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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 OTHER ISSUES [...] (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 HONDURAS [...] 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 CORRUPTION [...] (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 GLOBAL FORUM DUE TO SARS; NOTIFIED OF U.S. PARTICIPATION [...] (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
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
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
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
03THEHAGUE2693	DUTCH POSTPONE ELIMINATION OF P-3 FORCE FOR ONE [...] (U) Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp has postponed the planned closure of Valkenburg Air Base and the elimination of the Royal Dutch Navy P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft fleet based there until January 2005. He had previously planned to eliminate these assets in January 2004. In postponi [...]	2003-10-24 09:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR KCRM EAIR PHSA MOPS NL XL
03THEHAGUE3199	NEW DUTCH MEASURES AGAINST COCAINE TRAFFICKING AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following mid-December approval by the Dutch Parliament, Justice Minister Donner instituted a crackdown on drug trafficking through Schiphol airport from the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Initial results (120 arrests/400+ passengers turned away or failed to show up) indicate mo [...]	2003-12-31 09:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL NL
04ABUDHABI1298	UAE CENTRAL BANK ON FATF/CTAG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) DCM and EconChief met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on April 11. During that meeting, Al-Suwaidi stated that the UAE continued to be interested in money laundering training opportunities with the USG. He suggested that the UAEG customs authorities could benefit [...]	2004-04-26 09:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM PTER ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2034	UAE - REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: UAE Government officials have responded relatively positively to the annual Trafficking in Persons report despite the fact that the UAE was dropped from Tier 1 to Tier 2. The prevailing sentiment has been that the demotion - a year after the UAE's unprecedented jump from Tier 3 t [...]	2004-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PREF TC
04ABUDHABI2181	MLAT bogged down in UAE bureaucracy [...] (SBU) The UAE Government's review of a U.S.- proposed text for a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) is not going to be completed until after the summer, although the UAE remains committed to the reaching an agreement, Yacub Al-Hosani, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Internation [...]	2004-06-30 13:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI3613	UAE TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Ambassador delivered reftel recommendations on ways to combat and eliminate trafficking in persons to MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on October 11. The SIPDIS Ambassador also shared a letter from G/TIP Director Miller to UAE Ambassador Al Dhahri outlining the measures the Em [...]	2004-10-12 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PGOV PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3832	UAE 9/11 hijacker linked to 1996 rape and murder [...] An appeal of an old murder case reported October 22 in the local press revealed a violent criminal episode in the life of Fayez Al Qadi Banihammad, one of two UAE nationals among the hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 175 in the 9/11 attacks. According to the October 22 Gulf News article [...]	2004-10-26 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM TC
04ABUDHABI4605	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The body of the cable is the submission of the money laundering and financial crimes section of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for the United Arab Emirates. 2. Begin Text United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE),which remains a largely cash- ba [...]	2004-12-15 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KTFN SNAR EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI684	UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ABUDHABI800	UAEG STUDYING UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] UAE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICE YACUB AL-HOSANI TOLD ECONOFF ON MARCH 21 THAT THE UAEG HAD FORMED AN EXPERT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION. AL-HOSANI SAID THAT THE UAEG PARTICIPATED IN THE FINAL SESSION OF THE [...]	2004-03-22 08:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PREL KCOR TC
04ABUJA1373	HEAD OF TRAFFICKING AGENCY DISCUSSES NIGERIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on the Ambasador, Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency discussed its work during its first year of existence, gave the status of two prosecutions underway in Kano, described the horrors of the overland trafficking in persons (TIP) route north through the Sahara [...]	2004-08-09 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1839	NIGERIA: REPORT ON TIP DEMARCHE [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Justice Akin Olujimi on November 1 at the Minister's office. Also present were Dr. C. J. Amasike, Special Assistant to the Minister, Carol Ndaguba, Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of SIPDIS Traffic [...]	2004-11-01 12:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM SMIG NI KREF
04ACCRA2146	USG'S ROLE IN URGING GHANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Legislation prohibiting human trafficking in Ghana has been waiting in the wings for almost three years. In post's continued efforts to encourage passage of this legislation, we do not feel the delay reflects a lack of political will to fight human trafficking. Rather, it reflects bureau [...]	2004-11-01 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM GH
04ACCRA2189	GHANA'S TIP LAW: COMMENTS FROM THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL [...] (C) PolChief met on November 3 with Ghana,s Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Papa Owuso-Ankomah, to raise concerns about progress on the draft bill of a trafficking-in-persons (TIP) law. Owuso-Ankomah was familiar with the pending legislation and its status, and said that if the mini [...]	2004-11-05 11:36:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM GH
04ACCRA370	2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSON REPORT - GHANA [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-25 10:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
04ADANA2	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 1-2, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / A gro [...]	2004-01-08 16:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ EFIN KCRM ADANA
04AMMAN10063	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Embassy Amman's submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II follows: BEGIN TEXT Jordan is not a regional or offshore financial center and is not considered a major venue for international criminal activity. The banking and financial sectors, [...]	2004-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR EFIN
04AMMAN10216	PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR FY05 ESF FUNDING - EMPOWERING [...] Per reftel, post resubmits last year's proposal to assist UNIFEM's project, "Empowering Migrant Women Workers in Jordan." UNIFEM has confirmed and post agrees, that the need for the project still exists. A brief overview of the project follows. The complete project proposal, including updates [...]	2004-12-28 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC
04AMMAN1601	EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2004 TIP REPORT [...] Following is Embassy Amman,s response to the Department,s action request in State 7869. The headings and lettering system are based on this request. --------- CHECKLIST --------- 2. A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked me [...]	2004-03-02 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB JO
04AMMAN6211	UNMIK: JORDAN AWAITS INVESTIGATION RESULTS, [...] (C) Charge discussed the status of Jordanian police units in Kosovo July 22 with Samir Rifai, Minister of the Royal Court to King Abdullah. Charge expressed serious USG concern over the apparent pattern of improper and violent behavior of Jordanian police personnel in UNMIK. Even if the UN [...]	2004-07-22 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN6360	JORDANIAN REPLACEMENT OFFICERS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO, [...] (C) Public Security Directorate (PSD) Chief Tahseen Shurdom told Charge on July 26 that four Jordanian officers are en route to Kosovo to replace the four that are currently subject of an internal UNMIK investigation for threatening U.S. soldiers in June. Shurdom said that he understood the [...]	2004-07-27 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC PTER KCRM YI KPKO JO UNMIK
04AMMAN8401	JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Central Bank and several Jordanian and foreign banks here have reported over recent weeks attempted cash deposits of large dollar amounts by individuals who claim to be operating on behalf of Iraqi government entities or contractors operating in Iraq. The CBJ Dep [...]	2004-10-07 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KCRM KFRD JO IZ
04ANKARA1233	TURKEY: 2004 ANTI TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in reftel. Embassy point of contact is David McFarland, who replaces Phil Kaplan following submission of this report. Kaplan (rank: FSO-03) spent approximately 100 hours in prepara [...]	2004-03-02 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ANKARA127	CHARGE DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH MFA [...] (U) Summary: Charge and Poloff met January 6 with MFA Deputy U/S Ertay and MFA Deputy DG Topcuoglu to discuss GOT efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and the upcoming State Department TIP Report. Topcuoglu said neither the GOT nor its NGO partner have been able to secure funding to [...]	2004-01-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA1595	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...]	2004-03-17 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2007	MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...]	2004-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2076	Trafficking in Persons: HRDF Reports Recent [...] To establish a network among non-governmental organizations in Turkey and regional countries affected by human trafficking; 2. To provide training for government officers to refresh and consolidate on the recent amendments of Turkish Penal Code an [...]	2004-04-09 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2138	Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...]	2004-04-13 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA2152	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...]	2004-04-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY

04ANKARA2189	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS REFORM, TIP, AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 14 meeting with Justice Minister Cicek, the Ambassador praised GOT human rights reforms and encouraged further progress in the run-up to the December EU Summit. He recommended the Embassy and GOT establish a regular exchange of information on trafficking in persons (T [...]	2004-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC EINV KCRM KWMN JO TU
04ANKARA2198	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial local FSN tr [...]	2004-04-16 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3048	TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-06-02 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3427	TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...]	2004-06-16 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3673	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...]	2004-06-29 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA3675	TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...]	2004-06-29 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4141	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following Human Smuggling Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http:/ [...]	2004-07-28 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4147	TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...]	2004-07-28 09:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA42	1/6/04 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following are recent developments related to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey: ----------------- IOM Pilot Program ----------------- 2. (U) The Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has drafted a proposal for a USD 1.2 million pilot projec [...]	2004-01-06 09:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF PREL PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4317	TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...]	2004-08-03 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4416	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON TIP VICTIM [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting with Emboff, International Organization on Migration (IOM) Interim Country Director Meltem Ersoy asserted that an increase in TIP victim referrals from the GOT to IOM is a direct result of 1) a series of IOM-funded law enforcement training sessions that focus police [...]	2004-08-06 11:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4448	TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...]	2004-08-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4502	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...]	2004-08-11 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4503	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...]	2004-08-11 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4504	TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...]	2004-08-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4544	TIP IN TURKEY: VISITING ARMENIAN DELEGATION TRIES [...] Summary: Visiting Armenian TIP-NGO Hope and Help and IOM Armenia Program Officer have briefed us on meetings with reps from Turkish NGOs, Armenian religious and media organizations, and Georgia's diplomatic mission in Turkey. Hope and Help rep described her meetings as "the first steps" in est [...]	2004-08-12 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU AM TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4808	TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...]	2004-08-25 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5002	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]	2004-09-03 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5205	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]	2004-09-15 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5708	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...]	2004-10-05 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5713	TURKEY PLANS TO ATTEND PARIS PACT CONSULTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT plans to send an Ambassador-level, interagency delegation to the Paris Pact consultative meeting in Vienna, however, the GOT is not receptive to the idea of being the focus of or hosting one of the upcoming expert-level meetings. End Summary. 2. (U) Econoff delivere [...]	2004-10-05 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PREL SNAR TU
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5789	TIP IN TURKEY: NEW PENAL CODE REVISIONS STIFFEN [...] (U) On October 11, 2004, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer signed into law revisions to the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) which, among other measures, prescribe harsher penalties for human trafficking. Penalties range from eight to twelve years of imprisonment (up from five to ten years in ear [...]	2004-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5860	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...]	2004-10-15 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5968	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA [...] SUMMARY. Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Fatma Topcuoglu delivered the following speech at a 2-day conference on human trafficking in Chisinau, Moldova. END SUMMARY. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT OF PREPARED REMARKS: SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E. FATMA FIRAT TOPCUOGLU AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKE [...]	2004-10-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6072	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...]	2004-10-26 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6150	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 31, 2004 by [...]	2004-11-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6309	TIP IN TURKEY: ISTANBUL SHELTER REPORTS SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anti-TIP NGOs International Office for Migration (IOM) and Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) reported the first successful repatriation this week of 3 Ukrainian trafficking victims through the Istanbul Human Trafficking Shelter. The event simultaneously highlighted m [...]	2004-11-08 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6366	TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6393	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 10, 2004 by the Jerusalem [...]	2004-11-10 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6686	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]	2004-12-02 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6687	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]	2004-12-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6688	TIP IN TURKEY: REPORT FROM CLOSED TIP TASK FORCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: NGO participants provided to Emboff accounts of a closed TIP Task Force meeting that highlighted the GOT's internal and sometimes contentious struggle to organize Turkey's government and non-government anti-TIP efforts. The Task Force meeting, the second this calendar year, repor [...]	2004-12-02 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6690	TIP IN TURKEY: TGNA PASSES, PRESIDENT APPROVES IOM [...] (U) Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Foreign Affairs Committee Advisor Osman Ulukan confirmed press reports that the TGNA, on November 25, 2004, unanimously approved legislation appropriating the 154,000 Swiss Franc equivalent fee for Turkey's membership in the International Office on Mi [...]	2004-12-02 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6691	TIP IN TURKEY: EMERGENCY HOTLINE OPERATIONAL [...] (U) On December 2, 2004, Turk Telekom connected Turkey's first toll-free hotline (90-0800-211-6065) for victims of human trafficking. Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) staff will initially field calls from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday until Russian- and Turkish-la [...]	2004-12-02 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6692	TIP IN TURKEY: SHELTERED VICTIM LEADS POLICE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Characterizing the events that led to the arrest of at least one human trafficking network member in Corum, Turkey as a "real success story for the shelter," Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural told Emboff that an Azeri victim resident at t [...]	2004-12-02 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6801	TIP IN TURKEY: JANDARMA REQUESTS TECH ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 23-27 International Office on Migration (IOM) TIP workshop in Adana, Turkey highlighted the Jandarma's struggling but developing ground-level ability to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. According to IOM trainers (para 4) and TIP-NGO victim counselors (re [...]	2004-12-07 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6865	TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...]	2004-12-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6938	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, DECEMBER 1-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published December 12, 2004 by [...]	2004-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7103	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON GOT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: IOM has passed us a summary of its anti-TIP actions and plans for cooperating further with GOT authorities. End Summary. 2. (C) International Office for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom passed Emboff the following summary of TIP current events: BEGIN NOTES [...]	2004-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA959	PRESSING TURKISH MFA ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Jan. 27 Polcouns and Poloff paid introductory call Haldun Otman, newly-appointed MFA Deputy Director General of Consular Affairs, to press the GOT to follow through on recent efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Polcouns noted that the USG last year upgraded Turkey from Tier III [...]	2004-02-19 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
04ASUNCION232	PARAGUAY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL PUBLICIZES FARC LINKS [...] (U) On 2/14, Paraguayan Attorney General Oscar Latorre held a press conference (ref A) during which he released the following evidence linking Patria Libre party member Osmar Martinez to FARC leader Rodrigo Granda and implicating the FARC in supporting the kidnapping of Cecilia Cubas, daughter [...]	2004-08-27 14:41:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR KCRM SNAR CO PA
04BOGOTA12575	NAS Monthly Report November 2004: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November we sprayed 13,062 hectares of coca and completed the fourth poppy campaign of the year. Plan Colombia helicopters supported a request for a medical evacuation by the 9th Brigade. During November the CNP destroyed 20 Cocaine HCL labs. CNP also captured over 1.5 metr [...]	2004-12-09 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
04BOGOTA2199	COLOMBIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Approximate amount of time spent to prepare this report: 30 hours. -------- Overview -------- 2. Colombia is a significant source of tr [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA2313	PROSECUTOR GENERAL OSORIO AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 5, Prosecutor General (Fiscal General) Osorio said that he had accepted the resignations of two senior Fiscalia officials and dismissed several others in an effort to clean house. He will also allow the Fiscalia,s prosecutors to elect a [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KCRM PHUM SNAR PREL PTER ASEC CO PGOV
04BOGOTA2561	PARAMILITARY PEACE DIFFICULTIES [...] (S) At the instruction of President Uribe, Peace Negotiator Restrepo met with the Ambassador to discuss difficulties in the GOC's negotiations with the AUC paramilitaries. Restrepo said the AUC had called for written guarantees from the GOC that, during the concentration phase, AUC members fa [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER CO AUC
04BOGOTA3619	PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OFFICIALS POLYGRAPHED; [...] (S) Embassy has raised U.S. concerns about corruption in the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") with the Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") many times in recent weeks, including several at the ambassadorial level. As a result, Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio directed a number o [...]	2004-04-07 00:28:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR
04BOGOTA4332	PROSECUTOR GENERAL CONTINUES REFORMS AMID CRITICISM [...] (S) Although he cannot evade responsibility for presiding for thirty-three months over an institution polluted by corruption, Prosecutor General ("Fiscal") Luis Camilo Osorio has followed through on his promise to remove officials who fail polygraph exams or are otherwise suspected of corrupti [...]	2004-04-29 15:25:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4636	ASSET SEIZURE AND DEMOBILIZATION FUNDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request (please see paragraphs 2 and 12) in reply to reftel request for information about Colombian Law 793 of 2002, "La Ley de la Extincion de Dominio." ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Colombia has two laws that address asset forfeiture and seizure, one criminal [...]	2004-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA5068	Bogota Mini Dublin Group Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bogota Mini Dublin Group held a biannual meeting on May 11 to discuss the ten recommendations for Colombia agreed upon in November, 2003. This session acknowledged the USG's leadership in counter-narcotics cooperation with the GOC. Several examples of bilateral programs were [...]	2004-05-17 23:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO UN
04BOGOTA9117	13 THOUSAND HECTARES SPRAYED IN COLOMBIA: NAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication aircraft sprayed a total of 12,959 hectares of coca and 658 hectares of poppy in August. Anti-Narcotics Police units captured and/or destroyed over 67 metric tons of cocaine, 1.2 metric tons of cocaine base, 10 tons of pressed marijuana, and 24 kilograms of heroin t [...]	2004-09-09 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
04BOGOTA9661	GOC DELIVERS BLOWS TO PARAMILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: GOC security forces dealt two major blows to paramilitary forces this month. In early September, elements of an Antinarcotics Police Airmobile Company ("Junglas") seized a large cocaine HCl laboratory believed to belong to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) in Val [...]	2004-09-22 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO AUC
04BRASILIA1218	DEATH BY A THOUSAND BITES: MUNICIPAL LEVEL [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: In recent months, Brazil's press has focused intently on municipal-level graft and corruption. Many of the horror stories are being planted by the Federal Comptroller General's (CGU) office that is conducting random audits and inspections of many of Brazil's 5 [...]	2004-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA1384	BRAZIL ARRESTS MAJOR TRAFFICKER OF PIRATED GOODS [...] SUMMARY: Brazilian Federal Police arrested June 1 one of the country's biggest pirated goods smugglers, Law Kin Chong, and his lawyer Pedro Lindolfo for corruption, conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy involving organized crime (racketeering) and disrupting the functioning of a Parliament [...]	2004-06-04 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA1450	BRAZIL'S PRISONS IN STATE OF CRISIS [...] SUMMARY. The three-day rebellion in Benfica Prison in Rio de Janeiro ended May 31, taking place six weeks after the gruesome rebellion in the Urso Branco prison in Brazil's western Rondonia state. The two uprisings were not isolated events, but rather are manifestations of the crisis in Bra [...]	2004-06-14 13:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA1668	PIRACY CPI CLOSES WITH SERIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy and Tax Evasion released a draft version of its final report on June 8, making recommendations of unprecedented scope for Brazil, including draft legislation, revisions to the penal procedures code and th [...]	2004-07-06 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2146	BRAZIL: POLICE SEIZE URANIUM ORE [...] (U) Brazilian Federal Police announced on Aug 24 the seizure last month of 1,320 pounds of uranium and thorium ore, the first time, according to press reports, that such a seizure has occurred in Brazil. (Note: In 2003 GOB officials told Poloff that they were unaware of any illicit traffick [...]	2004-08-26 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KCRM KNNP PREL TPHY BR IAEA
04BRASILIA2150	PIRACY CPI CONCLUDES; NEW LEGISLATION PUT FORWARD [...] The highly respected Chamber of Deputies' Parliamentary Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy (ref B) formally concluded its year-long proceedings on August 11, 2004. In the three-hour-long closing ceremony, members of the commission and from the private sector uniformly stressed the need [...]	2004-08-26 19:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2156	BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S SECOND IPR BILL [...] This is the second in a series of five cables on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftel). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the second bill. 2. "Bill No. 3965/2004 (of the Pir [...]	2004-08-27 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2157	BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S THIRD IPR BILL [...] This is the third in a series of five cables on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftels). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the third bill. 2. Bill 3966/2004 (of the Piracy C [...]	2004-08-27 14:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2160	BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S FOURTH IPR BILL [...] This is the fourth in a series of five cables on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftels). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the fourth bill. 2. Bill 3967/2004 (of the Piracy [...]	2004-08-27 17:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2162	BRAZIL: PIRACY CPI'S FIFTH IPR BILL [...] This is the final cable in a series of five on legislation put forward on July 16, 2004 by Deputies belonging to the Congressional Investigative Commission on Piracy (reftels). Below is Embassy's unofficial translation of the text of the fifth bill. 2. Bill 3968/2004 (of the Piracy CPI [...]	2004-08-27 18:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA222	BRAZILIAN FEDERAL DEPUTIES DISCUSS PIRACY WITH GAO [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 9. 2. (U) Summary: Members of Brazil's Federal Chamber's Investigative Commission (CPI) on Piracy briefed visitors from the U.S. General Accounting Office and Emboffs on January 20. Describing the work of the CPI and the extent of the piracy probl [...]	2004-02-02 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EIND ECON KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA2745	FEAR AND INTIMIDATION EVIDENT IN MURDER CASE OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In an October 15, 2004 meeting with poloff, a Brazilian Ministry of Labor (MOL) Inspection Counselor agreed with recent press reports that finger local agricultural magnates in the January 28, 2004 assassination of three MOL labor inspectors and their driver ne [...]	2004-11-01 15:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB KCRM KJUS CASC SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2835	"O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" ARTICLE ON POLICE ACTION [...] The article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describing Federal Police action against the notorious pirated goods trafficker Law Kin Chong, appeared in the Saturday, November 6 "O Estado de Sao Paulo". Post thought it might be of interest to those in Washington who follow the IPR development [...]	2004-11-17 14:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
04BRASILIA2870	DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE IPR MATERIALS [...] Embassy Brasilia offers the following thoughts in response to reftel's request to consider development of post specific, IPR-related web-site materials, citing the China "IPR Toolkit" as an example. Please see action request in para 5. 2. Brazil is a major market for counterfeit and pirate [...]	2004-11-22 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON BEXP KCRM BR IPR
04BRASILIA3095	BRAZIL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Triborder Area (Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay) (Please review with submissions from other TBA posts.) The Triborder area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the reg [...]	2004-12-17 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR
04BRASILIA3151	BRAZIL'S BANESTADO INVESTIGATION ENDS IN A FIASCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A year and a half after its promising start, the Brazilian Congress's "Banestado" inquiry --an investigation into a vast money-laundering scheme involving hundreds of Brazilian politicians, criminals, and businesspersons-- has come to an inglorious end. The investigative commi [...]	2004-12-22 17:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PREL BR
04BRASILIA445	BRAZIL - 2004 SPECIAL 301 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil remain on the Priority Watch List for the 2004 Special 301 Review. Despite several positive developments, including tougher penalties for copyright infractions and increased (but isolated) police action against copyright theft, the Lula administratio [...]	2004-02-27 19:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD KCRM PGOV BR IPR
04BRASILIA458	SCANDAL CONTINUES TO RATTLE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Waldomiro Diniz scandal that broke in Brazil on February 13 (reftel) continues to reverberate, and the end is not in sight. Diniz, a deputy to Lula's Chief of Staff, Jose Dirceu, was fired when it was revealed that, as head of the Rio de Janeiro lottery authority in 2002, h [...]	2004-03-01 19:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM ECON BR
04BRASILIA572	WORST OF BRAZILIAN SCANDAL HAS PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 4, Brazil's Workers' Party (PT) quashed efforts to set up a congressional inquiry (CPI) into the gaming sector and the "Waldomiro Diniz" scandal (refs A,B). This, coupled with the fact that no new allegations pointing to wrongdoing by PT leaders have emerged in recent d [...]	2004-03-10 20:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KCRM BR
