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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07NAPLES129 | SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded together, refusing to pay the protection money that h [...] | 2007-12-06 15:09:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM IT |
07NASSAU1458 | BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...] | 2007-12-07 18:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF |
07NASSAU239 | BAHAMAS: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) A: There have been substantiated reports indicating that The Bahamas is a country of destination for trafficking in persons, particularly labor trafficking, but the extent of the problem is unknown. There have been no substantiated reports of The Bahamas as a country of origin or transi [...] | 2007-02-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWNM ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF BF |
07NASSAU510 | BAHAMAS REQUEST FOR G/TIP FUNDING [...] This is in response to reftel invitation for proposals to combat trafficking in persons. In lieu of separate submission of proposal and summary cable, Post here submits The Government of the Bahamas' proposal for INCLE and/or ESF funds, formatted pursuant to reftel request: A. Bahamas De [...] | 2007-04-20 19:32:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BF |
07NASSAU516 | TIGHT, EMOTIONAL RACE LEADS TO PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) The Bahamas is generally known for peaceful and fair elections, but with political parties contending desperately for voters in a tight election scheduled for May 2, an increasing lack of civility between the parties has carried over into the public. A brawl between supporters, including [...] | 2007-04-23 20:23:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM BF |
07NDJAMENA879 | CHAD:INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF AF WATCH LIST COUNTRIES [...] Summary. Chad has made some progress in addressing two deficiencies highlighted in the June 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Chad, recruitment of minors in the armed forces and prosecuting traffickers. End summary. 2. This message responds to questions in reftel A concerning p [...] | 2007-11-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN KTIP CD |
07NDJAMENA88 | Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 1 [...] Summary: The Government of Chad cooperates with United Nations (UN) agencies, local communities and church-based and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in combating trafficking, primarily in the area of prevention. Due to intense rebel activity throughout 20 [...] | 2007-01-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD |
07NDJAMENA89 | Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD |
07NEWDELHI1274 | BELLWETHER PROJECT: UTTAR PRADESH ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in April and May 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Although the political situation in UP is fluid and changing rapidly, there was a consensus on a number of key points during a mi [...] | 2007-03-15 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KISL KDEM KCRM IN |
07NEWDELHI1977 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 20-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 20-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mid-Election Scandal Could Shake Up Politics -- Bhutan,s Voters Elect "Yellow" in Mock Polls -- Another Bomb Found and Defused in Bhutan [...] | 2007-04-25 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KCRM KDEM PHUM SOCI PTER MOPS |
07NEWDELHI2816 | AMBASSADOR AND NGO LEADERS DISCUSS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mulford met New Delhi's leading NGOs and UN Agencies that work on trafficking in persons (TIP) and bonded labor on June 14 to solicit their reaction to the TIP Report and Action Plan and ask for their frank assessments of the TIP situation in India. Largely thanks [...] | 2007-06-18 00:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI3529 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 26-AUGUST 3 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 26-August 3, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India "Looks East" and Discusses Bus Links with Burma -- NHCR Releases Guidelines for Child Rape Cases -- Five Arrested in Child La [...] | 2007-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KCRM ELTN BM IN |
07NEWDELHI4376 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON SHARES VIEWS WITH INDIAN [...] (U) On 18 September, the National Media Coalition (NMC) held a conference in New Delhi on human trafficking entitled, &Tracking Change ) Fighting Injustice; Voices in Solidarity.8 The opening panel included Ambassador Mark Lagon of G/TIP, Minister Renuka Chowdhury of Women and Child Developme [...] | 2007-09-25 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI IN |
07NEWDELHI4450 | MWCD SECRETARY TO G/TIP - NEW INITIATIVES WILL [...] Summary: On September 17, Ambassador Mark Lagon, Coordinator of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),met with Deepa Jain Singh, Secretary of the Ministry for Women and Child Development (MWCD). Ambassador Lagon presented Singh with the latest version of the Traffic [...] | 2007-10-01 08:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM OTRA SOCI IN |
07NIAMEY26 | TIP IN A TRANSIT TOWN: AGADEZ, NIGER [...] During recent travel to Agadez, the principal city of northern Niger, Poloff explored the town's oldest industry - trafficking. Whether in items as benign as cars or as dangerous as drugs and guns, Agadez excels at both legal and illicit cross-border trade. The movement of persons is a perenn [...] | 2007-01-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI KCRM KWMN NG |
07NIAMEY691 | DRUGS THROUGH NIGER? LOCAL VIEWS ON NARCOTICS [...] (SBU) On May 7, Poloff met with officials in the Nigerien border town of Birni N'Konni, ninety kilometers north of Sokoto, Nigeria. The local Prefect, chief judge, and Procurer (prosecutor) described drug seizures and their perceptions of a drug trafficking route through the town and through Ni [...] | 2007-05-21 11:42:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM NG |
