the Caribbean. Currently, [...] |
2003-10-03 05:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PTER KCRM PREL NL</ |