04BRASILIA941	BRAZILIAN INDIANS KILL 29 PROSPECTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 7, some 29 diamond prospectors working illegally on an Indian reservation in the western Brazilian state of Rondonia were slain by members of the Cinta-Larga tribe. Three bodies were found on April 11 and another twenty-six on April 16. Authorities now fear reprisals a [...]	2004-04-19 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM SOCI BR
04BRUSSELS1338	EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...] (U) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.int/). They pledged to improve cooperation, to speed up implementation of agreed EU measures, and announced new initiatives to counter the terrorist threat. A [...]	2004-03-26 18:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS139	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JANUARY 2004 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 8. 2. Summary. During its January 9 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from the Baltic states (Norway),Central Europe (Netherlands),Northern Africa (Spain),Africa - apart from North Africa (Franc [...]	2004-01-14 06:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EU KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1448	MIGRATION ISSUES: EU INTERIOR MINISTERS REACH KEY [...] At the March 30 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting, EU ministers reached political agreement on the so- called "Qualification Directive" that sets out the eligibility criteria for both refugee status and subsidiary protection in the EU and the entitlements of those persons who qual [...]	2004-04-05 06:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CVIS CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1450	COUNTER-TERRORISM/LAW ENFORCEMENT: EU [...] The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers on March 30 displayed a new momentum to meet its obligations to deal with the Declaration by EU leaders on combating terrorism as well as its own rolling agenda. The ministers agreed on a "general approach" (no formal agreement yet) [...]	2004-04-05 06:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PREF CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1911	EU AGREES ON ASYLUM PROCEDURES DIRECTIVE [...] The EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on April 29 reached political agreement on a draft Directive imposing minimum standards on procedures in Member States for granting and withdrawing refugee status. Coupled with the formal adoption of the Asylum Qualification Directive on the same day, t [...]	2004-05-03 13:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL CMGT CVIS SMIG KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1929	EU AGREES ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on April 29-30 agreed on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to confiscation orders, a follow-up to the March 26 European Council Declaration on Combating Terrorism. The Commission will bring forward by June further proposals [...]	2004-05-04 12:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2477	EU FAILS TO AGREE ON NEW EUROPOL DIRECTOR [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 8 failed to reach the necessary consensus on who will be the Director of EUROPOL as from July 1, 2004. Ministers reached complete agreement on the principle of mutual recognition of confiscation orders. JHA Commissioner Vitorino repor [...]	2004-06-10 06:09:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2586	U.S.-EU JOINT MISSION TO INTERPOL ON LOST/STOLEN [...] (SBU) Summary. During consultations in Brussels on 6/9 and a subsequent joint mission to Interpol headquarters in Lyon on 6/10, the U.S. and EU ironed out some of the remaining wrinkles in plans to share information on lost and stolen passports through Interpol. An EU Common Position, expect [...]	2004-06-17 13:03:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS KFRD KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2683	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2004 [...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. During its June 22 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Eastern Europe (submitted by Germany),the Balkans and the Near East (Greece),Central Asia (Italy),South West Asia (U [...]	2004-06-23 15:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3101	EU/JHA: TOWARD A NEW MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAM; [...] The EU Council of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on July 19 began preparations for a new multi-annual JHA program building on EU work over the past five years to establish "a common area of freedom, security and justice." Noting the persisting deadlock on the appointment of a n [...]	2004-07-20 15:33:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4536	EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...]	2004-10-21 08:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4619	NEW EU PROGRAM FOR FREEDOM, SECURITY AND [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on October 25 reached broad agreement on a new multi- annual program for strengthening freedom, security and justice in the EU for the next five years. The prevention and repression of terrorism will be a key element of the plan, which provides [...]	2004-10-26 14:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4677	DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...]	2004-10-29 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4789	EU-JHA: LEADERS ENDORSE NEW MULTI-ANNUAL [...] EU leaders at their November 5 European Council meeting endorsed the new multi-annual program for "strengthening freedom, security and justice in the European Union" as prepared by their Justice and Home Affairs Ministers in the October 25 Council meeting (REFTEL). Dutch PM/European Council [...]	2004-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5032	SIGNING BILATERAL INSTRUMENTS TO U.S.-EU [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	BE CASC FI KCRM PREL SW EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5128	JHA: MINISTERS REVIEW COUNTER-TERROR [...] The EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 2 agreed on a series of documents relating to the fight against terrorism in preparation for the December 17 European Council. These include a strategy against the financing of terrorism, a report on intelligence [...]	2004-12-06 06:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5255	MEETING WITH THE PORTUGUESE ON THE EXTRADITION AND [...] On December 10, USEU Senior Counsel Mark Richard, Embassy Paris Justice Attache Ken Harris and USEU/NAS Frank Kerber attended a meeting arranged by Embassy Lisbon in an attempt to explore the possible options for resolving outstanding issues with respect to the conclusion of the Portuguese pr [...]	2004-12-13 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KCRM KJUS PO PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS862	STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] (U) The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) 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 in [...]	2004-02-27 14:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CALCUTTA427	U.S.-FUNDED NGO TARGETED IN COURT [...] SUMMARY. The Indian Supreme Court has issued a notice to the West Bengal Government on a petition alleging that the NGO Sanlaap, in collusion with the police, has been running a racket to exploit minor girls as a means to obtain foreign donor funding, according to an October 28 report in the [...]	2004-10-28 12:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN EAID IN
04COLOMBO1191	SRI LANKA MAKES CONCERTED EFFORT ON SEVERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: G/TIP Program Officer and Embassy officials met with Government officials and local NGO representatives in Colombo to discuss the multifaceted issue of trafficking in persons in Sri Lanka, including sex tourism, prostitution, and external migrant workers. Officials throughout th [...]	2004-07-19 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB CE
04COLOMBO1896	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT THREATENS RETURN TO DEATH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced that President Chandrika Kumaratunga has decided to reactivate the death penalty following the November 19 assassinations of a High Court judge and his bodyguard in Colombo. The killings were likely prompted by the judge's involvement [...]	2004-11-22 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO2002	TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LTTE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary and Action Request (C): The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is engaging in numerous fundraising activities worldwide, from both "legitimate" sources and organized crime activities. As much as $200 million of funds raised from their organized crime and "legitimate" fundraisi [...]	2004-12-16 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN CVIS KCRM PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO697	Access to International Law Enforcement Academy [...] (SBU) We have heard from your staff in INL that you might visit Sri Lanka late next month, perhaps after inaugurating the new campus of the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok. I would be delighted to see you here. We could put together a program for you highlighting ho [...]	2004-04-26 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL CE XD
04DJIBOUTI1500	2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT - DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Embassy point of contact for Annual Terrorism Report is Pol/Econ Officer Erinn Reed (reedec@state.gov). Below is post changes to 2003 Country Section for Djibouti. 2. (U) Djibouti, a staunch supporter in the global war on terrorism and a member of the Arab League, has taken a strong sta [...]	2004-11-23 03:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO DJ

04DJIBOUTI1551	EMBASSY DJIBOUTI REQUESTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Djibouti is a small East African nation with a stable government, but has porous borders and exists amid conflicts in neighboring Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. Djibouti is thus impacted negatively by the problem of large numbers of refugees and illegal [...]	2004-12-06 01:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1601	DJIBOUTI - 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2003-2004 report remains the same. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-region, thanks to its US dollar-pegged currency and its unrestricted foreign exchange. Officials from the Central Ban [...]	2004-12-17 01:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ
04DUBLIN1823	IRELAND: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part II. The primary sources of funds laundered in Ireland are narcotics trafficking, fraud and tax offenses. Money laundering mostly occurs in financial instituti [...]	2004-12-21 13:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN
04FRANKFURT6334	RHEINLAND-PFALZ AGREES TO REINSTATE PENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of July 1, the Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) state government reinstated full payment of pensions to all Holocaust survivors involved in the Satmar payments dispute (reftels) and will refund all funds withheld to date. R-P took the move in response to a meeting between Consul General [...]	2004-07-23 14:38:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM GM
04FRANKFURT6697	TIP: Rheinland-Pfalz Pioneers Innovative Concept to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) has developed a victim-oriented approach to combating human trafficking that offers police protection, NGO (non- governmental organization) counseling, and immigration advice for trafficked women. The initiative supports women willing to [...]	2004-08-05 08:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI SMIG GM
04GUATEMALA1106	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-05 20:16:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1124	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #3-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- Labor: 100 Days in Labor (paras 1-2) -- Labor: Apparel Sector Plans Mediation Center (3) -- Labor: Uncertainty at NB Maquila (4) -- Labor: [...]	2004-05-07 00:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA1320	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Enforcement Efforts Gaining Traction -- TIP: Police Corruption Investigation -- TIP: First Conviction Lightly Fined -- TIP: Legis [...]	2004-05-27 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM
04GUATEMALA1447	GUATEMALA: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Executive Send CICIACS to Court (paras 2-3) -- Progress on Southcom Human Rights Initiative (4) -- Human Rights NGOs Speak Out on National Police (5) -- New Trial in Rio Negro Massacre [...]	2004-06-10 19:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN AORC GT
04GUATEMALA1573	TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...]	2004-06-25 13:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA1668	GOG RESPONSE ON TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 22:53:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KSUM KCRM GT KDEM KCOR PREF
04GUATEMALA1783	TIER 2 WATCH LIST PLAN FOR GUATEMALA [...] On July 16, Charge met with Vice Foreign Minister Marta Altolaguirre to discuss progress in fighting trafficking in persons, and what Guatemala can do to improve its standing on the Tier 2 Watch List. Charge delivered all the points in reftel, and Altolaguirre took careful notes of each. Ch [...]	2004-07-20 17:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG GT XK WM
04GUATEMALA2114	STAFFDEL SHANK'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA [...] Sensitive But Unclassified - entire text. 2. Summary: Staffdel Shank,s three-day visit to Guatemala gave the Congressional visitors an updated picture of the Guatemalan reality, through meetings with key GOG and private sector interlocutors. The GOG representatives emphasized the Berger [...]	2004-08-20 16:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID GT KCOR KCRM MARR PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
04GUATEMALA2180	GOG LOOKING TO KEEP CICIACS ALIVE [...] The Ambassador met with Guatemalan Transparency and Political Reform Commissioner Mario Fuentes-Destarac on August 20 to discuss the GOG,s plans to revise CICIACS. The Constitutional Court,s August 6 decision eliminated the possibility for an entirely independent CICIACS. Since that decisio [...]	2004-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2201	GUATEMALAN VP STEIN MEETS WITH SFRC STAFFER SIMON [...] Summary and introduction: Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein received Jennifer Simon, visiting professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the presidential palace August 24. Stein outlined GOG plans for salvaging CICIACS, explained the GOG's position on comp [...]	2004-08-27 20:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MARR KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2248	GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...]	2004-09-02 17:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT
04GUATEMALA2390	PRESIDENT BUSH'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT BERGER ON [...] (U) The Ambassador is seeking an appointment with President Berger to carry out ref instructions. In the interim, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting September 16 to provide Guatemalan FM Briz an advance brief, given that he and President Berger are leaving Septemb [...]	2004-09-17 18:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS SMIG KCRM SNAR ASEC PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA252	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...]	2004-02-03 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA2805	GUATEMALAN SQUATTERS REINVADE SITE OF PREVIOUS [...] Summary: Guatemalan squatters reinvaded Nueva Linda farm, the site where eleven people were killed during a violent eviction in August. The squatters, who this time were unarmed, maintain their previous demand for government action to investigate the 2003 disappearance of their colleague and [...]	2004-11-04 23:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON GT KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC
04GUATEMALA2845	GUATEMALA'S INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR TIP [...] The Government of Guatemala made appreciable progress in each of the following areas in regard to trafficking in persons (TIP). The responses below are keyed to the questions in paragraph D of reftel. Our own comments follow in para 2. a) Guatemala has several pending legal proposals to co [...]	2004-11-10 17:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA2985	UN OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA SPURS ACTION ON [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala sent UN SYG Kofi Annan a letter reaffirming its commitment to CICIACS and outlining interim measures it is taking to pave the way for CICIACS. The letter was prompted by the visit to Guatemala of UN U/S for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast to Guat [...]	2004-11-29 13:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA3164	GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER'S DEATH: MORE COMMON CRIME [...] (U) Julio Rolando Raquec, Secretary of the Federation of Workers in the Informal Economy (FSTIG),died after being mugged several blocks from his Guatemala City residence by unidentified individuals on November 30. Raquec sustained fatal injuries during the robbery and died later the same d [...]	2004-12-10 18:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SNAR EAID KPAO ECON
04GUATEMALA3244	GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...]	2004-12-21 23:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT
04GUATEMALA3265	CASA ALIANZA IN GUATEMALA [...] We strongly support the work of Casa Alianza's Guatemalan operation and are pleased that their work continues unabated in light of the issues raised in ref (A). As we reported in the ref (B) Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Update, Casa Alianza is a critical component of Guatemala's anti-TIP activ [...]	2004-12-23 20:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG EAID SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA508	GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...]	2004-03-01 22:43:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA691	LABOR/TIP UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) The following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons (TIP). Topics include: -- TIP: GOG Stepping Up Enforcement Efforts (para 2) -- TIP: ILO Introduces Reforms to Congress (3-4) -- Labor: Successful USDOL Project Design Visit [...]	2004-03-19 17:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA779	GUATEMALA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Summary: The new Government of Guatemala is giving TIP priority attention. A major step forward has been the creation of an anti-TIP unit in the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Women, which is taking the lead on TIP investigations and has launched a series of operations [...]	2004-03-30 20:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA798	GUATEMALA: SIGNIFICANT STEPS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Berger Government has recently taken significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. During President Fox's recent visit to Guatemala, Guatemalan authorities signed an MOU on anti-TIP cooperation with Mexico. The GOG will deposit its articles of ratification of the U [...]	2004-03-31 22:21:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD KCRM PHUM GT
04HANOI1010	LABOR EXPORT SITUATION AND VIETNAM'S TIER [...] (U) Summary and action request: Embassy has reviewed the suggested language in the Trafficking in Persons report and would like to clarify some issues that appear to have led G/TIP to recommend a "watch list" designation for Vietnam. The GVN is engaged in monitoring and investigation of work c [...]	2004-04-13 08:16:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI1074	DAEWOOSA CASE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The GVN cracked down hard on the Vietnamese labor companies involved in the Daewoosa case, including jail terms for some executives, who publicly acknowledged their wrongdoing. Since that response to illegal trafficking-related activity in Vietnam, the GVN has reformed its labor [...]	2004-04-14 10:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI1188	PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: In Ho Chi Minh City, various sectors of society - including the city government, Communist Party mass organizations, NGOs, and even local churches - are working together to protect victims and women identified as particularly vulnerable to trafficking. A visit to the central prov [...]	2004-04-26 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI1190	LAWSUIT AGAINST DAEWOOSA TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] (U) Ref A contained documents originally provided by G/TIP allegedly supporting the assertion that the GVN sued victims in the Daewoosa trafficking case to recover the back wages they were paid in the U.S. as part of the court settlement. It also described G/TIP's position that this lawsuit w [...]	2004-04-27 02:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI1584	ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...]	2004-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC
04HANOI1587	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points 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 Unit [...]	2004-06-03 03:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI1724	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...]	2004-06-17 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI2107	ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...]	2004-07-29 09:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI2284	TALKING THE TALK AND WALKING THE WALK DURING DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY. June is "Drug Awareness Month" in Vietnam, and this year's campaign was billed as a success. Typically energetic government-encouraged anti-drug publicity events were accompanied by atypically successful drug trafficking enforcement operations throughout the country, with severa [...]	2004-08-18 00:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SOCI VM CNARC
04HANOI2404	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER REACTS TO TIP REPORT [...] Summary. On July 28, Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Vice Chairwoman of the External Relations Committee of the National Assembly (NA),made an unannounced appearance at the USAID-funded Development Alternative Initiative (DAI) meeting in Hanoi. Madame Ninh expressed the GVN's support for anti-traff [...]	2004-08-31 06:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP ASEAN
04HANOI2499	TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...]	2004-09-13 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI2507	UNICEF AND MPS REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Public Security, working in cooperation with Cooperazione Italiana and UNICEF, released the government's first comprehensive statistical report on trafficking in Vietnam. At the same time, the GVN and other agencies in Vietnam agree that "official" trafficking st [...]	2004-09-13 22:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI2518	VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...]	2004-09-15 00:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI2734	VIETNAM'S LARGEST DRUG CASE EVER [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Recent counternarcotics successes, culminating in the arrest of the key members of a drug syndicate billed as the nation's largest ever, have not lifted the flagging spirits of Vietnam's counterdrug officers. Departing from their usual relentlessly optimistic propaga [...]	2004-10-04 22:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI2863	VIETNAM SECURITY MINISTER PROMISES COORDINATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh told the Ambassador October 20 that he is pleased with the developing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and is "absolutely committed" to ensuring the safety and security not only of USG facilities and personnel, but also of Americans traveling to [...]	2004-10-21 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC CVIS CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI2921	VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...]	2004-10-29 01:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI3021	UPDATE ON LABOR EXPORT IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Vietnamese Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) officials and Vietnamese press reports, increasing labor exports from Vietnam have created new demands for services and protections for overseas workers. While not yet complete, the process of turn [...]	2004-11-09 09:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR
04HANOI3071	VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...]	2004-11-15 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP
04HANOI330	TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...]	2004-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI405	ADMIRAL FARGO DISCUSSES AREAS OF FURTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Deputy Foreign Minister Le Van Bang on February 9, Admiral Thomas Fargo, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, highlighted the recent improvement of bilateral relations, and discussed establishment of an IMET p [...]	2004-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM CNARC CTERR
04HANOI447	ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...]	2004-02-18 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP
04HANOI652	INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...]	2004-03-04 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI663	RECENT MAJOR DRUG CASES IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A recent large drug trial in Ho Chi Minh City concluded on February 26, with the People's Court handing down four death sentences, four life imprisonments, and other lengthy prison terms. 140 other suspects are to be tried at a later date. Other cases in Son La, Da Nang, and N [...]	2004-03-05 02:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI738	A/S TAYLOR DISCUSSES SECURITY AND COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting March 10 with visiting Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Frank Taylor, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong said he wanted to see closer cooperation between MPS and the Embassy, including formal communication channels for CT and [...]	2004-03-12 08:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER SNAR KCRM VM CTERR
04HANOI786	NEXT STEPS ON TIP IN VIETNAM: LEGAL REFORM [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has the outline of a plan of action to reform TIP legislation in conformity with UN standards and to deal with the problem more effectively. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is on board but has some concerns about implementation. The plan is a dir [...]	2004-03-18 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HARARE1970	HARARE UPDATE ON INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOZ and Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa jointly held a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings in Harare on November 29-30. The Embassy sent observers to the meeting, at which officials articulated GOZ interest in developing anti-TIP legislat [...]	2004-12-06 12:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ZI TIP
04HARARE356	ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003 - [...] 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 and children. [...]	2004-02-27 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PINR ZI TIP
04HARARE691	TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...]	2004-04-22 15:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP
04HELSINKI1504	FINLAND WILL SIGN BILATERAL INSTRUMENT TO U.S.-EU [...] (U) Poloff on November 29 spoke about the bilateral instrument with Matti Joutsen, the Director for International Relations at the Ministry of Justice. Joutsen said that the GoF was "favorably disposed" to signing the bilateral instrument in Brussels on Dec. 15 or 16. Joutsen said that Fin [...]	2004-11-29 13:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KCRM KJUS PREL FI EUN
04HELSINKI1592	MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES IN FINLAND: [...] Summary: The following is Embassy Helsinki's submission to the money laundering and financial crimes section of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. -------- Overview -------- 2. Finland is not a regional center for money laundering, financ [...]	2004-12-23 12:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN FI
04ISTANBUL1062	TURKEY'S FIRST TIP VICTIM SHELTER: SECRETARY [...] Summary: Secretary Powell and FM Gul witnessed the signing of a protocol that will lead to the opening of Turkey's first shelter for trafficking in persons victims later this month. The signing ceremony, which attracted significant attention and publicity, publicly committed the Turkish gov [...]	2004-07-09 07:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04KATHMANDU1030	NEPALI MAOIST COMMANDER IMPLICATED IN MURDERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Nepali press reports, Indian police in Patna, Bihar have arrested 12 Nepali Maoists, including several Central Committee members. Among those reportedly arrested is Kumar Dahal (a.k.a. "Bijay"),the head of the Maoists' Kathmandu Valley Special Regional Bureau. [...]	2004-06-04 02:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL KCRM CJAN NP IN
04KATHMANDU1201	STATE DEPT. 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EAID SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD CASC NP SA PPD
04KATHMANDU1406	NEPAL: CORRUPTION CONVICTION AGAINST FORMER [...] (U) On July 22, the Special Court convicted Chiranjivi Wagle, former deputy prime minister and Central Committee member of Prime Minister Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) party, on corruption charges. The court sentenced him to two and a half years in jail, a fine of NRs. 27.2 million (ap [...]	2004-07-23 08:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV KCRM NP
04KATHMANDU379	NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...]	2004-03-01 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
04KATHMANDU398	OVERVIEW OF NEPAL POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS CELL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Nepal Police Human Rights Cell was established in January 2003 and is staffed with only three investigators. However, organizational restructuring is underway to expand the number of investigators to 19. The cell is authorized to mete out minor punishments, such as verbal [...]	2004-03-04 00:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM NP
04KATHMANDU654	THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL FOR TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary. Existing legislation governing human trafficking in Nepal provides severe punishments for traffickers and their associates and shifts the burden of proof, in many cases, to the accused rather than the victim. Draft legislation that would address victim rights and protections expired [...]	2004-04-09 02:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREF ELAB NP
04KINSHASA2020	PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) Summary: Amnesty International's October report, 'DRC: Mass Rape- Time for Remedies' provides a generally accurate picture of the nature of sexual violence in eastern DRC. Its suggestion that the international community has ignored this crisis, however, is untrue. The USG, for example, alre [...]	2004-11-01 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KPKO KWMN KCRM CG
04KINSHASA2097	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF [...] The following responses are geared to reftel questions. Post believes the DRC has made credible progress on its outstanding issues, and we will continue to stress to the GDRC the importance of doing so. 2. In May 2004, the GDRC finalized and implemented procedures for issuing official demob [...]	2004-11-16 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL CG
04KUWAIT1258	(C) TIP: DISCUSSION WITH NUNCIO [...] (U) A/DCM met April 13 with Archbishop Giuseppe De Andrea, Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Yemen, Bahrain, and Qatar and Apostolic Delegate for the Arabian Peninsula, who is resident in Kuwait and has served here over four years. 2. (C) The purpose of the meeting was to brief the Nuncio on th [...]	2004-04-17 10:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN PGOV KCRM SMIG KU
04KUWAIT2523	ANTI-TIP ACTION PLAN FOR KUWAIT DELIVERED [...] (U) On August 9, 2004, Charge delivered reftel Anti-TIP Action Plan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. Ambassador Al-Babtain expressed surprise that the USG deals with all nations directly on this issue and recommended that Anti-TIP efforts be c [...]	2004-08-09 12:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL KU
04KUWAIT4419	KUWAIT'S 2004-2005 INSCR, PART II [...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2004-2005 INSCR follows in para 2. Key changes include: Para 1: Kuwait has nine commercial banks, including two Islamic banks. One of Kuwait,s two specialized banks, the Kuwait Real Estate Bank, will soon convert into an Islamic bank. Para 3: Curre [...]	2004-12-20 08:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN KCRM KU
04KUWAIT4428	Kuwait: 2004 Annual Terrorism Report Draft [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Chief Natalie E. Brown who can be reached at Brown [...]	2004-12-20 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU
04LAGOS2301	TIP: NIGERIA INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] When Post made its submission last March for the 2004 TIP Report, the GON had just created the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP). With a staff of over 150 now in place, the fledgling agency has demonstrated its commitment to combatin [...]	2004-11-16 14:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2394	TIP: COURT DELIVERS FIRST CONVICTION UNDER [...] Summary. The High Court in Benin City delivered the first conviction under the 2003 Human Trafficking Prohibition Law last week. Sarah Okoya was found guilty of attempting to procure persons for prostitution, attempting to organize foreign travel for prostitution, and deceitfully inducing pe [...]	2004-11-29 10:26:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2454	RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON TIP INTERIM [...] (U) The information below responds to interim assessment follow-up questions from the November 19, 2004, email from Rachel Yousey. 2. (U) Has NAPTIP investigated any of the informant reports of corruption among law enforcement, immigration, and airport officials? Answer: NAPTIP has begun [...]	2004-12-08 04:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN NI
04LAGOS2528	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 11:49:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NI KCRM KTFN
04LILONGWE1022	TIP: NEW MALAWI GOVERNMENT WORKING TO ADDRESS ROOT [...] (U) Charge and poloff paid an introductory call on Malawi's Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda on October 28. Charge used the opportunity to follow up on the previously raised issue of trafficking in persons (TIP) (reftel A),a topic Banda was eager to dis [...]	2004-10-29 10:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN MI HIV AIDS
04LILONGWE199	MALAWI 2003 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY. Based on a review of GOM practices, interviews with civil society groups, GOM officials, and press accounts, Malawi should not be designated as a country of origin, transit, or destination of the most severe forms of international trafficking in significant numbers of men, women, or [...]	2004-03-10 15:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MI
04LILONGWE267	IOM'S VISIT TO MALAWI: CONCERNS ABOUT TIP AND THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking to open a permanent office in Malawi. According to visiting IOM representatives, international human trafficking from Malawi and Mozambique via the Nacala corridor is the IOM's "most pressing (trafficking in persons) c [...]	2004-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF ELTN KCRM MI
04LILONGWE710	EMBOFFS PRESENT G/TIP REPORT TO NEW GOM MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge and Poloff paid an introductory call ON Malawi's newly appointed Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services, Joyce Banda. The minister was unfamiliar with the issue of human trafficking and Malawi's G/TIP Tier Two - Watch List status, and agreed the issue s [...]	2004-07-29 07:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM PINR MI
04LILONGWE723	GOM TAKES ISSUE WITH MALAWI'S TIP RANKING [...] (SBU) Minister of Foreign Affairs George Chaponda told the Charge on July 28 that the GOM is "very concerned" about Malawi's ranking as a Tier Two - Watch List country in the Department's 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Chaponda said the ranking "did not reflect the situation on the [...]	2004-08-02 08:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM MI UNGA
04LILONGWE734	TIP OPEN FOR DISCUSSION IN MALAWI [...] SUMMARY. On July 29, post hosted a Human Rights Symposium focused on trafficking in persons (TIP). In attendance were numerous GOM officials, including Minister of Gender, Child Welfare, and Community Services Joyce Banda. The keynote address was presented by Supreme Court Justice Anastazia [...]	2004-08-04 13:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL MI
04LILONGWE868	GOM DISSATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT [...] In a Note Verbale dated August 20, the GOM has once again expressed its dissatisfaction with its Tier 2 - Watch List ranking. As reported in reftel A, the GOM takes issue with the content of the 2004 TIP report and maintains it has taken necessary steps to combat TIP in the country. 2. Te [...]	2004-09-08 14:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG MI
04LIMA126	PERUVIAN NARCOTRAFFICKER FERNANDO ZEVALLOS: [...] (SBU) Embassy's Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office plans to deliver two letters on January 13: -- one to suspected narcotrafficker Fernando Zevallos Gonzalez requesting that he present himself at the Embassy to make a sworn statement regarding his eligibility to enter the U.S. a [...]	2004-01-09 16:32:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	CVIS SNAR PREL KCRM PINR PE
04MADRID2187	EXTRADITION CASE OF ALEXANDER BOIKO [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman, at Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 4316700, f [...]	2004-06-10 10:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SP BOIKO ALEXANDER
04MADRID3994	EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...]	2004-10-14 12:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS KCRM SP
04MADRID4258	EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARDUCCI [...] Post personally delivered Dip note no. 583 to the Chief of the Unit of Consular Legal Matters at the Foreign Ministry. Spanish official informed post that they would fax copy of Dip Note to the President of the Criminal division of the National Court for any appropriate action 2. Embassy w [...]	2004-11-04 13:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS SNAR KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER
04MADRID4316	EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL [...] Christopher Michael Berarducci's surrender is getting strong press coverage in major newspapers in Spain. "El Mundo", one of Spain's leading newspapers states that Spain is going to surrender subject to the US without receiving the requested assurances. The publication quotes Post's dipnotes t [...]	2004-11-10 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CPAS KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER
04MADRID4657	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Attorney General Ashcroft and his team on December 17 for the signing of the bilateral protocol to the multilateral MLAT (REF A) and a meeting with Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar. We have incorporated the new arri [...]	2004-12-10 07:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP CASC KCRM KJUS PREL SP EUN
04MADRID4793	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID4803	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 14:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SP EFIN
04MADRID720	SPAIN - ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 16:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
04MANAMA1113	MFA BRIEFS ON 2003 TIP ACTION PLAN STATUS [...] On July 10, Chairman of the Interministerial Committee on Anti-TIP activities, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa briefed P/E Chief and PolOff on the status of the remaining items from the GOB 2003 Action Plan. - VICTIM ABUSE SHELT [...]	2004-07-14 06:36:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM BA
04MANAMA1409	USUN AMBASSADOR SIV VISIT - 59TH UNGA [...] (C) On September 7, US Ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and Coordinator of the US delegation to the UN General Assembly Sichan Siv met with GOB officials and parliamentarians to discuss the United States' five UN General Assembly priorities (Reftel). ----------- [...]	2004-09-13 14:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PGOV BA ECOSOC UNGA
04MANAMA1419	LABOR MINISTER WELCOMES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In an introductory meeting on September 11, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) Majeed bin Mohsin Al Alawi explained to the Ambassador that his portfolio included labor reform, vocational training, unemployment, facilities for the disabled, occupational safety inspections and en [...]	2004-09-14 14:24:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PHUM KMPI KCRM KDEM BA
04MANAMA1425	GOB ENGAGED IN ANTI-TRAFFICKING MEASURES; WELCOMES [...] (C) G/TIP Senior Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Bahrain August 20-24 to meet with GOB officials and demarche them on G/TIP's Bahrain-specific Action Plan (Ref A). In response to the demarche, GOB officials outlined what measures they have implemented to combat trafficking and their pl [...]	2004-09-15 12:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB BA
04MANAMA1503	GOB SHUTS DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER [...] (C) On September 28 at 22:30, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) sent a press release to Bahraini newspapers announcing the closure and dissolution of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for "actions that contravened the Law of Societies and the Center's own charter." T [...]	2004-09-29 16:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC KMPI KCRM BA
04MANAMA1893	BAHRAIN: 2004-05 INCSR PART II [...] Please see text of updated 2004-05 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, para 2. Post notes that the Bahrain Monetary Agency, on behalf of the GOB, has responded to a separate and independent inquiry from FINCEN to update the report, and will respond directly to FINCEN thr [...]	2004-12-15 12:45:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN BA
04MANAMA251	EMBASSY SEEKS MORE BAHRAINI ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) On February 22, POL/ECON Chief asked MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow-up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa if he could provide an update on anti-TIP activities since ref A. Shaikh Abdul Aziz is the overall coordinator of TIP-related work with the USG. P/E [...]	2004-02-23 08:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM ELAB BA
04MANAMA339	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT: [...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]	2004-03-11 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA

04MANAMA499	RIGHTS ACTIVIST'S ARREST - THE GOB BEHAVES POORLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In order to derail an NGO's plan to embarrass the GOB during Bahrain's April 4 Grand Prix race, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) arrested a human rights activist on March 30 for alleged un-Islamic behavior and indecency. In the process the GOB denied the activist his right to leg [...]	2004-04-08 13:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS ELAB KCRM BA
04MANAMA838	AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS GOB THREATS TO SHUT DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-02 14:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA ELAB KCRM KMPI PHUM
04MANAMA940	TIP REPORT NARRATIVE AND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] POL/ECON Chief delivered ref a country narrative and talking points regarding the 2004 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretar Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on June 15, 2004. Shaikh Abdul Aziz, who chairs the GOB interministerial T [...]	2004-06-17 09:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KFRD KMPI KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BA
04MAPUTO1114	STATE OF AFFAIRS OF MOZAMBICAN POLICE AND [...] SUMMARY. Over a period of three days, Ambassador and acting RSO met with the commissioner of the Mozambican national police (PRM),Miguel dos Santos, and the spokesperson of the PRM and head of the Community Policing Program, Nataniel Macama. Notable issues discussed included the state of crim [...]	2004-08-18 11:14:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM SNAR KHIV MZ KCRM
04MAPUTO112	IMMIGRATION & VISA FRAUD IN AND OUT OF MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Summary: Visa fraud in Mozambique continues to be less prevalent than the otherwise high level of corruption throughout the country would suggest. New anti-fraud investigation and validation studies at post indicate, however, that attempted non-immigrant visa fraud among third country nati [...]	2004-01-23 08:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD MZ KCOR KCRM
04MAPUTO1627	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Below are post answers to INSCR questions pertaining to money laundering and financial crimes, organized in response to the subheadings provided in State 254401. General Questions ---------------------- 2. Mozambique is not a regional financial center. Money laundering is fairly common and [...]	2004-12-17 09:24:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MZ KCOR
04MAPUTO1658	NEW MOZAMBICAN AIRLINE RAISES SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In August 2004, Air Corridor became Mozambique's first private commercial airline to operate nationwide, breaking the monopoly that the government-owned Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) had maintained since independence. Air Corridor has injected much-needed competition in Moza [...]	2004-12-29 15:06:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR SNAR KCRM MZ SA
04MAPUTO204	CTAG MEETING IN MAPUTO [...] Summary: On February 5, DCM hosted our first CTAG meeting (per reftel request) with counterparts from Spain, Portugal, Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Germany, European Commission, and Ireland (representing EU troika). Participants concurred that improved maritime security for Mozambiq [...]	2004-02-17 06:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SENV PREL MZ
04MAPUTO284	2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW. A- Mozambique is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women and children. Trafficking is also believed to occur within the country. There are no reliable numbers available on the extent of the problem. Poverty, a history of child migration, cultural/religious prac [...]	2004-03-02 14:53:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MZ
04MAPUTO464	ALLEGATIONS AND ACCUSATIONS IN NAMPULA: UNCOVERING [...] Summary: Allegations of trafficking in human organs and children in the northern provincial capital of Nampula have riveted the public's attention for the past several months and received wide-spread press coverage. In the middle of the firestorm is a foreign couple accused of trafficking in o [...]	2004-04-02 09:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM MZ
04MAPUTO487	ATTORNEY GENERAL SEEKS GREATER SUPPORT TO BUILD [...] (U) Attorney General Joaquim Madeira gathered donor country ambassadors on March 26 and appealed for greater support to help create more professional and effective prosecutors. He reiterated the need for his staff, also referred to as the "Ministerio Publico" (MP) or Procuradoria Geral (PGR),[...]	2004-04-08 09:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KCOR EAID KCRM MZ
04MAPUTO513	SOLICITATION FOR ANTI-TIP BILATERAL PROPOSAL FOR [...] Overview of request: Post is requesting bilateral G/TIP funding in the amount of $250,900 for a technical assistance program to develop critically needed national anti-trafficking legislation in Mozambique. This project will be implemented through the International Organization for Migration ( [...]	2004-04-13 13:50:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ASEC SMIG PHUM ELAB MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO517	ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW GOES BACK TO ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. The Anti-Corruption Law passed by the National Assembly in November 2003 (Ref A) will be re-examined in parliament on April 15. It was sent back to the Assembly by President Chissano, who refused to sign the legislation, due to questions regarding the constitutionality of one its [...]	2004-04-14 13:49:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM KJUS EAID MZ PROG
04MAPUTO597	MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN [...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...]	2004-04-30 10:17:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO636	BCM TRIAL: WAITING FOR A VERDICT ON MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Summary: The verdict in the BCM bank fraud trial will be handed down on May 25. The case involves nineteen defendants accused of defrauding fourteen million USD from the Commercial Bank of Mozambique (BCM) between March and August 1996. Most commentators do not expect any senior bank off [...]	2004-05-11 13:26:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MZ
04MAPUTO659	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USCOMNAVEUR [...] (U) Introduction and summary. Your visit comes at a time when the positive bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Mozambique is expanding. Mozambique is the only country in the world that is both a focus country under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and one of the sixteen c [...]	2004-05-14 08:34:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER KCRM MZ EFIS ACOTA
04MAPUTO675	ANIBALZINHO ESCAPES AGAIN, GRM EMBARRASSED [...] (U) On May 9, Anibal dos Santos Junior once again escaped from maximum security prison, creating a highly embarrassing situation for the GRM. "Anibalzinho" was serving the 28-year sentence he received in absentia in January 2003 for his central role in the November 2000 murder of journalist Car [...]	2004-05-20 15:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO83	CORRUPTION IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Any discussion of Mozambique's political and economic development needs to take into account corruption. The steady decade-long progress since the end of the civil war could be slowed or even reversed if corruption is not checked. Senior Mozambicans in fact cite corruption as th [...]	2004-01-20 10:39:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EAID MZ
04MONTREAL68	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT CRITICISED FOR HANDLING OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 19:16:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM
04MONTREAL696	OAS ASSISTANCE FOR HEMISPHERE PORTS IN MEETING [...] Per reftel A request, post's Principal Officer contacted Port of Montreal (POM) Security Director Felixpier Bergeron to inquire about the POM's progress in completing a plan of action to comply with the new international regulations and standards set by the International Maritime Organization [...]	2004-05-12 16:59:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT KCRM PREL PTER MARAD OAS
04MUSCAT1954	EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/06/2004 [...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 6 to reassess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend, to discuss any potential security implications in the event that Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Y [...]	2004-11-07 12:16:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM AMED TBIO ABLD KSAF MU EAC
04MUSCAT2192	2004-05 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR OMAN [...] Oman is not a regional or offshore financial center and does not have a significant money laundering problem. Its small banking sector is supervised by the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),which has the authority to suspend or reorganize a bank's operations. In 2004, Oman had a total of 17 banks wi [...]	2004-12-18 02:39:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR EFIN MU
04MUSCAT2285	INDIA WINS OMANI SUPPORT FOR UNSC SEAT, DEEPENS [...] (U) On December 25-26, Indian Minister of External Affairs Natwar Singh met with Sultan Qaboos and various government ministers to boost bilateral relations. Oman formally announced its backing of India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and the two parties pledged to cont [...]	2004-12-29 07:37:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET KCRM MARR IN MU
04NASSAU1282	U.S.- BAHAMAS COMPREHENSIVE MARITIME AGREEMENT [...] On June 29, 2004 The Bahamas and the United States put into force the Comprehensive Maritime Agreement at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bahamian signatory, Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Mitchell and U.S. signatory, Charge d'Affaires, Robert M. Witajewski, gave brief remarks and met [...]	2004-06-29 21:25:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PHSA PBTS PHUM KCRM SMIG EWWT EAIR SNAR BF
04NASSAU413	TIPS REPORT - FOURTH ANNUAL - BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) There is no currently-available indication of trafficking in persons in, from, or through The Bahamas. Although migrant smuggling and drug trafficking are serious problems for The Bahamas, no evidence is available to show that men, women, or children are being forced by coercion or frau [...]	2004-03-01 14:43:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
04NEWDELHI7026	INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM PREPARATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-18, 2004, Department Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy Michele Markoff and DOD Director of International Information Assurance Programs Tim Bloechl participated in preparatory meetings with the GOI for the November 9-10 [...]	2004-11-04 04:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCIP TINT PREL ECPS KCRM IN US
04OTTAWA2951	CANADA: MARIJUANA LEGISLATION INTRODUCED ANEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-03 13:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM CA
04OTTAWA3101	CANADA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT INPUT [...] Poloff met with Alain Tellier, Deputy Director of the International Crime and Terrorism Division at Foreign Affairs Canada, on November 1, to discuss the requirement for an interim Trafficking in Person (TIP) assessment, based on Canada being elevated from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1 country in this [...]	2004-11-17 19:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM CA
04OTTAWA3265	CANADA: MARITIME COOPERATION [...] summary: Canada's Minster of Justice, Irwin Cotler, informed Ambassador Cellucci on November 22 that the Government of Canada would be open to exploratory discussions with representatives of the US Government concerning an evaluation of need and then possible development of a maritime agreem [...]	2004-12-06 15:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SMIG SNAR CA
04PANAMA2553	PANAMA'S NEW ADMINISTRATION SCORES RECORD COCAINE [...] (C) Panamanian Public Forces and Embassy Officers contributed to record detainee transfers and cocaine captures in recent weeks, as part of on-going counter-drug Operation Panama Express task force operations. On September 21, Panama National Maritime Service (SMN) marines, Panamanian Publi [...]	2004-10-15 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM KTIA PGOV PREL PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA548	PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...]	2004-03-05 16:08:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA576	PANAMA ADOPTS "ENERGETIC MEASURES" AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the past ten days (March 1-9) the Panamanian government (GOP) organized an inter-agency anti-TIP working group, set into motion a 45-day action plan, launched a public awareness campaign, prepared tougher anti-TIP legislation, readied a victims hotline, and announced that it had iden [...]	2004-03-09 20:55:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG PM POL CHIEF
04QUEBEC107	QUEBEC PORT AUTHORITY COMPLIES WITH ISPS CODE [...] Summary: The Port of Quebec announced significant investments to heighten security at its six harbor facilities hence fulfilling the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Shipping and Port Security Code (ISPS). With financial assistance from the federal government to help [...]	2004-07-15 18:11:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT KCIP PHSA PTER PREL KCRM MARAD IMO
04QUITO3027	GOVERNMENT MINISTER POLITICAL LIGHTING ROD, [...] (C) Summary: Government Minister Jaime Damerval has courted controversy since taking office on November 8, recently suggesting that the GoE convoke a referendum on whether to dissolve Congress to promote constitutional reforms. In a private meeting with the DCM on November 15, Damerval back [...]	2004-11-17 21:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR EC
04RANGOON1056	BURMA: HISTORIC HEROIN BUST REVEALS MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: Burma's largest heroin seizure in history (592 kilos seized along the southern coast in early July) has uncovered a major drug trafficking syndicate with possible connections to traffickers and markets in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, India, and the United S [...]	2004-08-18 07:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KISL BM
04RANGOON310	BURMA: FOURTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma from March 2003 to March 2004. The report will also be forwarded by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV in MS Word format. END SUMMARY. BEGIN REPORT Ove [...]	2004-03-08 10:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BM
04SANAA1475	TIP: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES ROYG [...] (U) Summary: DCM called on Minister of Human Rights Amat Alim al-Suswa 6/14 to deliver country narrative and talking points in reftel on the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Minister detailed further actions taken by the ROYG to combat TIP, including the formation of an [...]	2004-06-16 11:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM ELAB ASEC KFRD PHUM SMIG YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA3105	YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]	2004-12-18 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3106	YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...]	2004-12-18 12:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3155	YEMEN 2004-2005 INSCR REPORT [...] (SBU) SANAA'S UPDATE FOR THE 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) IS AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: SANAA NOTES NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 2003 MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, AND HAS TAKEN NO ACTION ON ENFORCING THE UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS ON ABDUL MAJID ZINDANI. END C [...]	2004-12-26 13:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SNAR PTER KSEP KCRM YM TERFIN COM
04SANAA611	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -- YEMEN [...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to ref A questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) Ref A para 18 (Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons) A. Yemen may be a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally trafficked persons. [...]	2004-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANTODOMINGO150	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER EVALUATION [...] On December 23 NAS Director and emboffs visited the drop-in center for victims of domestic violence in Bani to gauge its progess since inception in 2001. Center director Bibiana Nunez continues to run the center with limited resources but appears motivated to sustain the center's needed prese [...]	2004-01-09 12:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1658	DRUG KINGPIN EXTRADITED FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) On March 10, 2004, Jose Arismendy Almonte Pena (a.k.a. Joselito.com) was extradited from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) worked closely with the DEA to arrest the fugitive at the only tollbooth on the highway between Santiago to Santo [...]	2004-03-12 15:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PINR SNAR DR
04SANTODOMINGO1683	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]	2004-03-12 21:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO1943	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC APPROVES NEW POLICE LAW [...] Summary. As part of the March 2 ceremony celebrating the 68th anniversary of the National Police, President Mejia signed the National Police Institutional Law (Law 96-04),also known as the Police Reform Bill. One of the most significant changes under the new law is the transfer of the Metro [...]	2004-03-25 21:36:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1950	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES ARTICLE 98 AND [...] (U) Summary. On March 24 Dominican Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez promised the Ambassador that he would act swiftly on the Article 98 agreement, facilitate extradition requests and work to improve the handling of narcotics/narcotrafficking cases in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. [...]	2004-03-26 18:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN DR KCRM KJUS SNAR PREL MARR
04SANTODOMINGO3925	EXTRADITION CASE OF JOHNNY MARTINEZ [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo responds to reftel A questions as follows: a. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record of receiving any request for assurances or any other requests from the GODR regarding Johnny Martinez's extradition to the United States. b. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record o [...]	2004-07-02 14:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4001	TRANSPARENCY CLAUSE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] Embassy on July 6 delivered talking points on the transparency clause (para 8 reftel) to MFA deputy director for UN and OAS affairs Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, in the form of a non-paper in Spanish. She undertook to pass the document to the Dominican delegation before their July 7 departure for [...]	2004-07-08 21:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KSUM KCOR KCRM KDEM DR
04SANTODOMINGO4904	ADDENDUM TO REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE IN VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In reftel, Embassy requested Department's concurrence in the revocation of the B1/B2 visa of now former Attorney General Victor Cespedes under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Following that cable, just two days before leaving office, Cespedes ordered the [...]	2004-08-30 20:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO6198	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following interim trafficking in persons (TIP) assessment (paras 2-7) addresses the questions in paragraph 6L of reftel. 2. The Government of the Dominican Republic has made progress in addressing TIP, particularly in the development of a comprehensive anti-TIP strategy and in increased [...]	2004-11-16 14:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN DR
04SANTODOMINGO6309	GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...]	2004-11-19 18:35:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO683	DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL FINALLY COMPLIES, [...] (U) On January 30, 2004, Josefina Rojas was extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Rojas is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges in the Southern District of New York. The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD),working with U.S. M [...]	2004-02-03 20:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR
04SINGAPORE1301	IMF ON SINGAPORE'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST [...] (U) An IMF assessment praised Singapore's framework for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/TF),saying it provides a strong framework in terms of the FATF 40 recommendations and eight special recommendations. However, the IMF said there remain areas requiring attention. Key ar [...]	2004-04-28 10:13:00	Embassy Singapore	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KCRM SN
04TAIPEI3402	A FRIGHTENING PROSPECT: PRC INFANTS ADOPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 23 October, AIT Taipei received the referenced e-mail regarding the possibility of the Frank Foundation, a US-based international adoption organization facilitating the adoption of the infant children of illegal PRC mothers currently in immigration detention in Taiwan. Based [...]	2004-10-29 07:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC SMIG ASEC KFRD ELAB KCRM PREF TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1141	SAN PEDRO SULA PRISON FIRE KILLS 103 INMATES; [...] (U) A fire allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit in a refrigerator for soft drinks in a cell block for gang members killed 103 inmates in a prison on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula. Approximately 25 injured prisoners were treated at a nearby hospital. (Two other injured prisoners [...]	2004-05-17 22:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA116	TAIWANESE ALIEN SMUGGLER ARRESTED IN HONDURAS AS HE [...] LIN WEI-CHUNG (alias LIN WAYNE, WAYNE LIN, COC: TAIWAN, POB: TAIWAN, date of birth 09-08-1965, PASSPORT M20182450, NIV foil 52681302),is the second Taiwan citizen arrested in Honduras during 2003 on charges of alien smuggling. LIN tried to smuggle three impostor PRCs with bona fide Taiwanese [...]	2004-01-16 17:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1160	GOH BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (U) Honduran Vice President (and Acting President) Vicente Williams and Minister of Government and Justice Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro on May 18 briefed the diplomatic corps, including DCM and PolOff, on the May 17 fire in a cell block for gang members that killed 103 inmates in a prison on t [...]	2004-05-19 23:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1200	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND [...] Post believes that the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor initiative to address programs that promote human rights and democracy can greatly aid Mission efforts to strengthen the human rights practices in Honduras, particularly in the area of investigating and prosecuting extrajudicia [...]	2004-05-24 22:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM KCRM KJUS PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1258	LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE UPDATE; PUBLIC MINISTRY [...] (U) On April 5, 2003, 68 persons, 61 of them M-18 gang members, were killed in an incident at El Porvenir prison near La Ceiba. Reports produced by the Public Ministry, a Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN),and the Human Rights Commissioner put [...]	2004-06-02 15:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1325	ALLEGED TEGUCIGALPA LEADER OF MARA SALVATRUCHA [...] On June 8, in what local residents described as a "war zone" reminiscent of a wild west shoot-out, Honduran authorities captured the alleged Tegucigalpa leader of the infamous Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang, Wilmer Joel Cruz Coello, alias "El Micro," only two blocks from the U.S. Embassy compound. [...]	2004-06-09 22:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS SNAR PGOV PHUM ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1355	HONDURAS SEIZES 1,460 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; [...] (SBU) With DEA assistance, on June 9, 2004, Honduran authorities seized approximately 1,460 kilos of cocaine and arrested four suspects near Puerto Cortes on Honduras' Caribbean coast. The cocaine which originated in Colombia was seized at a property in a zone known as La Laguna de Alegria We [...]	2004-06-14 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1372	NATIONAL ARMS REGISTRY BEGINS 18 MONTHS AFTER [...] (U) On June 14, the Honduran Ministry of Public Security officially inaugurated a national firearms registry in the cities of Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba. The opening of the registry comes some 18 months after the Honduran National Congress approved legislation to regulate the s [...]	2004-06-16 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1395	PROSECUTION OF CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN [...] SUMMARY: Prosecution of Chinese illegal alien smugglers arrested in Honduras in late 2003 on charges of people smuggling, money laundering, possession of instruments for the forgery of public documents, and forgery of public documents, has turned into a very difficult task for the Honduran Pu [...]	2004-06-21 19:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1467	HONDURAN SECURITY MINISTER ALLEGES SENIOR AL-QAIDA [...] (S) Summary: On June 29, Honduran Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez told the Honduran press senior Saudi Al-Qaida operative, Adnan Gulshair El-Shukrijumah, had been spotted in Honduras but has since left the country. MOPS Alvarez alleged that El-Shukrijumah was seen in an intern [...]	2004-07-01 00:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PTER ASEC KVPR PINR KJUS KCRM PGOV CVIS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1543	TWELVE ILLEGAL CHINESE NATIONALS VIOLENTLY FREED [...] SUMMARY: On June 13, 2004 two armed individuals broke into the detention center at GOH Migration in Tegucigalpa. They freed twelve People's Republic of China (PRCs) nationals apprehended early in 2004 and six South Americans. END SUMMARY. 2. Since November 2003, GOH investigative and migra [...]	2004-07-13 13:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1581	March For Life Focused on Forests Reenergizes [...] (U) SUMMARY: The March for Life (Marcha por la Vida) appears to have successfully launched a new committed environmental protection movement in the country. It remains to be seen if the movement can sustain its momentum and maintain political pressure on the government and Congress, and whet [...]	2004-07-16 22:03:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1583	Maduro Launches Investigation of Forestry Agency [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro established an "intervention" into the operations of the Honduran Corporation for Forest Development, COHDEFOR. A three-person commission was named to conduct an in-depth analysis of COHDEFOR's operations, report back to Maduro within [...]	2004-07-19 13:06:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV EAGR KCRM KJUS KCOR PHUM SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1611	CONVICTED HONDURAN NARCO-CONGRESSMAN PANCHAME [...] On July 11, Armando Avila Panchame (52),a Honduran National Party ex-Congressman serving a 20-year sentence at the National Penitentiary (PN) in Tamara for narcotrafficking, was murdered by another prison inmate, Juvernal Alvarado Diaz (23). Diaz, sentenced in January 2004 to 12 years in pr [...]	2004-07-21 13:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1617	FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]	2004-07-22 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1626	LA MOSQUITIA MAYORS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES TO [...] The mayors of two communities in La Mosquitia (in the northeast corner of Honduras) called on central authorities to increase police presence and equipment in the region as it has become the foremost narcotrafficking zone in the country. The complaint was issued June 20 by the mayor of Puerto [...]	2004-07-23 21:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1655	FURTHERING REGIONAL INTEGRATION; GENERAL HILL [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, General Hill, USSOUTHCOM Commander, met with Honduran Minister of Defense, Federico Breve, and separately, with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Jose Isaias Barahona to discuss Central American integration, narcotrafficking, U.S. military assistan [...]	2004-07-28 15:40:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP SNAR PREL KCRM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2049	EVALUATION OF U.S. SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MARIA JOSE T. FLETCHER, TRACKER NO. 21830 [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-14 15:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC PHUM SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2097	REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO SIGN LOA AMMENDMENT TEXT [...] Post requests INL approval of the following LOA Amendment text on trafficking in persons (TIP). Post tentatively would like to sign this LOA with the Government of Honduras (GOH) on September 24, 2004. Please provide approval of text, advice of allotment, and authorization to sign. 2. Be [...]	2004-09-21 14:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG AFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2123	THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...]	2004-09-22 21:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2222	HONDURAN POLICE DELIVER BLOW TO SUSPECTED [...] (U) On October 2, Honduran police confiscated USD 1,070,000 from suspected Honduran narcotraffickers near the city of San Pedro Sula (SPS) after discovering the cash during the search of a suspect truck at a police inspection stop. The money was found concealed in spare tires inside a sealed [...]	2004-10-05 16:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2356	HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...]	2004-10-20 22:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2357	HONDURAN PUBLIC MINISTRY DROPPING CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: While other countries in the region have taken steps to arrest and/or prosecute high-level corrupt individuals, Honduras appears to be moving in the opposite direction. On October 18, the Public Ministry officially dropped all pending corruption charges against ex-president (and [...]	2004-10-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2434	AMBASSADOR URGES GREATER ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador and DCM raised U.S. concerns with President Maduro about perceptions that Honduras is backsliding on anti-corruption efforts, its potential impact on MCC eligibility, and the recent decision by the Public Ministry (PM) to dismiss corruption cases against [...]	2004-10-29 20:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2496	HONDURAN AG NAVARRO SEEKS SOLUTION TO PARALYSIS AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Negotiations continue at the Public Ministry (PM) between Attorney General Ovidio Navarro and federal prosecutors (fiscales) after many fiscales walked off the job October 19 following Navarro's termination of ten and transfer of six others for their public criticism over the P [...]	2004-11-04 19:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA258	GUNMEN SHOOT CAR OF PRESIDENT OF HONDURAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Unknown gunmen shot at the car of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President of Congress, February 1. Lobo was not in the car at the time, and his driver, two aides, a bodyguard, and an army officer in the car were unhurt. Police believe that the attack was either (a) linked to threats (mad [...]	2004-02-03 21:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA265	HONDURAS SEIZES 90 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004 [...] On January 31 Honduran police seized 15 kilos of cocaine in Bonito Oriental, and on February 1 the police seized another 75 kilos in Balfate. Both towns are on the Caribbean coast of Honduras near Trujillo. In addition, in the February 1 action police arrested five suspects, and seized cash [...]	2004-02-04 21:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2816	HONDURAS: 2004-2005 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Post provides its submission for the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II, Money Laundering And Financial Crimes. Introduction and General Questions Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the government of Honduras has made conside [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN KJUS ECON PGOV PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2841	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...]	2004-12-24 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2844	HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...]	2004-12-24 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2873	CASA ALIANZA HONDURAS IS NOT LINKED TO BRUCE [...] (C) PolOff met November 8 with Gustavo Zelaya, Legal Assistance Program Coordinator for Casa Alianza. Zelaya told PolOff that Casa Alianza had been fully cooperating with the Public Ministry investigation into the alleged crimes of Casa Alianza Central American Director Bruce Harris in Hondura [...]	2004-12-30 17:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2874	HONDURAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FEELS POLICE [...] (C) Honduran military intelligence chief COL Efrain Ochoa met at his request December 30 with AMB and DCM to discuss his concerns about public statements made by President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez, and top police officials about the massacre of 28 people in a b [...]	2004-12-24 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA291	EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN ARREST WARRANT OUTSTANDING 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 [...]	2004-02-09 18:53:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM CASC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA371	EXTRADITION/DEPORTATION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] On Wednesday February 18, 2004, Honduran Police arrested U.S. fugitive Arnold Frederick Morris. On Thursday February 19, 2004 he was deported back to the U.S. through coordinated efforts of U.S. and Honduran law enforcement agencies. Mr. Morris is currently the subject of several Federal wa [...]	2004-02-19 21:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM CASC CPAS CVIS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA381	HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN ARMANDO AVILA PANCHAME [...] (U) National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, who was convicted February 12th for drug trafficking, was sentenced February 19th to 20 years in prison. His sentence stemmed from his arrest July 6, 2003, while attempting to flee the scene of a drug trafficking airplane crash in the eastern [...]	2004-02-20 20:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CVIS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA400	NEW HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: THE LAW IS GOOD, IF [...] (C) Summary: On February 17 Ramon Ovidio Navarro Duarte was sworn in as Honduras' next Attorney General (AG),replacing outgoing AG Roy Edmundo Medina Nolasco. Navarro, a Honduran Supreme Court Justice, is expected to assume his new responsibilities on March 12. Navarro is a Nationalist Part [...]	2004-02-23 23:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA467	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE: MADURO INVITES TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) Summary: In a February 25 private briefing with international donors, the Transparency International (TI) delegation, led by TI Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Rosa Ines Ospina from Colombia, acknowledged positive anti- corruption efforts by President Ricardo Maduro's administration [...]	2004-02-27 23:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA70	ALIEN SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARRESTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9 and 11, Hu Weng RONG (DPOB: 7/28/1975, China) and He Jia BIN (DPOB: 5/06/1975, China) were arrested in Honduras. Both had obtained Honduran nationality in the early 1990s. The arrests were carried out by the Honduran General Directorate of Special Investigative Ser [...]	2004-01-13 16:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA751	HONDURAS SEIZES 700 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004 [...] (U) On March 30, Honduran authorities confiscated approximately 700 kilos of cocaine and arrested six individuals in the vicinity of Santa Cruz de Yojoa, near Puerto Cortes on Honduras' Caribbean coast. Police arrived in the area as the traffickers were in the process of preparing a false com [...]	2004-03-31 23:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA752	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA'S 90-DAY PLAN: FINAL STATUS [...] (U) Please find requested status for Embassy Tegucigalpa's 90-day plan for the first quarter of 2004 (ref B) below. 2. (SBU) Ensure selection of qualified Attorney General to support rule of law (C) STEPS TAKEN: Despite a coordinated Mission public diplomacy campaign, which includ [...]	2004-04-01 00:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KCRM SNAR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA756	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA FY2004 ANTI-TIP BILATERAL [...] As one of the focus countries for the President's Initiative to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) (ref B),Post is pleased to present an anti-TIP bilateral project proposal. Post understands that several of the Mission's proposed anti-TIP activities in the areas of prevention, assistance to [...]	2004-04-01 12:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KWMN KCRM ELAB ASEC PGOV KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA792	HONDURAS SEIZES 122 MORE KILOS OF COCAINE; 2004 [...] (U) On April 3, Honduran authorities confiscated approximately 108 kilos of cocaine and arrested Luis Armando Juarez Pineda (46) at a make-shift check point police established at Bonito Oriental in the Department of Colon on the Caribbean coast. The cocaine was discovered hidden in a false co [...]	2004-04-05 20:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA80	IN FIRST MAJOR BUST OF THE YEAR, HONDURANS SEIZE [...] On January 10, Honduran authorities seized approximately 1,000 kilos of cocaine after a drug-laden aircraft, en route from Colombia, crashed landed in an attempt to avoid interdiction. The plane, under escort by the Honduran Air Force and apparently low on fuel, crash landed on the Caribbean [...]	2004-01-13 21:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS SOCI HO
04TEGUCIGALPA819	Honduras' Fight Against Money Laundering: A Good [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: Two years after passing a new law against money laundering, the GOH has made considerable progress in implementing the law and establishing the entities responsible for the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes. The USG, through the Department of [...]	2004-04-12 18:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA934	CY-2003 END USER MONITORING REPORT FOR [...] Since May 2000, the Political Section (POL) has managed and provided support for INL funded counternarcotics (CN) projects in Honduras. In April 2003, the assistance of a resident law enforcement advisor was added to the POL/INL section for more focused support of the projects. Current opera [...]	2004-04-22 21:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KCRM EAID PHUM HO
04TELAVIV6563	ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...]	2004-12-27 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL

04THEHAGUE1049	NETHER... [...] (C) Mr. Secretary: You will shortly receive for approval G/TIP's annual trafficking report that drops the Netherlands from Tier 1 to Tier 2. I understand that while A/S Beth Jones disagrees with this ranking, she has found it futile to continue to argue. Before you allow G/TIP's ranking of the [...]	2004-04-26 08:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE1446	G/TIP MILLER MEETS DUTCH FOREIGN AND JUSTICE [...] During a June 7 meeting with G/TIP Director Miller, Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner acknowledged a shared commitment for concrete action against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Although critical of the tone and unilateral nature of the U.S. benchmarks outlined in the TIP C [...]	2004-06-10 18:33:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PHUM SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1595	DUTCH APPEALS COURT ALLOWS USE OF INTEL INFORMATION [...] In December 2002, a Rotterdam court acquitted four men who, the Government alleged, were involved in a plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy in Paris. The court refused to allow the prosecution to use information supplied by the intelligence service, AIVD, as evidence. On June 21, 2004, The Hague Ap [...]	2004-06-25 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE1712	ENGAGEMENT WITH DUTCH ON TIP [...] SUMMARY: During a June 29 working level meeting to discuss Dutch movement on TIP following G/TIP Director Miller's June 7 visit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Justice (MinJus) officials promised Embassy representatives close cooperation bilaterally and within the EU on Traf [...]	2004-07-08 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE174	RECENT TIP DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) Below follows an update of recent developments in the Netherlands re trafficking in persons (TIP). Contents: Legislation: --New TIP Bill Submitted to Lower House (Paras 2-4) Protection: --Parliament Discusses National TIP Report (5-10) --Dutch Government Sets Up Shelter in Angola (11- [...]	2004-01-26 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1775	JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA [...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...]	2004-07-15 14:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1784	RECENT NARCOTICS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] Below follows an update of developments in the Netherlands re narcotic drugs. Contents: --Cabinet Intensifies Cannabis Policy --Soft Drug Legalization Debate --Good Results Ecstasy Policy --National Campaign to Prevent Ecstasy Trafficking --Expansion of "Medical Heroin" Experiment --100% [...]	2004-07-16 08:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE1803	DUTCH INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE CONTROLS ON [...] As Justice Minister Donner and Foreign Minister Bot told visiting G/TIP Director Miller (reftel B) in early June, the Dutch consider their legalization of brothels an effort to fight trafficking in persons in the prostitution industry. According to a July 2 letter by Donner to the Second Chamb [...]	2004-07-16 16:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE1895	STATUS OF DUTCH EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP - "WE WANT TO [...] The evidence of the past seven weeks indicates that the Dutch will be good to their word in G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Minister Donner (reftel D). First, that they will work towards "concrete, measurable targets" in combating traffic [...]	2004-07-27 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2052	CORRUPTION AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AT SCHIPHOL AIRPORT [...] The Schiphol 100% control measure, designed by Justice Minister Donner to stop drug trafficking into the Netherlands from the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, Suriname, and later Venezuela, is now in its ninth month. Donner touts the measure as a success, citing declining cocaine seizures at Sch [...]	2004-08-17 14:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE2277	SUMMARY OF NATIONAL RAPPORTEUR'S THIRD TIP REPORT [...] Summary/Comment: On June 20, Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons (NRM) Dien Korvinus presented the third TIP report to Justice Minister Donner. The 302-page report mainly covers the year 2002 and contains information about laws and regulations, victims, assistance, administrat [...]	2004-09-08 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE2507	NETHERLANDS/FRANCE: INSTRUMENTS SIGNED FOR [...] Embassy pouched to L/T on September 30 signed instruments relating to mutual legal assistance and extradition, concluded between the Netherlands the United States and between France and the United States, registered pouch numbers 1530586 and 1530587. The Netherlands/US instruments were signe [...]	2004-10-01 12:30:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PREL FR NL
04THEHAGUE26	2003-2004 INCSR FOR THE NETHERLANDS - PART II: MONEY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 2003- 2004 INCSR: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE HAS BEEN ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REF. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON JANUARY 5 WAS 0.7880 EUROS TO THE DOLLAR. THE [...]	2004-01-07 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP SNAR PTER ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE2642	ATTORNEY GENERAL PRAISES US-EU EFFORTS TO FIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a JHA Troika meeting and a meeting on the margins of the JHA Informal Council, AG Ashcroft and DHS U/S Hutchinson praised EU cooperation with the U.S. in fighting terrorism. These meetings built on the September 18 EU Troika meeting attended by DHS Sec. Ridge (Reftel B) and re [...]	2004-10-13 17:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ATRN KCRM NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2741	DUTCH MID-TERM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] SUMMARY: This is the interim accounting of Dutch efforts to combat human trafficking following the catalyst of G/TIP Ambassador Miller's June 7 presentation of suggested USG benchmarks to Dutch officials. In response to Ambassador Miller's challenge to Foreign Minister Bot and Justice Ministe [...]	2004-10-25 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE2845	NETHERLANDS/US: EXTRADITION/MUTUAL LEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM NL PREL
04THEHAGUE2909	MEASURABLE PROGRESS ON DUTCH TIP EFFORTS [...] MR. SECRETARY: FIVE MONTHS OF FOCUSED ATTENTION AND INTENSIVE G/TIP, EMBASSY AND DUTCH EFFORTS HAVE PRODUCED TANGIBLE RESULTS (REFTEL). THE RECORD DEMONSTRATES DUTCH COMMITMENT AND CONCRETE ACHIEVEMENTS IN FIGHTING THE TRAFFICKING PROBLEM IN THE NETHERLANDS. THE EXTENT OF THE DUTCH TIP EFFOR [...]	2004-11-10 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN NL
04THEHAGUE293	Dutch Government investigates drug corruption at [...] At the end of December 2003, the Dutch press reported claims made to the police by an Aruban drug smuggler convicted in the Netherlands that civil servants and ground crew at Schiphol (including customs officers, military police, baggage handlers, and cleaners) have been engaged in drug smuggl [...]	2004-02-05 12:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE2990	UN/EU/WEOG/ISRAEL: EU MAY RELENT AT CND, UNEP, ILO [...] (C) The EU is looking anew at ways to include Israel in WEOG deliberations, particularly in the CND, UNEP and IOL, Pieter Ramaer (MFA deputy in the UN department) told Poloff November 16. At the EU's CONUN meeting November 15, Ramaer reported, the Dutch circulated our ref b notes (that we ha [...]	2004-11-17 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IS NL KCRM UNEP WIPO ILO EUN
04THEHAGUE3320	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy - MDMA),and a substantial consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement [...]	2004-12-21 17:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE3328	200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] ATTACHED IS THE HAGUE'S SUBMISSION OF PART II OF THE 200434 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT: MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES. POST'S RESPONSE IS ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO CHAPTERS PROVIDED IN THE INCSR QUESTIONNAIRE (REFTEL. A). THE DOLLAR/EURO EXCHANGE RATE ON DECEMBER 15J [...]	2004-12-22 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV NL
04THEHAGUE4	2003 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] The Netherlands continues to be a significant transit point for drugs entering Europe (especially cocaine),an important producer and exporter of synthetic drugs (particularly Ecstasy and amphetamines),and an important consumer of most illicit drugs. U.S. law enforcement information indicates [...]	2004-01-02 14:34:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM NL
04THEHAGUE406	SCHIPHOL INTERDICTION - MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLAIMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seeing positive results from its efforts to cut off the flow of cocaine from the Caribbean through Schiphol, the Justice Ministry is expanding its interdiction efforts to cover couriers of "small" amounts of drugs and to flights from Suriname. The Ministry is exploring ways to sh [...]	2004-02-18 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM NS NL
04THEHAGUE521	ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS [...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]	2004-03-02 06:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE65	Dutch Support Early FATF Review of Guatemala [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-12 15:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR GT
04THEHAGUE867	DUTCH TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government is not/not able to contribute any trainers for CPA Iraqi police development programs in Iraq and Jordan (ref a). However, the Dutch remain actively involved in training Iraqi police in the province of Al-Muthanna. The Dutch have also seconded a military pol [...]	2004-04-02 13:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS MOPS PREL NL
04THEHAGUE973	TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-19 12:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04THEHAGUE980	TIP: SHOWING OF LILYA 4-EVER IN THE HAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-20 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC OIIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG NL
04VILNIUS1566	LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]	2004-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04WELLINGTON1069	NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post offers the following submission for this year's terrorism report: BEGIN TEXT OF SUBMISSION 2. New Zealand has implemented all 12 UN terrorism conventions. A Counter-terrorism bill passed in October 2003 increased the government's ability to prosecute terrorist activities and thre [...]	2004-12-22 21:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
04YEREVAN1107	POLICE AND EDUCATORS JOIN FORCES IN ARMENIAN [...] SUMMARY. Project Harmony implemented an INL funded legal socialization project that has helped to build bridges between Armenian students, educators and law enforcement officials. The "ZANG" project brought together secondary teachers and policemen to create off- line and on-line curricula o [...]	2004-05-07 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM EAID AM
04YEREVAN1344	ARMENIA: 2004 - 2005 ANTI-TRAFFICKING STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While the formation of the Government's Interagency Commission to Address Issues related to Human Trafficking was encouraging, lack of a Commission Head for several months last year significantly slowed down the Government's response to TIP. As reported reftel, the Commission [...]	2004-06-15 12:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM
04YEREVAN171	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Armenia, local NGOs and international organizations working in Armenia largely acknowledge that Armenia has a problem with trafficking in persons. To date, Armenia has been discussed primarily as a country of origin and transit for trafficking victims. A re [...]	2004-01-21 04:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM KCRM SNAR UZ
04YEREVAN2165	GOAM TAKING ACTION TO FIGHT TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Although much work remains to be done, the Armenian government has made considerable efforts over the past three years and, despite being a country of origin for trafficking, has graduated from Tier 3 to Tier 2 (Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2004). Government actions have had the fol [...]	2004-10-01 06:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN2222	POLICE DETAIN TWO ON SUSPICION OF TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------------------------------------ POLICE ARRESTING ALLEGED TRAFFICKERS ------------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Police detained Tigran Rushanyan (nickname - Tigran the Great) on suspicion of trafficking October 4, 2004 [...]	2004-10-07 03:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN2450	ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM [...] (C) As reported in ref A, Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA),verified on October 19 that approximately two curies of radioactive cesium-137 was seized from an Armenian citizen Gagik Tovmasyan on October 15. 2. (C) On November 5, we met again with Marti [...]	2004-11-08 09:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
04YEREVAN2526	UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM ARMENIAN [...] (C) We met November 18 with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) and underscored the USG's continued interest in this cesium-137 seizure case (refs A and B). Martirosyan stated that he had still not received any substantive information from the Armenian Nat [...]	2004-11-24 08:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
04YEREVAN2540	EX-VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- Â [...]	2004-11-26 03:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN2550	ARMENIA: COPERATING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT, ONE CASE [...] (SBU) Despite the absence of formal legal instruments regulating law enforcement cooperation between the U.S. and Armenia, cooperation with the GOAM on specific cases has produced positive results. From working on child pornography cases to tracking down, arresting and transferring fugitive m [...]	2004-11-29 12:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS KCRM AM
04YEREVAN2604	NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) On November 24, 2004 the Armenian parliament adopted the first reading of the Law Against Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance, which is intended to implement recommendations that MoneyVal (the Council of Europe's committee on anti-money laundering) made during its review of Armenia e [...]	2004-12-06 02:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR AM
04YEREVAN2609	FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT DEVELOPMENT [...] On November 24 the National Assembly of Armenia adopted the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Bill in the first reading (ref). The adoption of the bill sanctions the Central Bank of Armenia to proceed with the establishment of the Financial Intelligence Unit as proposed in the law [...]	2004-12-06 08:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR EAID EFIN AM
04YEREVAN2647	JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2004 DATA ON TIP PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) According to data on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for the period between January 1, 2004 and November 1, 2004, there have been 15 cases of trafficking in Armenia involving 26 defendants. While most of those people were sentenced to priso [...]	2004-12-09 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM AM KTIP
04YEREVAN2798	NA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-28 12:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AM EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR
04YEREVAN314	MEETING WITH ARMENIAN DEPUTY FONMIN ON TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tatoul Margarian, who oversees the GOAM Interagency Commission to Address Issues Related to Human Trafficking (TIP Commission),to discuss concerns that the GOAM has been slow to take visible, concrete steps to combat trafficking in persons [...]	2004-02-06 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL UZ AM
04YEREVAN562	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ARMENIA: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) Through an Advisor to the Minister of Justice, we have obtained a copy of a report on trafficking in perons (TIP) in Armenia prepared by the Office of the Procurator General. The detail and scope of the report's findings, along with recent Embassy demarches on Armenia's shaky Tier II sta [...]	2004-03-09 09:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM KCRM PHUM PINR SMIG SNAR
04YEREVAN813	INL PROGRAM SUCCESSES [...] Several recently implemented INL-funded programs are already reaping benefits. This cable details highlights of program progress. ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAMS +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++ OSCE Anti-TIP Legislative Strengthening Program +++++++++++++++++++++++ [...]	2004-04-05 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP KCRM PHUM AM
04YEREVAN867	LOA AMENDMENT NO.2 AUTHORIZATION REQUEST [...] This is an Action Request for INL/AAE. 2. Post presents the final version of Amendment No. 2 to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Assistance between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Armenia in para 3 and requests the [...]	2004-04-12 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KJUS KCRM AM
05ABUDHABI1091	UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]	2005-03-08 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI2437	REACTION TO TIP REPORT: UAEG EXPECTED TIER 3 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi June 1 to deliver the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, ranking the UAE at Tier 3, and the companion mini-action plan. Ambassador also discussed the TIP report and action plan with director for internationa [...]	2005-06-01 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM ELAB KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI4737	TIP: INTERIM ASSESMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since being placed on the Tier 2 Special Watch List, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and children in the camel racing industry. The answers in paragraphs 2-5 below are keyed to the four qu [...]	2005-11-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
05ABUDHABI4951	26 ALLEGEDLY GAY MEN IN DETENTION AWAITING TRIAL [...] (SBU) THE 26 ALLEGEDLY GAY MEN ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING A PARTY ON NOVEMBER 23 REMAIN IN POLICE CUSTODY AWAITING TRIAL, ACCORDING TO AN ABU DHABI POLICE CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT. THE MEN WILL BE CHARGED WITH "OFFENSES AGAINST RULES OF DECENCY," THE POLICE CA [...]	2005-12-07 14:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM AE
05ABUDHABI5115	UAE CONTRIBUTION TO 2005-2006 INCSR, FINANCIAL [...] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center for the Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash- based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular, is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore sector. T [...]	2005-12-20 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05ABUDHABI5153	DETAINED GAYS RELEASED; NO CHARGES FILED [...] THE 26 GAY MALES ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED "GAY WEDDING" NOVEMBER 23 WERE RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY THIS WEEK AND WERE NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME, AN ABU DHABI POLICE CAPTAIN WORKING IN THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT TOLD EMBASSY FSN EMPLOYEE. THIS IS THE OUTCOME THAT A [...]	2005-12-21 14:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM AE
05ABUJA1140	LAWYERS ACCUSE POLICE AUTHORITIES OF HUMAN [...] Summary: The uneasy relationship between the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and the Nigerian Police continues in Kogi State and Abuja. In late March in Kogi State, the NBA accused the police force of committing "gross" Human Rights abuses, while the police responded that the lawyers were he [...]	2005-06-27 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM NI HUMANRIGHTS
05ABUJA1142	STOP THE PRESSES: KOGI STATE POLICE REACT [...] Summary: Following the publication of an article in three Nigerian newspapers that reported a Kogi State police commissioner's humiliation by armed bandits, Kogi State police occupied the headquarters of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state capital. There, they harassed, in [...]	2005-06-27 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1152	POLICE KILL 6 TRADERS, ATTEMPTED COVER-UP [...] The killing of six Igbo youths by police in an Abuja satellite town sparked anger among local residents, but the attempt by police to cover up the crime attracted nationwide attention. In the early morning hours of June 7, police shot and killed six auto parts traders, then attempted to disp [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCOR KIRF KCRM NI
05ABUJA1153	HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN "PUBLIC ORDER ACT" [...] Summary: An Abuja High Court struck down the 1990 Public Order Act that had required a police permit to be issued for all public rallies and processions. Security forces have regularly used the Act to suppress opposition rallies, refusing to issue police permits for "security reasons." Alt [...]	2005-06-29 11:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1184	ON THE EVE OF THE DECISION ON THE 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Intrigue, politics, and mudslinging have taken center stage at Nigerian Supreme Court. On June 21, a few days before delivering a judgment on the conduct of 2003 Nigerian presidential elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammadu Uwais was accused of receiving bribes from a par [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1831	NIGERIA: JOINT CRITIQUE WITH BRITISH ON NDLEA'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and British Ambassadors agreed to develop and deliver a joint critique of the poor performance at present of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to the Nigerian Attorney General in an attempt to highlight U.S./UK concern regarding Nigeria's massive problems [...]	2005-09-26 16:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR NI
05ABUJA873	NAVAL CHIEF COMPLICIT IN EXTRAJUDICIAL SHOOTING [...] (U) Two local newspapers reported on March 22 and 23 that a 50-year old female civilian, Gloria Ekeh, was shot by Chief of Naval Staff Afolayan's security detail. The newspapers reported that Ekeh's car collided with one of the Naval Chief's escort vehicles, causing an accidental discharge [...]	2005-05-27 09:21:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KCRM MARR PGOV PINR KDEM NI
05ACCRA228	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Introduction: Post appreciates the extensions given for completion of this report, but wishes to underscore the difficulties involved in collecting the data. The Government of Ghana employs one person at the Bank of Ghana to monitor all issues related to money laundering. His long recent ab [...]	2005-02-02 18:32:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN GH
05ACCRA2566	GHANA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Ghana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. To date, no acts of international terrorism have ever occurred in Ghana. Ghana is not a sanctuary or safe haven for terrorists. Per reftel A instructions, Ghana will not require a detailed assessment. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]	2005-12-19 12:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GH
05ACCRA432	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART ONE [...] (SBU) This is the first of post's two-cable response to reftel which requests information for the fifth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on comba [...]	2005-02-28 17:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA433	GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART TWO [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-28 18:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA605	RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] This message is keyed to questions raised (ref B) regarding post's draft 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report (ref A). 2. Question: Please state the number of trafficking victims processed through Accra's shelters/children's homes in 2004. Ghana's Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Empl [...]	2005-03-29 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB GH KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
05ACCRA791	AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF JUSTICE: [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, Ambassador and PolChief met with Ghana's new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo and his new Deputy Minister to discuss extradition matters, pending legislation and several human rights cases. The Ambassador formally asked about the status of th [...]	2005-04-26 18:04:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN GH KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SNAR
05ALGIERS1811	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO INTERPOL'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-27 12:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER AG
05ALGIERS1952	ALGERIAN EFFORTS AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Department of Justice money laundering expert Suzanne Hayden, the head of Algeria's inter-ministerial financial action task force, Mohamed Benamar Aid, briefed on the group's activities since the adoption of new national money-laundering legislation in Februa [...]	2005-09-20 16:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL PTER AG
05ALMATY4352	KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY MEETING WITH GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: INL officer met with representatives from the Agency on Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, Prosecutor General's Office, Border Guard Service of the Committee for National Security, Committee for Combating Narcotics of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Just [...]	2005-12-09 06:16:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCRM PREL KZ
05ALMATY4353	KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] Summary: The anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law under consideration in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) will not be passed by the end of 2005 as was previously planned, and was deferred until March 2006. The draft law generated questions from legislators about [...]	2005-12-09 06:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
05AMMAN1351	ARAB COUNTRIES LAUNCH GFD INITIATIVE; PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a February 6-7 conference in Jordan, representatives of Arab governments formally launched the "Governance for Development in the Arab Countries" (GFD) initiative under the auspices of King Abdullah. The GFD calls for partnerships between Arab states and OECD countries and the UNDP [...]	2005-02-17 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KMPI ECON EINV JO
05AMMAN1702	EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2005 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Amman's contribution below to the annual Trafficking in Persons report is keyed to the instructions found in reftel. --------- Checklist --------- 2. (SBU) A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked men, women, [...]	2005-03-01 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
05AMMAN2556	POLISH CONTINGENT TO WITHDRAW FROM JORDAN'S POLICE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Despite earlier indications that the Polish contingent at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) would remain in place (refs),the Polish contingent commander at JIPTC and the Polish Ambassador in Amman have [...]	2005-03-28 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS KCRM IZ JO
05AMMAN2915	DEMARCHE ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION INVOLVING UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM KCRM KPKO CG JO MONUC
05AMMAN4574	JORDAN: TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) demarche to Foreign Ministry Legal Advisor Bishar Khassawneh on June 7 (refs A and B) and a suggested work plan for improving Jordan's performance on TIP issues. Khassawneh engaged poloff in a candid discussion about the challenges the GOJ [...]	2005-06-08 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OPRC KCRM KWMN SMIG JO
05AMMAN5232	JORDAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION DEPARTMENT A WORK IN [...] (U) Jordan's Family Protection Department (FPD) is making headway in providing quality care abuse victims. The FPD has the backing of Queen Rania and the support of the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). A major project for the FPD, a shelter to house adult women abuse victims, is still not [...]	2005-06-30 09:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM JO
05AMMAN5623	KING ABDULLAH CREATES ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION [...] (U) King Abdullah, in a letter dated June 26 and released publicly, instructed Prime Minister Adnan Badran to form an independent commission to fight corruption. This commission, according to the letter, was charged with drafting an anti-corruption law designed to ensure transparency, justice [...]	2005-07-14 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ECON JO
05AMMAN8202	SIGNING OF AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT THE [...] EMBASSY AMMAN CONFIRMS THAT CHARGE DAVID HALE SIGNED ON OCTOBER 1, 2005, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF IRAQI POLICE IN JORDAN, AS REQUESTED BY INL PDAS WILLIAM TODD. 2. ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENT WAS SENT TO INL/RM, JAMES S. KOHLE [...]	2005-10-17 07:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI
05AMMAN9213	CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 07:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM JO
05ANKARA1097	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...]	2005-03-02 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1472	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA ALLOCATES "157" HOTLINE NUMBER [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news article about TIP in Turkey. 2. (U) Published Thursday, March 10 by the semi-official Anatolian News Agency; http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/: TITLE: Foreign Ministry Allocate [...]	2005-03-15 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1650	POTENTIAL TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO BMENA INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In recent months, Turkish government and private sector officials have shown an increasing interest in becoming more involved on the economic side of the BMENA initiative. This fits with Turkey's large and growing trade and investment with the region and its potential -- as a [...]	2005-03-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV KCRM PGOV QA EG TU
05ANKARA1776	TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...]	2005-03-28 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1777	TIP IN TURKEY: Interior Ministry reports details on [...] (U) During a March 3 meeting with Mehmet Terzioglu, the Interior Ministry's Head of the Department for Foreigners, Borders, and Asylum, we requested information on the following trafficking in persons cases appearing recently in the Turkish media. The response received is provided b [...]	2005-03-28 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1878	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]	2005-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2094	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in the weekly journal Temp [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2192	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Mil [...]	2005-04-18 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2242	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2333	UPDATE; CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with the President of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Okay Cakiroglu, on April 22 to request an update on the status of the Cesium 137 that was seized in December. Cakiroglu stated that the Cesium 137 was still safely stored at a Turkish secure facility near Istanbul [...]	2005-04-26 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA2491	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Wednesday, April 20 in [...]	2005-05-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2782	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...]	2005-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3055	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]	2005-06-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3178	TURKEY ON 2005 TIP REPORT [...] We met with MFA's 2nd Secretary Ozlem Kural to deliver reftel demarche on June 3. Ms. Kural has newly taken up her position. She opined that the Tier 2 placement is "good" since, in her view, the GOT has worked hard on this issue in the past year. She mentioned that the GOT and the Governme [...]	2005-06-07 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3186	GOT AND IOM LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: The IOM and the GOT, with funding from the U.S., launched a first major multi-country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking across Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. The campaign includes a toll-free "157" helpline, multi-national multi-media advertising, and passport inserts. [...]	2005-06-08 04:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA331	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3369	NO KNOWLEDGE OF NORTH KOREAN COUNTERFEITING IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN KN TU
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4117	TIP IN TURKEY: REACTIONS TO NEW YORK TIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Craig Smith's June 27 New York Times article on Slavic women working in Turkey's growing sex trade has received mixed reaction in Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On June 28 Hurriyet columnist, Kanal D News Director and news magazine host Fatih Altayli wrote that he had reported [...]	2005-07-15 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4149	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...]	2005-07-18 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY

05ANKARA4230	TURKS ANNOYED WITH IRAQI AND IRANIAN INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Interior Minister, Bayan Jabr, seemed to take his lead from the Iranians at the July 18-19 meeting of Iraq's neighbors' interior ministers. Jabr annoyed the Turks by ignoring their advice to steer clear of the press, especially on the PKK issue; his private assurances to th [...]	2005-07-21 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM TU IZ IR BA EG SY KU SA JO
05ANKARA4316	TRABZON'S COMLEKCI DISTRICT, THE BLACK SEA'S [...] (C) Summary: A June 27 New York Times article by Craig Smith on prostitution in Turkey gives an account of the prostitution situation in the Comlekci District of Trabzon. Prostitution is indeed rampant in Trabzon, as witnessed by PolOffs. What is not clear, however, is if trafficking is equa [...]	2005-07-27 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4481	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...]	2005-08-02 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4621	TURKEY'S 157 TIP HELPLINE: IT SAVES LIVES [...] Summary: The USG's financing of a trafficking prevention campaign, put into effect by the International Office for Migration (IOM) working closely with the GOT, has demonstrated outstanding results from reclaimed lives to governmental cooperation. Twenty-four victims of trafficking have bee [...]	2005-08-08 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4794	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...]	2005-08-16 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA4841	NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN TURKEY: ALLEGED URANIUM [...] Summary: On August 16 and 17, 2005, Turkish press reported the arrest of 2 individuals suspected of attempting to sell enriched uranium. EXBS Advisor made contact with MFA and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) representatives to confirm the media reports. Both MFA and TAEK have offered [...]	2005-08-17 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER TU
05ANKARA5140	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]	2005-09-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5342	TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]	2005-09-14 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5621	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...]	2005-09-27 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA589	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA590	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA592	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]	2005-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5948	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...]	2005-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA6303	ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...]	2005-10-18 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6318	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...]	2005-10-19 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6754	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...]	2005-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7255	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...]	2005-12-12 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7386	ESF FUNDING CRITICAL TO COMBATING TIP IN TURKEY [...] Summary: In FY 2004, we gave the International Office for Migration (IOM) a grant of $600,000 from ESF to assist with their efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. With that $600,000 ESF allocation, the IOM has made a world of difference in Turkey's fight against traffickin [...]	2005-12-16 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA7394	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Thursd [...]	2005-12-16 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA7443	TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]	2005-12-20 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA779	CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE TURKISH/GEORGIAN [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with Department Head for Customs Enforcement Ender Gurleyik on January 28, 2005 to request information concerning the truck parked between Georgian and Turkish customs gates (reftels). Gurleyik confirmed that the truck carrying scrap metal set off the portal monitors at t [...]	2005-02-10 06:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA810	UPDATE: CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE [...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug on February 11 to discuss the truck that SIPDIS was stopped at the Turkish/Georgian border due to the presence of cesium 137 in the scrap metal it was carrying. Tug confirmed the facts presented previously in ref A. [...]	2005-02-11 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA900	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...]	2005-02-16 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA902	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Wednesday, February 9 by M [...]	2005-02-17 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA903	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...]	2005-02-17 07:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ASUNCION1019	PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGN STIRS THE WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With assistance from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the DOD Military Information Support Team (MIST),Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) recently began using Wanted Posters and media spots in the newspapers and on radio to obtain leads on their Most [...]	2005-08-11 17:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1025	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: --New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --Venezuelan Investment in Paraguay --Drugs, Thugs, Guns and Money --31 Small Economies Discuss Access at WTO --------------------------------------- New Mission Chief to Cuba is Pro-Castro --------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2005-08-13 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1045	CABRAL IS BACK [...] (U) This is an action message. See final Paragraph. 2. (C) Summary: I called Duarte Frutos on August 18. After conversing about the successful visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, I noted my concern about persistent reports reaching me that drug-smuggling-tainted police commissioner [...]	2005-08-19 17:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION1046	PARAGUAY: SECDEF RUMSFELD AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. On 8/16, SECDEF Rumsfeld met for 90 minutes with President Duarte Frutos to discuss cooperation in the fight against international terrorism and transnational crime, challenges to democracy in Paraguay and the region, and the expansion of economic opportunity. SECDEF drew atte [...]	2005-08-20 18:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC
05ASUNCION1053	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 14 [...] (U) Summary: -- Delay in Prosecution of Terrorist Supporter -- Candia is the New Attorney General -- Former Police Officers Imprisoned -- Entry of Cubans Concerns GOP -- New Immigration Security Measures Planned ------------------------------------------- Dela [...]	2005-08-22 18:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1066	PARAGUAY: UN PERMREP NERVOUS ABOUT CTC ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) On August 19, I was approached at a reception in the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry, Amb. Eladio Loizaga, Paraguayan PermRep at the UN in New York. Loizaga, in town for a short stay, mentioned that he was concerned about possible developments related to the CTC and its engagement with P [...]	2005-08-24 12:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PTER PA UN
05ASUNCION1071	PARAGUAY: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. On 8/19, the Ambassador met with Ruben Candia Amarilla, Paraguay's newly elected Attorney General, to stress the importance the U.S. attaches to cooperation with his office in the fight against transnational crime, including drug trafficking, money laundering, terrorist financi [...]	2005-08-25 16:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER PINR SNAR PA KICC
05ASUNCION1090	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 21 [...] Summary -- Ambassador Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthen US - GOP Relations -- Negotiating for Oviedo Release -- Cespedes is New Minister of Justice and Labor -- Visit Sparks New Interest in EXIM Financing --------------------------------------------- --------------- ---- Ambassador [...]	2005-08-30 15:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PINR PA
05ASUNCION1119	PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS AND DEBERNARDI [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Paraguayan authorities filed formal charges against 14 of 28 suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas and located the house where kidnappers held Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi for 64 days in 2001. Members of the left-wing Patria Libre Party (P [...]	2005-09-02 16:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SNAR KCRM PA CO BR
05ASUNCION1120	PARAGUAY: ENTRY OF CUBANS CONCERNS GOP [...] (U) News articles in recent weeks alleged an alarming number of Cuban nationals are entering Paraguay. Confidential sources have confirmed the legal entry of SIPDIS significant numbers of Cubans into Paraguay since May 2005. Carlos Liseras, Director of Immigration, discussed this issue with [...]	2005-09-02 17:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION1121	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (U) Summary -- Smells Like Drugs -- Thousands Receive Medical Care -- Paraguay Interested in FTA - Someday ----------------- Smells Like Drugs ----------------- 2. (U) On August 26, the National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) Canine Unit detected and seized 7.3 kilogra [...]	2005-09-02 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION1137	PARAGUAY: BRINGING UN CTC PRESSURE TO BEAR UPON [...] (U) Action Request. See para. 2 and 8. 2. (C) Summary. GOP adoption of key anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism (CT) legislation represents a high USG priority given concerns about money laundering and counter terror financing in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). Money launderin [...]	2005-09-09 12:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1144	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary -- Duarte to Veto Public Bank Law -- Deputies Block Investigation of Amambay Governor -- Esso Scores Judicial Victory -- Duarte-Frutos a Candidate for ANR Presidency -- Castiglioni Meets Senate about US-GOP Relations ------------------------------ [...]	2005-09-12 20:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM ETRD ECON PA
05ASUNCION1154	PARAGUAY'S VICE PRESIDENT VISITS SENATE TO EXPLAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: On 9/7, at the "invitation" of Senate President Carlos Filizzola (PPS),Vice President Luis Castiglioni explained to Senate leaders in closed session the reasons for the recent SECDEF visit to Paraguay. Castiglioni reiterated that there was no secret agenda behind the visit, su [...]	2005-09-13 11:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MARR KCRM BR AR VE CU
05ASUNCION1167	(C) AMBASSADOR URGES STRONGER ACTION ON CUSTOMS BY [...] (C) In a meeting requested by the Ambassador, Minister Bergen supported the Ambassador,s requests that a new investigative unit to be created in Customs fall directly under the supervision of the Customs Director, and that members of that unit and two others in the Ministry of Finance be subj [...]	2005-09-14 20:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KMCA KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION1204	PARAGUAY: IPR-UNIT NABS CUSTOMS OFFICIAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On 9/15, during a Treasury Department training course, Col. Felix Cruz, the director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce's (MIC) INL-funded Specialized Technical Unit (UTE) coordinated with pro [...]	2005-09-22 15:21:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KIPR PA PGOV PREL
05ASUNCION1218	PARAGUAY: THE DUARTE ADMINISTRATION AT TWO YEARS [...] (U) President Nicanor Duarte Frutos remains the dominant figure on the political scene. Earlier this month, he announced his candidacy for his Party's presidency; he and his supporters continue to explore prospects for amending the Constitution so as to allow him to run for reelection in 200 [...]	2005-09-26 15:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR PA PTER KCRM PAC
05ASUNCION1242	PARAGUAY'S PLAN TO FORMALIZE CDE [...] The GOP has announced a new tax plan designed to help formalize the economy of Ciudad del Este, situated on the border with Brazil. The system will be voluntary and is expected to take effect in November. Participants will receive benefits such as lower tariffs and lower up-front tax paymen [...]	2005-10-04 14:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR KCRM KMCA KTFN PREL PA
05ASUNCION1249	PARAGUAYAN LEADERS GATHER TO DEVELOP SECURITY PLAN [...] Summary. On 9/16-9/18, senior Paraguayan officials gathered for a workshop sponsored by the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) to discuss developing a national security plan. This workshop grew out of a visit by Vice President Castiglioni to the U.S. in May with leading U.S. offi [...]	2005-10-05 17:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION1258	PARAGUAY: PARAGUAY COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAINING [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for -ELIZABETH D'AURIA -AMY YOUNG during the period of OCT/6/05 to OCT/13/05 for: -MARK ALMON -THOMAS MILLER -MARK MALDONADO during the period of OCT/8/05 to OCT/13/05 for: -DEBORAH A. MCCARTHY -CAROLIN [...]	2005-10-06 20:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION1260	PARAGUAY: BRAZIL SEEKING GREATER COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. On 10/5, Emboffs met with Brazilian Embassy Poloffs to discuss views on GOP reform efforts, particularly as they relate to efforts to combat contraband, money laundering, and other illicit activities in the Tri-Border Area (TBA). Brazilian PolCouns conveyed an interest in deepe [...]	2005-10-06 21:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM PA BR
05ASUNCION1261	PARAGUAY: TRIAL SET FOR SUSPECTED TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguayan courts will summon indicted Lebanese businessman, Kassem Hijazi, who is charged with tax evasion, criminal association, and violating accounting regulations, to a preliminary oral hearing on October 25. Because back taxes, interest, and fines could surpass USD 7 mill [...]	2005-10-06 21:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PTER PGOV KCRM KTFN ETTC PA
05ASUNCION1263	PARAGUAY: DOJ/OPDAT COUNTRY CLEARANCE Cable FOR [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for OPDAT Program ANALYST CHRISTIAAN DE LUIGI (Clearance level Secret),for travel to Asuncion during the period of SIPDIS OCT/7/05 to OCT/13/05 for the purpose of PARTICIPATING IN A REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS AND THEIR ROLE [...]	2005-10-07 11:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION1281	PARAGUAY'S 2005 THIRD QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (U) Summary: - QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES - PROGRAM DISCUSSION - QUARTRLY SENAD STATISTIC QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES - COUNTERNARCOTICS 2. (U) On August 13, it was reported that retired police officer Zunilda Roig, her brother Jaime Ruben Roig Baez and 12 other individuals were imprisoned after [...]	2005-10-12 15:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1312	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY: [...] (SBU) Director Mueller, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. law enforcement interests and security cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a sensitive time, following a recent SECDEF visit that generated considerable press and political activity calling [...]	2005-10-19 19:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1329	PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS KIDNAPPING CASE [...] (U) Summary: On October 13, a Paraguayan judge indicted 15 suspects in the kidnapping and murder of Cecilia Cubas. Several of the defendants have ties to the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or "PPL"). The judge stayed the proceedings with respect to three individuals who [...]	2005-10-24 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1330	PARAGUAY: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On 10/18, POLOFF delivered reftel points on the Paraguay TIP Tier 2 Action Plan to Julio Peralta, Director of International Organizations within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Peralta indicated that he would review and discuss the issue with his colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]	2005-10-24 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL PA
05ASUNCION1332	PARAGUAY: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN [...] (U) On 10/18, POLOFF delivered reftel points on the Paraguay TIP Tier 2 Action Plan to Julio Peralta, Director of International Organizations within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Peralta indicated that he would review and discuss the issue with his colleagues at the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]	2005-10-24 12:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL PA
05ASUNCION1345	PARAGUAY: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SECRETARIAT [...] SUMMARY: On October 11, Paraguay,s Anti-Money Laundering Secretariat (SEPRELAD) presented its rules and procedures for SIPDIS banks and other monetary institutions subject to reporting requirements under the Superintendent of Banks. SEPRELAD,s statutory powers provided by the current anti- [...]	2005-10-26 21:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KTFN ETTC PA
05ASUNCION1390	PARAGUAY: CABRAL, CORRUPTION, AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) On 10/26, post learned of a new attempt to promote corrupt police official Aristides Cabral with a Senate vote on 10/27, the day of Ambassador Keane's departure from Paraguay. The Embassy moved quickly with the Vice-President and other senior GOP officials as well as key Senators to sto [...]	2005-11-08 19:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR PINR PA
05ASUNCION1425	PARAGUAY: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW UPDATE [...] (U) Action Request. See para. 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) On 10/27, the Senate Finance Commission finally took one step to move anti-money laundering (AML) legislation languishing since 2004. A Senate comment period could end in March followed by possible movement toward pas [...]	2005-11-17 23:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM PA
05ASUNCION1449	PARAGUAY ON CABRAL INSTRUCTIONS [...] (SBU) On 11/25, Charge delivered ref message to Acting FM Gimenez in FM Rachid's absence. Charge noted that he previously delivered the message to VP Castiglioni and Presidential Advisor Walde and spoke to FM Rachid by phone, and that the Department had delivered the message to Ambassador Spa [...]	2005-11-28 11:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PA CU VE
05ASUNCION149	PARAGUAY: MONEY LAUNDERING IN CASINOS (C-TN4-01119) [...] (U) SUMMARY: Paraguay is a principal money laundering center. Although no figures are known, Paraguayan Government officials suspect criminals, drug traffickers, and terrorist financiers use a range of illicit and licit activities to launder funds. While laws regarding casinos and a regulat [...]	2005-01-28 14:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR EFIN KCRM KTFN PA SOCI
05ASUNCION1514	PARAGUAY: CONSTRUCTION OF SENAD OFFICES IN PEDRO [...] On 12/12, Charg, DEA Director, and INL Assistant attended the ground breaking ceremony for the new National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) Operations Base, funded by INL, in the SIPDIS city of Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),Department of Amambay, Paraguay. The ground breaking ceremony initiated [...]	2005-12-15 19:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION1515	PARAGUAY: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Paraguay is a principal money laundering center, involving both the banking and non-banking financial sectors. The multi-billion dollar contraband re-export trade that occurs largely on the border shared with Argentina and Brazil facilitates much of the money laundering in Paraguay. Paraguay i [...]	2005-12-16 13:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN PA
05ASUNCION173	PARAGUAY TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary: --------------- --IADB project moving forward --Japanese Embassy announces bilateral project --NGO Luna Nueva finishes major TIP study --More Paraguayan women rescued in Argentina and Spain --Paraguay and Spain negotiating TIP agreement --President considering decree to establis [...]	2005-02-04 12:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION199	THE FARC AND PARAGUAY: ALLEGATIONS OF KIDNAPPING [...] (S) Summary: AG claims that FARC involvement in Paraguay is growing, asserting he has information from GOC sources to back his statement. AG has a history of exaggeration and his claims need to be verified, but it appears that the GOP is increasingly concerned about foreign leftist influence i [...]	2005-02-08 19:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PTER KCRM KJUS PINR SNAR CO PA
05ASUNCION200	PARAGUAY'S GROWING CONCERN ABOUT LEFTIST [...] (S) Summary: Paraguayan authorities have arrested suspects tied to the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in connection with the ongoing kidnapping of Cecilia Cubas. Telephone records connect the suspects to the kidnapping and ransom negotiations. The GOP claims evid [...]	2005-02-08 19:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PTER PINR PREL PGOV KCRM PA
05ASUNCION211	COLOMBIAN EMBASSY URGING GOP TO GO PUBLIC ABOUT [...] (S) Colombian PolOff Raul Sanchez advised PolOff that the GOC wants the GOP to publicize as much information as possible regarding the FARC's involvement in the Cecilia Cubas kidnapping and other crimes in Paraguay, prior to President Uribe's meeting with President Chavez next week. The Colomb [...]	2005-02-10 13:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KCRM SNAR CO PA
05ASUNCION308	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -------------- --President Duarte and Chilean President Lagos talk security --Supreme Court rejects Barakat appeal --Prosecutors defeat teen prostitution ring --German national arrested for role in TIP ring --Colombian nationals arrested with false Bolivian passports --Fire in n [...]	2005-03-04 14:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN PINR PA
05ASUNCION357	PARAGUAY: IMPLEMENTING NEW SELECTION CRITERIA FOR [...] SUMMARY: In April, the Government of Paraguay will implement a new program of selection criteria for judges, prosecutors, and public defenders, to be managed by the Council of Magistrates. This is a significant step in assuring a more independent and impartial judiciary and public ministry, [...]	2005-03-14 20:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PA KCRM
05ASUNCION399	PARAGUAY: DEMONSTRATORS AND PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY [...] On 3/21, President Duarte's security detachment clashed with demonstrators in Pedro Juan Caballero while Duarte met with Governor of Amambay Department Robert Acevedo and a group of mayors and civic leaders. According to press reports, four people were arrested and several injured in the conf [...]	2005-03-22 19:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION403	PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA AGREEMENT ON SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: During President Duarte's March 7 visit to Bogota, he and Colombian President Uribe issued a Joint Declaration committing their respective countries to assist each other in the fight against organized crime, particularly kidnapping but also arms trafficking, drug trafficking, mone [...]	2005-03-23 10:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MOPS SNAR KCRM PA CO
05ASUNCION412	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 19-23 [...] SUMMARY: -- Colorado Deputy Colman Stripped of Immunity; Will Face Investigation -- GOP Sells Brazilian Trafficker's Seized Assets -- Crockett and Tubbs in Ciudad del Este? -- Continued Crack Down in TBA Affects Local Economy --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...]	2005-03-23 20:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PINR SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION416	PARAGUAY PETITIONS UNCHR FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On March 17, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez called on the members of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) meeting in Geneva to assist the GOP in prosecuting and punishing criminals responsible for kidnappings, such as in the recent case of former Paraguayan [...]	2005-03-28 09:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION423	PARAGUAY: POST SUPPORTS ICE PROPOSAL FOR A TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USG Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have proposed the creation of a Trade Transparency Module (TTM) in Paraguay, identified as the second highest priority country after Colombia. A TTM involves the use of sophisticated data mining software to ana [...]	2005-03-28 19:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KIPR KMCA KCRM KTFN PTER PA
05ASUNCION460	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE EMPLOYEES [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for ICE employees Bruce Miller (Security clearance: top secret),David Eoff (Security clearance: top secret),SIPDIS and Charles Allen (Security clearance: top secret),for travel to Asuncion, and Ciudad del Este, Paraguay for the period [...]	2005-04-05 09:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM OTRA PA
05ASUNCION471	EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA [...] (U) Judge Riquelme signed the extradition order for Mendes Mesquita on April 1. We expect the defense will appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals and then to the Supreme Court. Post will forward a copy of the decision to L/LEI via pouch. 2. (SBU) Comment: The signing of the extra [...]	2005-04-06 19:09:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION488	PARAGUAY'S FY 2007 BUDGET REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 19:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION499	PRESIDENT DUARTE ABANDONS CABRAL'S PROMOTION [...] (C) Summary: President Duarte's Private Secretary, Minister Jose Maria Ibanez, confided to me on April 13 that Duarte has instructed the Colorado Party block in Congress to desist in efforts to promote Police Commissioner Aristides Cabral. He said this was confidential and must not be leake [...]	2005-04-13 21:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION500	PARAGUAY'S AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUELA ATTACKED IN [...] (U) On 4/12, Ambassador received a telephone call from Senator Alejandro Velazquez Ugarte, informing him that Paraguay's Ambassador to Venezuela, Ana Maria Figueredo, was the victim of a violent physical attack in Caracas on 4/8. An unidentified assailant attacked Figueredo as she approached h [...]	2005-04-13 21:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR KCRM PA VE
05ASUNCION503	PARAGUAY'S 2005 FIRST QUARTER INL REPORT [...] Summary - Quarterly activities - Program discussion - Quarterly SENAD statistics 2. Quarterly Activities Counternarcotics ---------------- In January, SENAD agents arrested Brazilian narcotrafficking fugitive Nilton Cesar Antunez, associated with the Beira Mar drug trafficking org [...]	2005-04-14 17:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PA KCRM
05ASUNCION506	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ/ICITAP INSTRUCTORS KYLE GRIMES III A [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for DOJ/ICITAP 2. Hotel reservation have been confirmed at the Villa Morra Suites, (ad 3. Due to the high volume of TDY personnel the Embassy receives, we are 4. All U.S. citizens traveling to Paraguay are now required to have vis [...]	2005-04-15 13:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION507	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ/ICITAP INSTRUCTORS KYLE [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for DOJ/ICITAP instructors Kyle H. Grimes III and Oswaldo Posada Lopez, to travel to Asuncion, Paraguay from Apr 17-30, 2005 for the purpose of presenting a training program on how to teach for Paraguayan prosecutors and judges. The contact [...]	2005-04-15 14:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION512	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 8-15 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Council rules Rienzi must seek re-appointment to Supreme Court -- IMF employee accepts offer to head Central Bank -- Health Minister on thin ice with NDF? -- NDF polls Governors about constitutional reform, re-election -- Release of supermarket owner sparks hea [...]	2005-04-18 12:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM PA
05ASUNCION519	PARAGUAY PROTESTS ASSAULT ON AMBASSADOR IN CARACAS [...] On 4/13, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Martinez Lezcano told the press that the GOP had demanded an official explanation from the GOV regarding the 4/8 assault on Paraguayan Ambassador to Venezuela Ana Maria Figueredo in Caracas (reftel). Martinez noted that the GOP provides security [...]	2005-04-18 21:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR KCRM VE PA
05ASUNCION559	PARAGUAY'S FY 2007 INL BUDGET REQUEST -- CORRECTED [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 20:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION587	PARAGUAY: PARTICIPATION IN FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-29 14:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI PA
05ASUNCION589	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL 23-29 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Senate votes to reactivate privatization law -- AG intervenes in probe of Health Minister's prior conduct -- Unconfirmed reports of FARC activity in Paraguay -- U.S. cardiology team praised for its charity -- Paraguay mourns the death of writer Roa Bastos Sena [...]	2005-04-29 16:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PTER ECON KCRM PA
05ASUNCION592	PARAGUAYAN VP TO WASHINGTON FOR SECURITY TALKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) May 2 Ambassador suggested to VP Castiglioni that he visit Washington soon as the first step in drafting a new Paraguayan security strategy. Following up the broad plan announced by NDF after the Cubas kidnapping (ref A) and com [...]	2005-05-02 21:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OVIP MARR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION593	PARAGUAY: MOI "MEDDLING" PROMPTS RESIGNATION OF [...] (C) On 4/21, Carlos Zelaya, Paraguay's Police Chief resigned and was replaced by Fidel Isasa Palacios, Paraguay's fourth officer to lead the police since Duarte became President in August 2003. According to SENAD Director Ibarra, Zelaya resigned over frustration with "meddling" in internal [...]	2005-05-03 11:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION596	PARAGUAY-COLOMBIA SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (U) In furtherance of the Joint Declaration on security cooperation and assistance that Presidents Duarte and Uribe signed in Bogota on March 7 (ref A),Vice-Presidents Castiglioni and Santos signed an Action Plan on security, in Bogota, on April 19. In the Action Plan, the GOP and GOC agree [...]	2005-05-03 12:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER MARR SNAR KCRM CO PA
05ASUNCION6	G/TIP VISIT REVIEWS PARAGUAY'S EFFORTS [...] Summary: On December 6, 7, and 8, G/TIP Senior Reporting Officer Linda Brown visited Paraguay as part of a four-country tour of South America. In meetings with Embassy officers, GOP officials, and representatives of NGOs, Brown discussed Paraguay's progress in combating trafficking in person [...]	2005-01-04 08:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KCRM PGOV PREL ASEC PA
05ASUNCION605	PARAGUAY: POLITICAL PACT MAY GIVE COLORADOS A [...] (C) Summary. The ruling Colorado Party has formed a make shift alliance with a handful of opposition Senators from the left side of the political spectrum in Paraguay. This alliance has already produced election of a dissident Senator from the opposition Liberal Party to a key committee. I [...]	2005-05-04 15:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION649	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 7-13 [...] (U) Summary -------------- -- Human rights agenda takes center stage this week -- Justice Rienzi re-appointment saga continues -- NDF and Rachid pursue increased trade with Arab countries -- SENAD agents capture narco-pilot wanted in Brazil Human rights agenda takes center stage this week [...]	2005-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ETRD SNAR KCRM PA VE
05ASUNCION650	PARAGUAY: ATTORNEY GENERAL ON PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Attorney General Oscar Latorre to discuss U.S. assistance to Paraguay to address its security concerns. Latorre lamented the scope of the problems Paraguay faces, particularly in terms of corruption within the police. He was keen to win our backing for [...]	2005-05-16 20:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER PINR PA
05ASUNCION668	PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON CUBAS KIDNAPPING INVESTIGATION [...] (U) As reported in the press, a dissident Patria Libre party (PPL) member testified that a Colombian national who advised the PPL faction responsible for the kidnapping and murder of former President Raul Cubas's daughter, Cecilia Cubas (ref B),recommended that the group kill Ms. Cubas after [...]	2005-05-18 20:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM AR BO BR CO PA VE
05ASUNCION669	PARAGUAY: FM ON OAS, ARTICLE 98, BRAZIL, ECUADOR, [...] (C) Summary. On 5/13, the Ambassador and FM Rachid discussed machinations over OAS appointments -- past and future, holding Article 98 negotiations on the margins of the upcoming OAS Ministerial, the GOP's support for the U.S. position on the OAS Social Charter, concerns about Brazil's trad [...]	2005-05-19 11:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BR PA OAS
05ASUNCION681	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 14-20 [...] (U) Summary: ------------------ -- Paraguay to import Venezuelan oil? -- Paraguay establishes relations with Bahrain -- Paraguay to repatriate 29 women from Argentina -- Additional drug busts in Paraguay Paraguay to import Venezuelan oil? ---------------------------------- 2. (U) On Ma [...]	2005-05-20 15:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR ETRD EPET KCRM VE PA GTIP
05ASUNCION703	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OPDAT JASON GULL [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Jason Gull, for travel to Asuncion during the period of June 2, 2005 to June 4, 2005 for the purpose of meetings with EmbOff and host government officials on Intellectual Property Matters. The contact officer for the visit is Scott J. Thorley, office [...]	2005-05-25 02:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KJUS KCRM PA RSO NAS FBI DEA LEGATT
05ASUNCION711	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY 21-27 [...] (U) Summary: ----------------- -- Congress approves military exercises with the US -- Paraguay to sign Open Skies with Panama -- Bangladeshi nationals arrested -- Presidential cabinet shuffle -- Brazilian troops control border with Paraguay -- Venezuela and Cuba seek deeper ties Congre [...]	2005-05-27 16:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM MOPS VE CU PM PA
05ASUNCION730	EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA [...] On May 30, the Court of Appeals upheld the extradition order for Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita on the grounds the appeal had not been filed in a timely manner. The defense has until June 14 to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. Post expects that the Court should make a final ruling in the ca [...]	2005-06-02 12:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION742	PARAGUAY ON TIP REPORT, NEXT STEPS [...] On 6/2, Polcouns shared with Julio Peralta, the MFA's Director of International Organizations, an advance copy of the 2005 TIP report on Paraguay. Drawing from reftel points, Polcouns noted significant progress Paraguay had made in combating TIP particularly with regard to successful prosecu [...]	2005-06-06 13:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG PA KCRM

05ASUNCION744	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, MAY [...] (U) Summary ---------------- -- Security developments -- Congress calls for parity in Mercosur Parliament -- New cabinet shuffles Security developments --------------------- 2. The press reported widely on Vice President Luis Castiglioni,s visit to Washington, focusing on efforts to e [...]	2005-06-06 17:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM OTRA KSAC CA PA
05ASUNCION778	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ/ Federal Prosecutor Kim [...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for DOJ Federal Prosecutor Kim Lindquist, to travel to Asuncion, Paraguay from Jun-18-30, 2005 for the purpose of presenting a training program on Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing under an accusatory criminal justice system, for Para [...]	2005-06-15 20:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM ABUD AFIN PA POL
05ASUNCION812	Country Clearance Cable [...] As requested in refcon, country clearance is granted for Brian Dodd, Robert F. Zachariasiewicz, Steven Orr and Edward Dailey for travel to Asuncion from June 25 through June 27 to extradite Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita. The contact officer for the visit is Chad Whiteman, office tel.: 595-(0)21 [...]	2005-06-24 15:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION813	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 18-24 [...] (SBU) Summary ---------------- -- Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -- Customs Official Guilty of Enrichment -- New Senate Leadership -- Delay on U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On June 22, t [...]	2005-06-24 16:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR EFIN MOPS PA
05ASUNCION815	PARAGUAY: KIDNAPPINGS AND THE FARC [...] (C) Summary. An individual arrested in connection to the Ceclia Cubas kidnapping led investigators to the site where Maria Edith Bordon de Debernardi was held after she was kidnapped in November 2001. A Paraguayan prosecutor confirmed press reports clearly linking the two kidnappings. He al [...]	2005-06-24 17:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM CO BR PA
05ASUNCION830	EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA [...] Summary. Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita, a Brazilian-born narcotrafficker with FARC connections, was handed over to U.S. custody on June 27 at approximately 8:10 a.m. The successful conclusion to the six-month legal process is a step forward for Paraguay, marking the first time it has extradit [...]	2005-06-28 20:09:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA
05ASUNCION839	PARAGUAY: CERTIFICATION REPORT [...] Below find Post's submission on host government cooperation on counternarcotics efforts based on the benchmarks identified in reftel B. Counternarcotics ---------------- 2. The USG asked the GOP to keep pressure on major drug trafficking organizations by arresting and prosecuting their [...]	2005-06-30 14:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM PA
05ASUNCION870	PARAGUAY'S 2005 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] (U) Summary: - Quarterly activities - Program discussion - Quarterly SENAD statistics Quarterly Activities- Counternarcotics -------------------------------------- 2. On April 14, two agents from SENAD's Operations Unit arrested three police officers and two employees of the Public [...]	2005-07-08 13:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PA KCRM
05ASUNCION875	PARAGUAY: VP CASTIGLIONI DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] Action request: State/USUN see paras. 2 and 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. On 6/30, Ambassador met with Vice President Castiglioni to discuss his recent trip to the U.S. The Ambassador stressed the need for progress on money laundering and counter terrorism legislation. Post r [...]	2005-07-11 11:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM EAIR ECON CVIS VE CU PA UN
05ASUNCION887	PARAGUAY: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 21:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM IO KISL KPAO PA
05ASUNCION913	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 11 - 15 [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 18:08:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KCRM PA PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
05ASUNCION928	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. OFFICIALS FROM BUREAUS [...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for the following U.S. CBP & ICE Officials, for travel to Asuncion and various Paraguayan border locations during the period of July 23, 2005 to August 7, 2005, for the purpose of assisting the Government of Paraguay with a Border Assessment Study focus [...]	2005-07-07 18:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PA ASECE
05ASUNCION936	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JULY 16 - [...] (U) SUMMARY --------------- --Liberal Party Dissident Elected Comptroller --Customs Trys To Take Control of CD Imports --Protests Against US Troops --Hassan Barakat Has Fled to Beirut ------------------------------------------- Liberal Party Dissident Elected Comptroller ----------------- [...]	2005-07-25 18:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM ETRD PA
05ASUNCION950	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STERLING D. TILLEY [...] This is an action message. Please see paragaraphs 2 to 5. 2. Country clearance is requested for Sterling D. Tilley, Political Officer, Diplomatic Passport No. 900353131 (Security Clearance: Top Secret); for travel to Foz do Iguacu, Punta Porta, Brasil and Posadas, Argentina on July 28, 200 [...]	2005-07-27 18:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM ASEC OTRA PA
05ATHENS1611	NGOS LOOK FOR MORE COOPERATION ON TIP, GOG ADMITS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During May 23-25 meetings with visiting Foreign Affairs Officer for Southeastern Europe, Suzanne Yountchi, officials from the Ministries of Health (MOH),Justice (MOJ),Public Order (MPO),Foreign Aff [...]	2005-06-10 13:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM GR TIP
05ATHENS2376	GOVERNMENT FINALLY BANS PLANNED RACIST [...] Summary: On September 6 the Greek government said it would ban a planned pan-European "festival" of extreme right-wing political groups, sponsored by the Greek racist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. The gathering, scheduled for mid-late September and reportedly to include far-right groups such [...]	2005-09-12 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV KCRM GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2927	GREECE/TIP: RESPONSES FOR INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARIZE THE PROGRESS, OR LACK THEREOF, THE GOG HAS MADE IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE SCREENING AND REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NGOS TO USE IN IDENTIFYING VICTIMS AND DIRECTING VICTIMS TO APPROPRIATE CARE. -The GoG is actively negotiating a "Memorandum of Cooperation" (MOC [...]	2005-11-15 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM GR TIP
05ATHENS589	GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...]	2005-03-01 17:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05BAGHDAD3842	NEC CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF NORTHERN OIL EXPORTS [...] (C) Summary: On September 8 the National Energy Council (NEC) approved Phases II and III of the Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) program, and agreed to pick up sustainment costs of the current four SIBs and the expense for seven more SIBs and a brigade headquarters. Minister of Financ [...]	2005-09-17 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCOR KCRM IZ
05BAGHDAD3939	OIL MINISTER QUIETLY TAKING STEPS ON FUEL PRICES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum told the Embassy September 21 that there is no ministerial support for fuel price reform prior to the December elections, but "quieter" efforts are underway to "condition" the Iraqi public to new prices. These include sale of fuel for private [...]	2005-09-23 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD4040	OIL WORKERS UNDER THREAT; MORE "UNOFFICIAL" FUEL [...] (S) Summary: Director General of the Oil Products Distribution Company at the Ministry of Oil Zuhayr Shakir (strictly protect) told us September 27 that he intends to institute further modest increases in fuel prices for both consumers and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). He believes that he [...]	2005-09-29 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4324	POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE SADDAM TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. For many Iraqis, the Saddam trial provides a sense of relief, revenge, justice and healing. However, some Sunni Arabs claimed that it is a political tool to divert attention away from referendum anomalies and the upcoming elections. Press editorials warn that Saddam's grandstand [...]	2005-10-20 07:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM IZ
05BAGHDAD4338	SADDAM TRIAL BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first trial of Saddam Hussein began yesterday before the Higher Criminal Court of Iraq. Despite some technical issues, the trial was broadcast with a thirty-minute delay, with the Chief Judge, three of four prosecutors, and all but one defense attorney agreeing to have their [...]	2005-10-20 18:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4341	SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE COUNSEL KILLED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Sa'adoun Sughaiyer al-Janabi, defense counsel for Awad Al-Bandar (Black Lister Number 84) was found dead at Firdos Mosque in the Ur section of Baghdad on 20 October 2005 after his abduction the evening before. According to preliminary reports from his son and wife, there were sign [...]	2005-10-21 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4400	INSPECTORS GENERAL HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. In reaction to the reported removal of Inspectors General (IG) from five ministries and the Council of Ministers, an emergency meeting of all the IGs and representatives from the TNA Committee on Integrity was held on October 23. The discussions focused on the integrity and ind [...]	2005-10-26 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD4506	ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY [...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]	2005-11-03 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BAGHDAD4779	INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS APPLY TO REPRESENT SADAAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Issam al-Ghazzawi (Jordan),and Dr. Najeeb Al- Noaimi (Qatar) are seeking to join the defense team of Saddam Hussein in the Ad Dujayl trial now in front of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT). The principal Iraqi attorney for Saddam Hussein, K [...]	2005-11-29 17:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4936	SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The second day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on November 28, 2005. Despite fears that the defense lawyers would refuse to appear, most attended. The day was devoted largely to procedural issues although the Court did review a short video presentation and read the witness state [...]	2005-12-11 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4938	SECOND AND THIRD DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The second day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on November 28, 2005. Despite fears that the defense lawyers would refuse to appear, most attended. The day was devoted largely to procedural issues although the Court did review a short video presentation and read the witness state [...]	2005-12-11 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4991	FOURTH AND FIFTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fourth day of the Ad Dujayl trial occurred on December 6, 2005. Five witnesses provided testimony in open court although each had their identities shielded. The two morning witnesses testified in a closed session. Thus, no media was present, and no recording was made of the [...]	2005-12-14 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD5164	SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAYS OF AD DUJAYL TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The sixth day of the Ad Dujayl trial commenced on Tuesday, December 21. Three complainants provided graphic testimony about torture, incarceration, and murder. The seventh day of trial commenced on Wednesday, December 22. Three additional complainants testified about summary d [...]	2005-12-31 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
05BANGKOK1321	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS/LABOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary. Senior Royal Thai police (RTP),accompanied by a post NGO anti-trafficking partner, traveled to Malaysia to enhance cooperation in countering the increasing cross-border trafficking of women and children. A low-ranking Thai policeman was convicted for trafficking a 14-year old g [...]	2005-02-23 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH TIP
05BANGKOK2835	THAILAND: GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] Poloff discussed reftel with Brazilian Embassy Minister Counselor Fernando Jose de Carvalho Lopes. Lopes said that he had already been in contact with the Thai MFA regarding the June conference in Brasilia and that his Ambassador preferred that we demarche the MFA separately. Lopes said the [...]	2005-04-26 09:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CPAS KCRM KFRD TH
05BANGKOK5673	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION MEETING: [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Thailand will send a delegation to the September 7-8 International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting in Jakarta on Malacca Strait security among littoral states. The Thai delegation will be led by Mr. Pornchai Danvivathana, Director of t [...]	2005-09-02 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA KCRM PBTS PTER EWWT TH
05BANGKOK6441	NEW THAI POLICE ANTI-TIP UNIT TAKES ON FIRST [...] (U) Summary: The commander of Thailand's new anti- trafficking unit met with G and G/TIP officials on September 29 to outline future Thai government plans to combat human trafficking. Police General Camronwit Toopgrajank also recounted details of recent trafficking cases since the creation of [...]	2005-10-12 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM SOCI TH
05BANGKOK7458	THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary: Recent activities have focused on child trafficking and child sex tourism in Thailand. A child sex tourism seminar was held in Bangkok under the auspices of the USG-supported Bali Process, with DHS/ICE representing the USG and providing a case study. The NGO IJM reports progres [...]	2005-12-02 08:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF PREL SMIG PHUM EAID TH
05BANGKOK7802	ASEAN WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK LAUNCH: AN [...] (U) Summary: On December 1, representatives from nine of the ten ASEAN countries and the ASEAN Secretariat approved the launch of the ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN),a regional law enforcement network to combat illegal wildlife trafficking in Southeast Asia. The launch provid [...]	2005-12-22 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL KCRM XC TH
05BANGKOK7920	STATUS OF MISSING HMONG CHILDREN REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. The current location and status of the 29 Lao Hmong children and teens reported arrested last month remains unclear. A National Human Rights Commission official believes that the children remain in immigration detention in Nong Khai, Thailand, while second hand reports from the L [...]	2005-12-30 06:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREF PREL PHUM TH LA KTIP
05BERN2360	ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 12:04:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU
05BOGOTA10178	VISA REVOCATIONS: A HARD HIT ON COLOMBIAN CRIMINALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent months, the Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) revoked a large number of non- immigrant visas (NIV) granted to Colombian nationals who are members of violent gangs and terrorist organizations, wanted and captured narcotics traffickers, family members benefi [...]	2005-10-28 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG CO KHUM
05BOGOTA10389	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the month, approximately 7,893 hectares of illicit crops were sprayed, giving a year-to- date total of 120,101 hectares of coca and 1,546 hectares of poppy sprayed. One contract spray aircraft pilot and a Counterdrug (CD) Brigade dog handler and his dog were killed duri [...]	2005-11-04 11:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA10642	COLOMBIA: NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALEMAN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 16:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NU CO
05BOGOTA11743	SFRC STAFFER MEACHAM DISCUSSES DRUGS, [...] (C) SFRC staffer Carl Meacham discussed GOC counternarcotics efforts, paramilitary demobilization, extradition, and Venezuela with senior GOC figures during his December 11-14 visit to Bogota. (Meacham's meeting with President Alvaro Uribe is reported reftel.) Inspector General Edgardo Maya [...]	2005-12-19 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM CO
05BOGOTA1397	NAS Monthly Report January 2005: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 15,723 hectares of coca and finalized plans for a large manual poppy eradication campaign to start in February in Narino. A Colombian Army helicopter carrying sixteen Counter-Narcotics (CD) Brigade soldiers and four crewmembers [...]	2005-02-14 18:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2266	COLOMBIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Officer spent 55 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions as noted in paragraphs 18-21 of reftel. --------- [...]	2005-03-09 13:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
05BOGOTA2505	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The spray program eradicated 18,086 hectares of coca in February. Colombian Army (COLAR) and Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Directorate (DIRAN) units conducted joint interdiction operations (septel). Colombian Army Plan Colombia helicopters provided 1,993 hours of supp [...]	2005-03-15 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2563	Colombia's First Oral Trial [...] On March 11, the first trial under the new Criminal Procedure Code took place at "Paloquemao", the main local judicial district and courthouse in Bogota. A standing-room only crowd of about 60 people watched this historic event, including television and print media and the Deputy Prosecutor G [...]	2005-03-17 19:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM SNAR PREL CO
05BOGOTA2728	COLOMBIA: COCA CULTIVATION ESTIMATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The geographic expanse of Colombia, adverse meteorological conditions, relocation of cultivation to non-traditional growing areas, and the lag between the capture of overhead imagery and analysis combine to frustrate the estimation of coca cultivation in Colombia. Estimates prov [...]	2005-03-23 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA2853	INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ACCUSATORY [...] ON JANUARY 1, COLOMBIA INTRODUCED ITS NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE IN THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF BOGOTA, ARMENIA, MANIZALES, AND PEREIRA. OTHER JUDICIAL DISTRICTS WILL MAKE THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THE NEW CODE IMPLEMENTS AN ACCUSATORIAL JUSTICE SYSTEM SIMILAR [...]	2005-03-30 18:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM PGOV CO
05BOGOTA3040	GOC "READY" TO SPRAY IN PARKS [...] (SBU) GOC Minister of Defense Jorge Alberto Uribe Echavarria informed the Ambassador on March 29 that the Government of Colombia is ready to initiate aerial eradication operations in Colombia's national parks and natural reserves. Spraying in the parks has been a particularly contentious coun [...]	2005-04-04 17:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA4301	ILEA LATIN AMERICA FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-05 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN EC CO
05BOGOTA4806	NAS Monthly Report April 2005: Aerial Eradication [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 16,153 hectares of coca. The CNP destroyed 10 cocaine HCL labs and seized 10.5 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, and 94 kilos of heroin. U.S. and Plan Colombia assets assisted the police in heavy fighti [...]	2005-05-19 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5501	SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. [...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the visit of Attorney General Gonzales. The Colombian government is on our side on fighting terrorism, narcotics trafficking, and money laundering. The visit comes at an important time for our law enforcement and judicial efforts in Colombia. Embassy Bogota has t [...]	2005-06-08 21:37:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM KJUS OVIP SNAR CO
05BOGOTA5657	NAS Monthly Report May 2005: Aerial Eradication [...] (SBU) Summary: In May, the spray program eradicated 11,305 hectares of coca and 45 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Colombian Navy accomplished the largest cocaine HCL fast boat seizure ever- over 15 metric tons. During May, the CNP seized over 18 metric tons of coc [...]	2005-06-14 11:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5797	"Don Berna" Stays in Detention: Extradition [...] (U) Summary. On Monday, June 13 the Office of the Attorney General (Fiscalia) determined that Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (a.k.a. "Don Berna") will remain in detention on the farm in Valencia (Cordoba Department). Don Berna will neither be moved to a civilian jail, nor served with any Col [...]	2005-06-17 13:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA6563	NAS Monthly Report June 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: In June 2005, the Colombian National Police (CNP) spray program eradicated 9,884 hectares of coca and 41 hectares of poppy. Anti-Narcotics Police (DIRAN) destroyed four cocaine HCL laboratories and captured nine metric tons of cocaine, one ton of cocaine base, and 70 kilos of h [...]	2005-07-13 11:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA6622	COLOMBIA: MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Though Colombia remains a major illicit drug producing and trafficking country, the GOC is an unwavering ally in the fight against narcotics production and distribution. Colombia has been an enthusiastic partner in the development of innovative approaches to narcotics interdic [...]	2005-07-14 18:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7737	NAS Monthly Report July 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Eradication aircraft sprayed over 6,000 hectares in July. The program surpassed its 100,000 hectare goal almost three months ahead of schedule. So far this year, the Colombian National Police (CNP) has seized almost 60 metric tons of cocaine HCL AND 500 kilos of heroin. The CNP [...]	2005-08-16 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA7832	COLOMBIAN MILITARY SPENDING MORE TRANSPARENT THAN [...] (U) Vice-Minister of Defense Eastman praised the results of the Security and Democracy Foundation (FSD) and the Latin American Security Defense Network (RESDAL) study of transparency in Colombia's defense budgeting and spending released on 9 August, while acknowledging that more needs to be do [...]	2005-08-19 13:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS ECON KCRM CO
05BOGOTA8454	FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Wood thanked Foreign Minister Carolina Barco September 7 for the GOC's offers of assistance in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Barco said the GOC could send its 30 disaster relief experts and nutritional powder immediately and is standing by for further instructions from the U. [...]	2005-09-08 17:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER ECON ETRD EAGR KCRM KJUS CO EI
05BOGOTA8485	GENERAL GOMEZ'S REPLACEMENT NAMED [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 13:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
05BOGOTA9402	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: During August, NAS was the control office for a two-person StaffDel from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Foreign Affairs. The aerial eradication program sprayed approximately 10,087 hectares of coca and 78 hectares of poppy for a total of 111,946 hectares of coca an [...]	2005-10-03 18:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA9593	NO CHANGE IN EXTRADITION POLICY FOLLOWING AUC [...] (C) In a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Wood on October 7, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo described paramilitary leaders as distrustful of President Uribe and scared of extradition, but confirmed GOC extradition policy would remain unchanged following the October 6 AUC statement s [...]	2005-10-07 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KCRM CO AUC FARC
05BRASILIA100	"O ESTADO DE SAO PAULO" ARTICLE ON THE ARREST OF [...] The December 24 "O Estado de Sao Paulo" article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describes the arrest by the GoB Federal Police of Julio Law -- the brother of notorious pirated goods trafficker Law Kin Chong. Federal Police sources have told Mission officers that as of January 11, Julio Law r [...]	2005-01-11 13:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR
05BRASILIA1148	FARC MAY BE BUYING STOLEN MEDICINE IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since November 2004, Federal Police in the Brazilian state of Amazonas have been investigating the disappearance of 8,000 bottles of Glucantine, a drug used to treat a parasitic disease common in the Amazon. Last October, locals in Amazonas state found an abandoned boat that c [...]	2005-04-29 16:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BR
05BRASILIA1164	AGRARIAN TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN BRAZIL'S PARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions between small farmers, large landowners and government authorities continue to run high in the Brazilian state of Para, two months after the murder of US citizen nun Dorothy Stang. Five suspects are in custody for Stang's killing. The Brazilian Agriculture Minister rel [...]	2005-05-02 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR
05BRASILIA123	BRAZIL 2004-2005 INCSR PART II - MONEY LAUNDERING [...] This cable transmits Embassy Brasilia's submission of Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Ref B is post's submission of Part I of the INCSR. 2. Due to its great size and large economy, Brazil is con [...]	2005-01-12 18:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR KTFN BR
05BRASILIA1343	POLITICAL CORRUPTION SPARKS RIOTS IN BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence erupted this week in Porto Velho, capital of Brazil's western Rondonia state, with revelations that the state governor and several members of the State Assembly were locked in a complicated web of corruption. The worst of the violence subsided without serious injury, a [...]	2005-05-20 18:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM SOCI BR
05BRASILIA1544	BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT AT GLOBAL FORUM VOWS TO CRACK [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Lula da Silva used the occasion of the Fourth Global Forum Against Corruption, being held this week in Brasilia, to announce a firm response to the wave of corruption scandals that has been battering his administration in recent weeks. As noted in reftel, the GoB ha [...]	2005-06-08 18:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM SOCI BR
05BRASILIA1602	BRAZIL SCANDAL - CONGRESSMAN TESTIFIES BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian congressman Roberto Jefferson, who is also president of the PTB party (an ally in President Lula's governing coalition),began his testimony before the Chamber of Deputies' Ethics Committee on June 14. He will continue testifying on June 15. Jefferson was summoned b [...]	2005-06-14 21:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCRM PREL BR
05BRASILIA1622	BRAZIL SCANDAL LIKELY TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. While Brazilian Congressman Roberto Jefferson, in his testimony before the Congressional Ethics Committee this week, did not provide proof to support his charges that senior officials of President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) were involved in a scheme to buy votes in Congress from [...]	2005-06-16 20:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR
05BRASILIA1631	BRAZIL SCANDAL: DIRCEU RESIGNS, MORE CABINET MOVES [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-17 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SOCI PREL BR
05BRASILIA1819	BRAZIL: LULA CONTINUES TO SHUFFLE CABINET AMIDST [...] SUMMARY. On July 6, Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced a long-waited cabinet shuffle, his third. Lula's hand was forced by a series of interlocking and expanding corruption scandals that have engulfed the GoB and paralyzed Congress since mid-May. The current shuffle started on June [...]	2005-07-08 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI ENRG ECPS PREL BR
05BRASILIA2208	BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8-9, poloffs met with National Secretariat of Public Security (SENASP) representatives to SIPDIS discuss new training programs designed to promote respect for human rights amongst police and other public security officials in Brazil. States' budgetary constraints and [...]	2005-08-18 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI SNAR KCRM BR TIP
05BRASILIA239	Brazil Copyright Piracy: "ISTO E DINHEIRO" [...] The January 26 "Isto E Dinheiro" article set forth in paragraph 2 (below) describes a low-cost CD alternative that its inventor hopes will put Brazilian piracy out of business. 2. Begin Unofficial Embassy Translation Headline: Ralf, the Saviour? A low-cost CD with only three tracks an [...]	2005-01-26 16:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR KCRM PGOV ECON BR IPR
05BRASILIA3135	RESPONSE: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICERS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 16:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL ASEC EFIN KCRM KTFN KVPR PTER
05BRASILIA320	JUVENILE OFFENDERS FREED DURING ASSAULT IN BRASILIA [...] Summary. On January 30, armed men in Brasilia freed two teenage detainees from a vehicle and held six others hostage while en route to the CAJE juvenile detention center. The CAJE facility is often criticized for understaffing, overcrowding, and poor security. End Summary. 2. On the eveni [...]	2005-02-04 11:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PHUM BR TIP
05BRASILIA3277	BRAZIL: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The Tri-Border Area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the region is more widely known as a center for arms and drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, document and currenc [...]	2005-12-16 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR
05BRASILIA464	THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN STANG MURDER, BUT [...] (C) By February 22, police had arrested three of the four suspects in the February 12 murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang in Para state in northern Brazil. Both alleged gunman plus the middleman who hired them are now in custody. The fourth suspect, the landowner who is the alleged mastermind of [...]	2005-02-22 20:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CASC KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TIP
05BRASILIA532	BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT SPEAKS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, Poloff met with Perly Cipriano, Under Secretary for Human Rights Promotion at the Brazilian Secretariat for Human Rights, to discuss the Dorothy Stang murder case (reftels A, B, and C). During the meeting, Poloff and Cipriano discussed Stang's refusal to accept p [...]	2005-03-01 16:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP
05BRASILIA606	BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FEDERALIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 18:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP
05BRASILIA821	FOURTH SUSPECT IN BRAZIL NUN'S MURDER SURRENDERS [...] (U) The fourth and most senior suspect in the murder of US citizen missionary Dorothy Stang turned himself in to Brazilian federal authorities on March 27. Vitalmiro Bastos Moura (aka "Bida"),34, an area rancher who is alleged to have been the mastermind behind Stang's February 12 murder, su [...]	2005-03-28 19:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC KCRM PHUM SOCI BR
05BRUSSELS1511	EU WILL SET UP COMMON INDEX OF CRIMINAL [...] EU Ministers for Justice, Freedom and Security (or Justice and Home Affairs - JHA Council) on April 14 agreed to set up a common EU "index" to register the criminal records of all non-EU citizens convicted in the EU countries. For their own nationals residing in the EU, Member States will p [...]	2005-04-15 14:25:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2148	EU FAILS TO ADOPT COMMON RULES AGAINST [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministers on June 2 failed to agree on a draft piece of EU legislation intended to establish common rules against racism and xenophobia within the Union. Delegations did agree on the necessity for an EU- wide instrument requiring operators to retain telecom [...]	2005-06-06 14:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN
05BRUSSELS2166	EU TO LAUNCH COOPERATION WITH LIBYA ON [...] EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 3 agreed to cooperate with Libya to combat clandestine migration and will help Libya build institutional capacity. This decision "in principle" ties development of this cooperation to Libya respecting certain basic principles - particu [...]	2005-06-07 13:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2227	SCHENGEN TURNS TWENTY: BIGGER AND BOLDER THAN EVER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Schengen area has grown from six core countries in 1985 to fifteen at present, with eleven more -- including most recently Switzerland -- expected to be integrated by the end of 2007. Border-free travel within the zone has proved popular with the European public and is one [...]	2005-06-09 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS SMIG PREL CMGT KFRD KCRM PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2403	EU LEADERS NOTE JHA ACTION PLAN, LIST [...] EU leaders in the June 16-17 European Council endorsed without discussion the draft conclusions put forward by the Luxembourg Presidency in the area of "Freedom, Security and Justice" (or Justice and Home Affairs, JHA). The conclusions basically note the adoption by the June 2 JHA Council (R [...]	2005-06-22 08:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2418	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2005 [...] Summary. During its June 21 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from South-East Asia (submitted by Australia),South-West Asia (U.K.),Central Asia (Italy),Balkans and Near East (Greece),and Eastern Europe (Germany). The Group adopted most of the [...]	2005-06-23 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2469	EUROPEAN COMMISSION FUNDING PROCESS FOR [...] Summary. The European Commission (EC) identifies only six million euros annually for counter-narcotics programs, although other funds come from country or region-specific allocations in high-risk areas. Although changes are proposed for the structure and size of the European Commission assi [...]	2005-06-28 11:06:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2688	EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolutely determined" to speed up implementation measures in the EU Action Plan to combat terrorism. A four-page declaration gave new momentum to a detailed list o [...]	2005-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS337	INFORMAL U.S.-EU MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...] Summary. At the Informal Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) held February 13-14 in Luxembourg, the U.S. and EU reviewed outstanding issues and areas for further law enforcement, border security and counter terrorism cooperation during the coming six months. The U.S. presented to Euro [...]	2005-01-26 09:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3444	IMPLICATIONS OF ECJ RULING FOR FIRST PILLAR [...] Summary. On September 12 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg annulled the European Council's Framework Decision on the protection of the environment through criminal offenses (dated January 2003) because the decision was adopted outside the Community legislative framework. The [...]	2005-09-21 12:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS SNAR ENIV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3561	CHILD PORN DATA BASE TO BE RAISED AT JHA [...] Summary. On September 15 the G-8 Lyon Law Enforcement Subgroup formally presented a report on the deployment of an International Child Sexual Exploitation Image Database (ICSE DB) to Interpol. The ICSE DB is intended to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of investigations by improving [...]	2005-09-30 10:20:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4294	COUNTER-TERRORISM: EU AGREES STRATEGY FOR [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 1 agreed on a "EU Strategy for Combating Radicalization and Recruitment to Terrorism," including by disrupting the activities of networks and "ensuring that voices of mainstream opinion prevail over those of extremism." The min [...]	2005-12-06 05:27:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4296	EU MOVES TOWARD LEGISLATION ON RETENTION [...] The UK Presidency in the December 2 meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers (JHA Council) secured a majority agreement on a compromise to approximate member states' legislation on the retention of telecom data. Ministers agreed to require the storage of traffic information for a mi [...]	2005-12-06 09:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4516	DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY JACKSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, DHS Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson met with the European Commission's (EC) Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security (JFS) Jonathan Faull and discussed a broad range of border security related issues. Topics included the pending decision on passenger [...]	2005-12-29 15:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG KCRM CVIS EAIR PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS543	S/CT POPE AND EU CT COORDINATOR DE VRIES REVIEW [...] Summary. Acting CT Coordinator William Pope met with EU CT Coordinator Gijs de Vries to review areas of current and potential future cooperation on terrorism. Asked by de Vries where EU Member States should invest more effort, Pope responded that Europeans should look carefully at their lega [...]	2005-02-07 14:52:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PREL PTER USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS614	BIOMETRICS: EU TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PASSPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The EU is set to approve a decision on technical standards related to biometrics in travel documents by the end of February. From that point, EU Member States will have 18 months to begin issuing passports that contain digitized photographs on contactless chips. A separate d [...]	2005-02-11 11:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS638	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO BRUSSELS OF ONDCP [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Brussels comes at an important juncture in U.S.-EU relations. The transatlantic dialogue has been given a dramatic boost from the recent visit of Secretary of State Rice. Her meetings with the EU have laid the foundation for the upcoming visit of President Bus [...]	2005-02-14 16:00:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM OTRA SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS823	CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2005 [...] Summary. During its February 18 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa (submitted by Spain),Other African Countries (France),the Caribbean (France),South America (Spain),and Central America/Mexico (U.S.). The U.K. gave a pre [...]	2005-03-01 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS

05BUCHAREST1123	BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...]	2005-05-12 13:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO
05BUCHAREST1126	OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS ON KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW, ALLEGES U.S. MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Deputies from the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) stormed out of the Romanian Parliament May 10 to avoid a vote on strengthened financial disclosure legislation, a key component in the new government's anti-corruption program. The PSD, which lost the 2004 presidential vote ami [...]	2005-05-13 09:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ECON SOCI RO
05BUCHAREST1256	INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY [...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...]	2005-05-27 10:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI
05BUCHAREST1313	CHAIRMAN OF ROMPETROL OFFICIALLY INDICTED; BUSINESS SECTOR SHAKEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: One of Romania's most important companies, Rompetrol, was shaken by the recent arrest and temporary detention of its high-profile CEO on a variety of economic charges. The case has important ramifications for rule of law and the investigation of corruption here. The organized business [...]	2005-06-06 10:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD SENV SOCI KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM CASC RO
05BUCHAREST1426	ROMANIA NOMINATIONS - ILEA ROSWELL - ADVANCED [...] U.S. Embassy Bucharest provides the following nominations for ILEA Roswell Session 36. 2. Full Name: Chief Commissioner DAN Calin Vicentiu, Position/Institution: Chief of Department, Financial Investigations, Economic-Financial Directorate, Bucharest Police, DOB: June 27, 1959, POB: Bucha [...]	2005-06-23 13:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR ASEC RO MD MK
05BUCHAREST1577	PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROMANIA - SEED FUNDED, INL [...] The project accomplishments listed below apply for the Counter-narcotics, Cyber-Crime, Police Academies, and ICITAP Advisor projects coordinated by the RSO. RLA/OPDAT will report separately. 2. The major accomplishments for the last 18 months are: - RSO provided specialized audio-vi [...]	2005-07-15 11:02:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC BU KCRM SNAR RO
05BUCHAREST835	ROMANIA: CORRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REMAINS AN ISSUE FOR NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) One of the key challenges facing Romania,s new Health Minister Mircea Cinteza is a state-run health system plagued by corruption. Two types of corruption manifest themselves in Romania: high-level manipulation of the system for personal gain and low-level &facilitation payments8 that state-em [...]	2005-04-05 13:50:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TBIO ETRD KCRM EFIN PREL RO USTR
05BUENOSAIRES461	GOA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REINSTATING INTERPOL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 28, Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez contacted Ambassador to request USG assistance in obtaining the reinstatement of the Interpol "Red Notices for Capture" for 12 Iranian suspects wanted for questioning by the GOA [...]	2005-03-01 19:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KCRM IR AR AMIA
05BUENOSAIRES507	ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...]	2005-03-04 17:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR
05CAIRO1978	INTERNAL SECURITY IN SINAI--AN UPDATE [...] (C) The effects of the October 7, 2004 terror bombings continue to ripple through the Sinai Peninsula, even as tourism rebounds. In January the security services and tribal leaders formally agreed to work together against criminal activities by tribesmen. In early February, a combined forc [...]	2005-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM EG
05CAIRO2469	EGYPT: CYBERCRIME DEMARCHE/PROPOSED DOJ VISIT [...] (U) On March 27, poloff delivered the points in reftel to Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas. Poloff also flagged for Ghattas the proposed visit to Cairo April 11-15 of DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter, for consultations with the GOE on cybercrime issues and to attend [...]	2005-03-29 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME
05CAIRO2744	APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (C) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at Cairo's Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar in the early evening of April 7. Attending the meeting were the A/DCM, RSO, LEGATT, ORA, CONS, ECPO, OMC, DATT, NCIS, R [...]	2005-04-08 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG
05CAIRO2892	EGYPT: GOE MAY BE CHANGING TUNE ON COE CYBERCRIME [...] (U) On April 12, DOJ Computer Crimes expert Christopher Painter met with Assistant Minister of Justice Iskandar Ghattas to discuss the GOE's support for a proposed United Nations-sponsored global convention on cybercrime, as opposed to USG support for the Council of Europe (COE) Convention on [...]	2005-04-14 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM EG UNCRIME
05CAIRO3183	EGYPT: PROBABLE TERROR ATTACKS IN CAIRO ON APRIL [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ----------- The Attacks ----------- 2. (SBU) Two apparent terror attacks took place in Cairo on the afternoon of April 30. An explosion in downtown Cairo killed one Egyptian and [...]	2005-04-30 19:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG
05CAIRO3184	EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...]	2005-05-01 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC
05CAIRO6755	SAMEH KHOUZAM: ASSURANCES LETTER FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) In response to our March 1 demarche (ref A) and Charge's July 27 letter and aide memoire, Post received a formal letter from Egypt's Public Prosecutor Maher Abdel Wahed regarding Egyptian assurances on the return of fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Public Prosecutor is Egypt's r [...]	2005-09-01 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL EG
05CAIRO8403	ASSURANCES FOR FUGITIVE MURDER SUSPECT SAMEH [...] (SBU) Assistant Public Prosecutor Ahmed Zohny told poloff on November 1 that it would be "impossible" for the Egyptian Public Prosecution to provide to the U.S. assurances that explicitly promised that fugitive Sameh Khouzam would not be subject to torture in the event of his return to Egypt. [...]	2005-11-02 11:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM EG
05CAIRO8938	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PREL EG OVIP
05CAIRO9387	EGYPT: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Egypt is not a significant destination for money laundering or terrorist financing, due to its antiquated and cumbersome financial system. The Government of Egypt (GOE) has implemented reforms in the financial sector in 2005, but this modernization has not made Egypt more attractive to money [...]	2005-12-21 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EG
05CAIRO9581	CAIRO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDICIAL/CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo has been working with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and the Regional Representative of the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime to support a Regional Conference on International Cooperation in Judicial and Criminal Matt [...]	2005-12-29 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM KJUS EG
05CALCUTTA320	CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONCERNED BY MISSIONARY MURDER [...] (SBU) Summary: During CG's August 23-25 visit to Orissa, he met with Christian representatives to discuss developments in the January 1999 murder case of Australian Christian evangelist Graham Staines and his two sons. CG also inquired about communal relations in the State. The Christian r [...]	2005-09-09 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KIRF SOCI CASC IN
05CANBERRA1381	MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...]	2005-08-12 07:25:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS
05CANBERRA386	AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]	2005-03-02 01:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CANBERRA725	GOA CONSIDERING EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] (U) In an April 22 meeting, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Iraq Task Force Director Jeremy Bruer and Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Iraq Program Manager Katherine Krilov. Krilov indicated that Australia [...]	2005-04-22 05:39:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI AU AS HU IZ
05CARACAS202	PROJECT PROPOSALS: VENEZUELAN NGO TAKES ON TIPS [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy is submitting a proposal by the NGO FUNDACEM for funding consideration. The proposal includes research to understand Venezuela's trafficking problem culminating in a published report, developing training and public awareness materials, workshops with gover [...]	2005-01-24 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID VE
05CARACAS3879	VENEZUELA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Post's POC is Political Officer Charles Ridley: TEL 58-212-907-8052, FAX 58-212-907-8033, EMAIL RidleyCL@state.gov. In April 2006 POC will be Political Officer Adam Center, EMAIL CenterAM@state.gov ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) Venezuelan coope [...]	2005-12-30 17:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM VE
05CARACAS624	VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...]	2005-02-28 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF
05CARACAS772	VENEZUELA CERTIFICATION DEMARCHE BENCHMARKS [...] (U) As promised in Caracas 710, the text of the non- paper on 2005 certification benchmarks, delivered February 18, follows: VENEZUELA'S 2005 CERTIFICATION BENCHMARKS To comply with current U.S. law establishing the narcotics certification mechanism and to respond to calls for a more tra [...]	2005-03-15 20:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM VE
05CHENNAI609	SLOW PROGRESS ON BONDED LABOR IN TAMIL NADU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although the government of Tamil Nadu acknowledges the problem of bonded labor and has done more to address the issue than other Indian states, progress on its elimination in the state has been slow. Enforcement of laws against the practice has been inconsistent due to competing [...]	2005-04-05 06:43:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM PGOV SOCI IN
05COLOMBO2094	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. The Maldives is not an important regional financial center. The financial sector of the Maldives is very small, with five commercial banks (one international bank, three branches of public banks from neighboring countries and the state owned bank),t [...]	2005-12-14 07:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM MV
05COLOMBO2101	SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]	2005-12-15 07:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2111	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. Money laundering currently is not a criminal offense. There are strict bank secrecy laws, under which the Government of Sri Lanka is required to [...]	2005-12-19 08:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2112	POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...]	2005-12-19 08:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2119	Sri Lanka requests assistance to enforce [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action request in para 7 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A Computer Crimes bill will soon become law in Sri Lanka, and submission of an electronic transactions bill is anticipated for early 2006. Sri Lanka would appreciate USG technical assistance in developing [...]	2005-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINT ETRD PTER KCRM CE
05COLOMBO2139	US GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA?S DEVELOPMENT [...] United States Treasury?s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Financial Enforcement team visited Colombo December 12- 16, 2005, to provide training to government officials on establishment of an effective AML/CFT regime. The timing of the visit was appropriate since the government of Sri La [...]	2005-12-21 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER CE
05COLOMBO454	SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...]	2005-03-02 04:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
05COLOMBO567	SRI LANKA: NO PATTERN OF FOREIGN MISSION [...] (C) There does not appear to be a widespread pattern by foreign missions to aid their nationals in departing Sri Lanka while under criminal investigation. We know of only one solid case in 2004, as well as accounts of possible cases before then. Sri Lankan authorities take cases of pedophili [...]	2005-03-21 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG KCRM KFRD CE GM
05COLOMBO595	SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED "ENCOUNTER" KILLINGS BY [...] (SBU) Over the past four months, 17 suspected criminals have been shot and killed as they were being taken into police custody, primarily in Colombo and surrounding areas. Although police versions of such incidents invariably claim that the suspects attempted to shoot or otherwise injure pol [...]	2005-03-24 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM CE
05DAMASCUS6524	2005 REPORT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Throughout 2005, Syria has enacted legislation to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terror (AML/CFT) regulations in its financial sector, which has opened up in the last two years to include four private banks. It has begun to develop a Financial Int [...]	2005-12-18 07:23:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05DARESSALAAM2276	2005-2006 TANZANIA'S INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: In 2005, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) delayed building the legal foundation for an effective anti-money laundering regime. While the anti-money laundering (AML) bill was finalized and presented to the Cabinet in May 2005, the Cabinet did not approve and table the draft AML bill [...]	2005-12-16 04:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR TZ
05DARESSALAAM254	TANZANIA NOMINATIONS FOR CT FINANCE TRAINING [...] Per reftel, post nominates the following individuals from the Bank of Tanzania to attend the Washington training program March 7 - 11, 2005: Mr. H. Kessy, Deputy Director, Bank Supervision Mr. M. Gasabile, Deputy Director, Non Banks and Financial Institutions Mr. D. Karungula, Senior Bank E [...]	2005-02-07 13:52:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER TZ
05DHAKA1142	ALLEGED KIBRIA KILLER ARRESTED WITH THREE [...] (SBU) On March 9, police formally arrested four persons in connection with the January 27 murder of former Awami League finance minister Shah AMS Kibria according to local press reports and other sources. The chief suspect is AKM Abdul Qayyum, a BNP leader in Habiganj, where Kibria was killed. [...]	2005-03-14 11:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM BG
05DHAKA1313	KIBRIA CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Late March 22 the BDG passed us the confession statements and the inter-agency commission's report on the Kibria attack to pave the way for A/Legatt's meeting with the suspects, perhaps as early as next week. Police say they have completed the murder portion of the case but still [...]	2005-03-22 13:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PTER PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1407	SENIOR-LEVEL BDG PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE REJECTS [...] The BDG Cabinet Purchase Committee on March 22 rejected two tender awards, explicitly citing corruption in one case and serious irregularities in the other. The action was a welcome demonstration that the BDG can act against corruption when it chooses to do so. In a highly unusual move, the [...]	2005-03-24 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID KCRM PREL BD
05DHAKA1923	BANGLADESH - AMENDMENT TO LOA FOR ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) 0n April 25, P/E counselor and RLA presented to Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammed Muhsin reftel text for initiating a new training and technical assistance program for BDG law enforcement personnel involved in combating trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Muhsin strongly welcomed th [...]	2005-04-25 14:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC BG
05DHAKA1924	HOME MINISTER AGREES TO NEW LINES OF KIBRIA CASE [...] (C) Summary. On April 21. Home State Minister Babar and Foreign Policy Adviser Rahman agreed to Ambassador's proposal for pursuing new lines of investigation to supplement the BDG's case against the Kibria murder suspects and, in that context, to bring the FBI back to Bangladesh for another r [...]	2005-04-25 15:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KCRM PREL PHUM BG
05DHAKA248	GTIP INCLE PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Dhaka is pleased to propose the following project: Title: CAPACITY BUILDING OF DISTRICT POLICE ANTI-TRAFFICKING MONITORING CELLS TO MANAGE AN EFFECTIVE DATABASE AND COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING Potential Partner: IOM Project Duration: 2 years Objectives ---------- Increase the [...]	2005-01-19 10:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG PHUM KCRM
05DHAKA2566	POPPY FIELD CONFIRMED IN WESTERN BANGLADESH [...] (C) On May 30, Director General of the BDG's Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) Mohammed Kamaluddin Ahmed confirmed to enconoff reports of opium cultivation in Bangladesh. On the margins of a meeting between Ahmed and ICITAP TDYer, econoff raised reports from a local NGO that DNC investiga [...]	2005-06-05 06:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM SNAR BG
05DHAKA2572	KIBRI INVESTIGATION PROVIDES SNAPSHOT OF POLITICS [...] (C) Police investigators of the murder of Awami League leader SMS Kibria examined the financial records of the accused mastermind, Abdul Quayyum, a businessman turned local BNP politician, who allegedly planned the murder of sitting parliamentarian Kibria and sought to frame his chief BNP r [...]	2005-06-05 07:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON CVIS KCRM BG
05DHAKA2603	MEETING WITH RAB A/DG: "DUE PROCESS IS OUR [...] (C) Summary. A senior RAB officer described cross-fire killings to us as a necessary, short-term expedient. He appeared unaware of the Leahy amendment and its potential impact on army officers like himself. Like all RAB personnel, he exhibits an unmistakable swagger born from confidence that [...]	2005-06-06 06:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM PGOV BG
05DHAKA279	GTIP ESF PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-24 08:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM BG
05DHAKA332	BDG ANTI-TIP EFFORTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) On January 25, Poloff and USAID counterparts met with Home Secretary Omar Farooq, Joint Secretary Mohammad Mohsin, and ASP Sahidullah Khan from the Police Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Cell for the monthly update on BDG anti-TIP measures. 2. (SBU) Mohsin distributed and discussed the la [...]	2005-01-25 11:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM BG
05DHAKA3709	CHARGE AND FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSS TRAFFICKED [...] (SBU) During a July 28 meeting with Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin, Charge raised USG concerns over reports that the Bangladeshi Embassy in the UAE is delaying the repatriation of rescued Bangladeshi camel jockey trafficking victims. 2. (C) Hemayetuddin replied that the repatriations are a [...]	2005-08-01 08:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM BG
05DHAKA3884	FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES FACING [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Rahman told CDA he is satisfied with the economy's performance in FY05. He cited several factors, including continued high oil prices, which may adversely affect the economy going forward. End summary. 2. (U) CDA Judith Chammas paid a courtesy call on Financ [...]	2005-08-09 08:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN BG
05DHAKA4102	36 CAMEL JOCKEYS REPATRIATED FROM UAE [...] (SBU) On August 11, 36 Bangladeshi boys who were used as camel jockeys in the UAE were repatriated to Bangladesh. They were the first batch to return under an agreement the UAE signed in May with UNICEF. More than 150 boys are expected to return in several phases with assistance from UNICEF a [...]	2005-08-18 08:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM BG
05DHAKA554	PM ZIA PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR "FBI" ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. PM Zia promised full support for U.S. law enforcement consultants investigating the January 27 attack, expressed a strong preference for the FBI because of its positive profile in Bangladesh, and attributed hartal violence and a bombing at the Khulna press club to the Awami Leagu [...]	2005-02-07 12:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KCRM BG
05DHAKA5654	BANGLADESH: INTERIM TIP REPORT [...] Embassy Dhaka appreciates the opportunity to report Bangladesh's continuing progress in its anti-trafficking efforts (ref a). The information below comes largely from the International Organization for Migration (IOM),The Asia Foundation, the Home Ministry, and USAID. 2. Sustaining the h [...]	2005-11-22 01:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG BG
05DHAKA5813	BANGLADESH: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 07:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM CBG BG
05DHAKA6143	BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR [...] The POC for Embassy Dhaka is Robert Wong, Political Officer. Email: wongre@state.gov. The report will also be sent to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar via email. 2. BEGIN TEXT GENERAL ASSESSMENT The Bangladesh government affirms full support for the global war on terror, and in [...]	2005-12-15 06:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KISL PGOV KCRM BG
05DHAKA6193	2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-18 01:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG
05DHAKA6194	2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-18 01:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG
05DHAKA906	BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS [...] (SBU) On March 1, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammad Mohsin conveyed to us the following Kibria investigation case materials: -- 34 photographs of the crime scene, bloodied victims, and apparent grenade fragments/pieces -- "The Investigation Report on Explosion Incident" -- A small sket [...]	2005-03-01 11:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA909	BANGLADESH PONDERS FATE OF ULFA CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Secretary General Anup Chetia's seven year prison sentence SIPDIS expired on February 25 but he remains in "safe custody," according to Alana Khan, Secretary General of Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). Khan said [...]	2005-03-02 08:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PGOV BG
05DHAKA914	ARRESTED DR. GALIB: TERRORIST OR DUPE? [...] (SBU) Following the February 23 arrest of professor Muhammad Asadullah al-Galib and 16 other alleged militants, and the banning of two related organizations, JMJB (Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh) and JMB (Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh),newspapers continue to describe professor Galib as an [...]	2005-03-03 10:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER KCRM PGOV BG
05DHAKA937	BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report will cover efforts by the Bangladesh Government (BDG) during the time period from March 2004-March 2005. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Charlene Wang, telephone number 880-2-885-5500 extension 2148, IVG post-code Dhaka #583, fax [...]	2005-03-03 12:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG USAID
05DJIBOUTI1238	DJIBOUTI - 2005-2006 [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2004-2005 report remains the same with the exception that Djibouti intends to have an operational Financial Intelligence Unit by February 2006. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-regi [...]	2005-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ
05DJIBOUTI240	DJIBOUTI - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Djibouti is reportedly a country of transit and a country of destination for internationally trafficked persons. There is no evidence to suggest that Djibouti is a country of origin. The trafficking problem in Djibouti is vague and undocumented. Post would like to emphasize that [...]	2005-03-07 03:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DJ SO ET
05DJIBOUTI259	REPORT OF ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) ConOff was approached March 10 by an officer from CJTF-HOA, informing her that CJTF-HOA had received a report that two private American sailboats had come under fire while sailing the Gulf of Aden on March 8. The source of the report, a third American sailboat, had contacted the military [...]	2005-03-10 12:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ
05DJIBOUTI290	CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...]	2005-03-22 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI610	DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP [...] Per REFTEL, the appropriate local national checks have been conducted for the Djiboutian participants of session 16 LEEDP. Post is still in the process of vetting the names through appropriate U.S. Agencies and will forward any negative information as received. Travel itinerary and other per [...]	2005-06-24 09:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI692	DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 06:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC DJ EAID ECON KCRM SNAR
05DJIBOUTI708	TIP ACTION PLAN: DJIBOUTI'S INITIAL RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ presented the demarche and proposed action plan 25 July to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as requested in reftel. Youssouf was defensive about the statement tha [...]	2005-07-25 12:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI737	TIP ACTION PLAN: MEETING WITH DIRECTOR BILATERAL [...] (C) Pol/Econ met with Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan, on 28 July to follow up on the Trafficking in Persons action plan demarched to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (reftel A). Hassan said he had a chance to review the action plan and demarche submitted [...]	2005-08-01 04:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI755	TIP ACTION PLAN: MEETING WITH DIRECTOR BILATERAL [...] (C) Pol/Econ met with Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan, on 28 July to follow up on the Trafficking in Persons action plan demarched to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (reftel A). Hassan said he had a chance to review the action plan and demarche submitted [...]	2005-08-07 05:30:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PREL DJ
05DOHA1836	QATAR: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Post is submitting the following update on Qatar's efforts to address weaknesses identified in the 2005 TIP Report for inclusion in the Interim Assessment Report. 2. (U) The GOQ has begun implementing the broad recommendations contained in the anti-trafficking national action plan. The [...]	2005-11-14 10:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL QA
05DOHA849	QATAR: UPDATE ON UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEYS [...] (U) Summary. Recently concluded camel races in Qatar provided an opportunity to learn about the child camel jockey situation in Qatar. While the findings point to a significant problem, recent statements and pledges by government officials suggest that the GOQ may finally be taking some impor [...]	2005-05-11 14:45:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KCRM QA
05DOHA962	PROPOSED MINI-ACTION PLAN FOR QATAR [...] (U) Embassy Doha has reviewed the TIP Mini-Action Plan in reftel and proposes several revisions to reflect recent actions taken by the Government of Qatar (GOQ) and to set out a realistic and achievable series of steps for the GOQ to take before July 30. Revised Mini-Action Plan is below. - [...]	2005-05-31 11:47:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN OPRC PREL KCRM SMIG QA
05DOHA991	QATAR: DELIVERY OF 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) DCM delivered advance draft of the 2005 TIP report and action plan for Qatar on Thursday, June 2 to Amb. Khalid Al-Mansouri, Director of the Americas and European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) DCM informed Al-Mansouri that Qatar had been placed on Tier 3 based on the l [...]	2005-06-02 13:42:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG QA
05DUBLIN1006	COLOMBIA THREE: IRISH AND COLOMBIAN POLICE IN [...] (C) The Irish police (Garda) have sent a formal message to the Colombian police through Interpol regarding the Colombia Three (ref A),Emboff was told by Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Ken O'Leary following an August 12 meeting attended by DOJ, the Department of Foreign [...]	2005-08-12 16:32:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI
05DUBLIN1022	COLOMBIA THREE TURN THEMSELVES IN [...] (C) Summary: On August 18, the Colombia Three voluntarily presented themselves to the Irish police. The Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) believes that the Garda will release the men and turn to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision on charges. The DOJ has also asked for Embass [...]	2005-08-18 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI CO
05DUBLIN1050	FOREIGN MINISTER AHERN DISCUSSES NORTHERN IRELAND, [...] (C) Summary. In an August 25 meeting with SFRC Chairman Lugar and the Ambassador, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said that continued U.S. support for the Northern Ireland peace process, including through the International Fund for Ireland (IFI),would help to foster reconciliation betwee [...]	2005-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1068	IRISH FM UNAWARE OF EXTRADITION DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and poloff called on Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern August 30 to further advance bilateral judicial cooperation. These issues were discussed during Senator Lugar's visit (reftel) and that of a DOJ team (septel). FM Ahern had asked for more information. 2. (C) FM [...]	2005-08-30 16:32:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1188	IRELAND RESPONSE TO IRISH/COLOMBIA THREE [...] (C) Embassy Dublin has discussed the Irish/Colombia Three (ref A) with senior GOI officials on numerous occasions, including with Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern on September 12 and Justice Minister Michael McDowell on September 10. McDowell told the Ambassador that the GOI is invest [...]	2005-09-27 09:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM
05DUBLIN1541	COUNTRY CLEARANCE G/TIP'S JENNIFER S. DONNELLY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Schrock Donnely, Reports Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 18 to 20, 2005. Purpose of visit is to seek to learn from NGOs, IOM and government officials the sc [...]	2005-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL EI
05DUBLIN276	IRELAND - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a poor nation characterized by large scale emigration, Ireland is now economically prosperous and an attractive destination for thousands of asylum and job-seekers. The unprecedented flow of people into Ireland has prompted the Government to address issues relating to bo [...]	2005-03-04 17:47:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05DUBLIN889	U.S.-IRELAND AGREEMENTS ON EXTRADITION/MUTUAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KCRM PTER
05DUBLIN936	UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...]	2005-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP
05DUBLIN983	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COLOMBIA THREE WITH GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government had no prior knowledge that the Colombia Three were in Ireland, nor had it discussed the case with Sinn Fein in recent Northern Ireland peace process-related exchanges, GOI officials told the Ambassador on August 8. The officials noted that the case presente [...]	2005-08-08 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER PGOV EI
05FRANKFURT3004	Baden-Wuerttemberg NGOs Target TIP Demand Reduction [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Baden-Wuerttemberg NGO Women's Information Center (Fraueninformationszentrum) and Protestant charity Diakonisches Werk (DW) have pioneered a new TIP (trafficking in persons) secular outreach program centered on reducing demand for trafficking victims forced to work as prosti [...]	2005-04-15 14:56:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV KWMN SMIG GM
05FRANKFURT6687	NGO Initiatives to Reduce Demand for Trafficked Persons [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lutheran Church and other NGOs in southwestern Germany report progress in increasing Germans' awareness of the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP),particularly among potential clients of prostitutes. There are indications that more men are contacting police and NGOs to repor [...]	2005-09-02 11:18:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN SMIG PGOV GM
05FRANKFURT7398	POLICE ARREST THIRTY-EIGHT IN RAIDS AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police targeted criminal elements of the Muslim community in large-scale raids across the German state of Hessen on September 27. In total, thirty-eight individuals were arrested--although none were confirmed extremists. Police stated that the raids were based on ongoing inves [...]	2005-09-29 13:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KISL GM
05FRANKFURT7722	Major TIP Trial in Mannheim, Germany [...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal proceedings began recently in Mannheim against six persons accused of trafficking approximately thirty Romanian women into Germany in 2003 and 2004. The young women were recruited with promises of employment as cooks and babysitters, but allegedly were beaten and raped (i [...]	2005-10-24 09:12:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV GM
05GABORONE1015	GOB PLANS TO COMBAT SMALL ARMS PROLIFERATION [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Botswana has adopted a three- year national action plan to combat proliferation of small arms but intends to approach G-8 nations, and specifically the United States, to request financial assistance to meet its USD 2 million budget. Subsequent to its participation [...]	2005-07-20 10:54:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM KCRM BC POL MIL
05GABORONE273	BOTSWANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: At this time, post believes Botswana is not a country of origin, transit or destination for a significant number of human trafficking victims. This is partly because the Government of Botswana regards trafficking as a serious threat and has taken measures to prevent it from em [...]	2005-02-24 13:29:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC TIP
05GABORONE939	ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FUELS RISING CRIME [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the situation in Zimbabwe growing ever more desperate, illegal immigrants from there continue to stream into Francistown, the largest city near the border, at roughly the same rate as in 2004. Desperation has fuelled a rising crime rate, particularly theft and prostitution, [...]	2005-07-07 10:16:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM ZI BC
05GEORGETOWN1195	INTERIM REPORT: GUYANA IMPROVES VICTIM ASSISTANCE, [...] Summary. A series of nation-wide educational seminars, new legislation to raise Guyana's age of consent, new resources for trafficking shelters, new partnerships to research trafficking in persons (TIP),and charges filed against human traffickers highlight Guyana's recent efforts to combat [...]	2005-11-15 12:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG SOCI PGOV KCRM KWMN GY
05GEORGETOWN1313	GLIMMER OF HOPE IN GUYANA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Guyana's Director of Public Prosecutions met with PolOff on December 13 and indicated that she is preparing what would be a watershed money laundering case. Two suspects implicated in a 2004 UK drug bust received wire transfers in Guyana in 2002 totaling almost USD 300,000 and exc [...]	2005-12-15 20:05:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM GY
05GEORGETOWN1329	CABINET INSIDER AMBIVALENT ABOUT PROSECUTING DRUG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Head of Presidential Secretariat Roger Luncheon on December 16 to discuss DEA SIPDIS plans in Guyana (reported septel). Luncheon's comments during the meeting about how to fight the drug trade in Guyana, such as his stated preference for sanctioning rather [...]	2005-12-20 20:59:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM GY
05GEORGETOWN1349	TEIXEIRA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL HOME AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Charge, Deputy Consul, and PolOff met with Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira on December 23. Teixeira had requested a Consular briefing on trends in fake Guyanese civil documents detected by the Consular Section. Teixeira also described problems with control of the visa proce [...]	2005-12-28 23:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR SMIG KFRD KCOR KCRM GY
05GUATEMALA1191	GUATEMALA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON MILITARY ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Worried about continuing problems with public security, Guatemala has formalized arrangements for police-military cooperation by forming a dedicated unit for this purpose that has a combined police-military staff and leadership. The GOG has explicitly named gangs, organized cri [...]	2005-05-12 13:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS SNAR MCAP KJUS ASEC EAID GT

05GUATEMALA171	GUATEMALA REQUEST FOR ESF, INCLE ANTI-TIP FUNDS [...] Summary: We request that Washington offices allocate INCLE funds to one Guatemalan project to improve the criminal justice sector in regard to trafficking in persons and allocate ESF funds to two Guatemalan projects to improve care to trafficking victims. End summary. Guatemala's need for [...]	2005-01-24 22:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG GT

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