07NICOSIA1010 | DECEMBER 2007 TIP UPDATE: CHURCH OF CYPRUS JOINS [...] SUMMMARY: December proved a busy and fruitful month in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Cyprus. First, a new and highly-visible actor -- the Church of Cyprus -- vowed to "get involved" in combating trafficking. The Church intends to study the severity of TIP on the island and [...] | 2007-12-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
07NICOSIA165 | AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: (357) [...] | 2007-02-27 07:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07NICOSIA168 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-336 [...] | 2007-03-01 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07NICOSIA519 | POSITIVE REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT; SIDES FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a refreshing change from prior years, Cypriots on both sides of the Buffer Zone reacted constructively to the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report. Authorities, faced with a fair and factual report (and ranking),publicly admitted the need to combat trafficking in persons [...] | 2007-06-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO |
07NICOSIA613 | TIP: CYPRUS WORKING ON USG'S RECOMMENDED MEASURES; [...] (U) Poloffs July 24 delivered reftel non-paper to Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Lazaros Savvides and MFA Multilateral Affairs Attache Doros Venezis. Savvides (the GOC's interagency anti-TIP coordinator) told Poloffs that the GOC has started work already on the five recommended measures [...] | 2007-07-24 13:13:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL CY |
07NICOSIA700 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO FIGHT TIP [...] (U) Combatting trafficking in persons ranked amongst his highest priorities, Republic of Cyprus Interior Minister Christos Patsalides, just six weeks in office, informed the Ambassador August 24. Prior experience as a professor of European Union law had made him aware of the international co [...] | 2007-08-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG CY |
07NICOSIA748 | NORTHERN CYPRUS "CENTRAL" BANKER SEEKS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCRM CY TU |
07NICOSIA881 | EMBASSY NICOSIA, CYPRIOT NGO ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY: In addressing the grave problem of trafficking in persons in Cyprus, Embassy Nicosia has adopted a multi-pronged, multi-sector strategy that leverages the efforts of our Bicommunal Support Program (BSP),Public Affairs Section (PAS),USAID mission, Political Section (POL),and Regio [...] | 2007-11-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
07NICOSIA915 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR CYPRUS [...] The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has made progress in combating trafficking in persons since the end of last year's TIP reporting period (March 1, 2007). It passed comprehensive anti-TIP legislation and ratified the Council of Europe Convention for Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, com [...] | 2007-11-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY |
07NICOSIA940 | WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES [...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...] | 2007-11-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU |
07NICOSIA987 | CYPRUS: BILATERAL EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] Per reftel, PolOff spoke with First Secretary Nikos Panayi of the Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 14 regarding the current status of bilateral and U.S.-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) agreements. Panayi's response is keyed to questions posed in reftel. a) Cyprus alrea [...] | 2007-12-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA KCRM KJUS CJAN PGOV PREL CY |
07OSLO1099 | PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...] | 2007-11-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO |
07OTTAWA2035 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...] | 2007-11-05 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
07OTTAWA2048 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers fanned out along the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series covered our conclusions and recommendations. This message covers [...] | 2007-11-07 20:37:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
07OTTAWA2058 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) As part of a year-long effort to "map the border," Mission Canada officers visited the frontier to observe ground truth in how the border functions and how to make it work better. Part I of this three-part series reviewed conclusions and recommendations, Part II covered ports of entry, [...] | 2007-11-08 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CASC CA |
07OTTAWA2062 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CANADA'S PROVISIONS AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 20:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PTER CA |
07OTTAWA2150 | CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director of Crime and International Terrorism Evelyn Puxley will lead the Canadian delegation to the Third Annual G-8 International Kidnappers Conference, accompanied by officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Security [...] | 2007-11-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM CA |
07OTTAWA2241 | CANADA SEES NEED TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES AGAINST SECURITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent report commissioned by Canada's federal police force (Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP),and written by former GOC senior financial official and bank regulator Nicholas LePan, criticized the institutions and resources available for fighting white-collar crime in C [...] | 2007-12-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM CA |
07PANAMA1035 | PANAMA POST: EDITION I [...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...] | 2007-06-18 19:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM |
07PANAMA1052 | PANAMA POST: EDITION II [...] (U) Welcome to edition II of the Panama Post! We hope that our readership will enjoy the following items and that they will enhance your understanding of Panama's political environment: -- Terrorist possible next National Assembly President; -- Balbina Herrera may be Revolutionary Democrat [...] | 2007-06-21 20:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM PM |
07PANAMA1102 | PANAMA POST: EDITION III [...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...] | 2007-06-29 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM |
07PANAMA1143 | PANAMA POST: EDITION IV [...] (C) Welcome to the Fourth of July edition of the Panama Post! Our staff members were out in force trolling crowd at the Ambassador's residence for this year's Independence Day reception to take Panama's political pulse. This week, Panamanian President Torrijos flexed his muscle: powering [...] | 2007-07-06 17:12:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SMIG SOCI PM |
07PANAMA1197 | PANAMA POST: EDITION V [...] (C) In this week's edition, the Panama Post takes a look at the internal workings of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and the Patriotic Union (UP) party. Also, the Panama Post reports that the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) reform effort is on hold and that its newly appoin [...] | 2007-07-13 21:08:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PM |
07PANAMA1346 | PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII [...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...] | 2007-08-10 20:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM |
07PANAMA1408 | PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING [...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...] | 2007-08-21 17:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM |
07PANAMA1431 | PANAMA: PRD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES TO ELECT [...] (C) Governing Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) National Assembly Deputies will meet on August 30 to select in a secret ballot its slate of candidates to lead the chamber, PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) Member Samuel Buitrago explained to Ambassador on August 23. Presently, Pedro M [...] | 2007-08-24 22:26:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1440 | PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ [...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...] | 2007-08-27 22:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1474 | PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL [...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...] | 2007-08-31 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1484 | PANAM POST: EDITION XII [...] (C) The election and aftermath of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez -- wanted in the U.S. in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman -- dominated political discussions in Panama this week. Nonetheless, the Panama Post's editor nonetheless found the time for a sit-down with presidential aspir [...] | 2007-09-05 18:23:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA1737 | PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...] | 2007-11-02 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM |
07PANAMA1738 | PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH [...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...] | 2007-11-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM |
07PANAMA1739 | SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...] | 2007-11-04 22:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC |
07PANAMA1817 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS ADMINISTRATION SILENT AS MAJOR [...] (C) Though thirteen days into its first major corruption scandal, no senior Torrijos Administration official has yet to speak out publicly regarding the alleged embezzlement of approximately USD 892,932 from the Fund for Educational Equality and Quality (FECE). The scandal, which broke on No [...] | 2007-11-29 21:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL PM |
07PANAMA189 | PANAMA: NORIEGA EXTRADITION AND FRANCE [...] (SBU) French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert provided Ambassador on February 5 a non-paper concerning the extradition of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to France (para 2). Philibert also provided a draft press communique on the matter for use in Panama (para 3). [...] | 2007-02-07 19:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KCRM PGOV PREL FR PM |
07PANAMA255 | MONEY LAUNDERING & PANAMA'S REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's construction boom, prevalence of offshore corporations, and status as a regional financial center provide a conducive environment for money laundering. Amid speculation as to the source of financing and demand for Panama's real estate boom, a review of information ava [...] | 2007-02-21 20:29:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM |
07PANAMA372 | NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the month of February, 2007. Meeting with Attorney General ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by NAS and DEA directors, me [...] | 2007-03-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS MCAP KCRM PM |
07PANAMA382 | PANAMA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Panama's response to reftel questions on trafficking in persons (TIP) follows. Replies correspond to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Panama is an origin, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. However, Panama is generally consi [...] | 2007-03-12 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM |
07PANAMA492 | OVERVIEW OF NAS PANAMA FRONTLINE POLICE MODERNIZATION [...] Summary: NAS Panama has undertaken a senior-level training program for the roughly 30 top officers of the National Police (PNP),designed to help the PNP move from a military or traditional model of policing towards a model of community or problem-oriented policing. This endeavor represents, [...] | 2007-04-02 13:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PM |
07PANAMA508 | NAS PANAMA MID-YEAR FY 2007 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS had a busy and productive first half of FY 07. Our assistance was vital to preparing the imminent launch of DEA's Title III wiretap program. We completed several major donations to the National Police (PNP) and National Maritime Service (SMN),including projects that imp [...] | 2007-04-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM MCAP PM |
07PANAMA511 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN CORRUPTION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 17:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PG PM |
07PANAMA517 | GANGS GARNERING PUBLIC ATTENTION, BUT TRANSNATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A deadly March 21 fire that ensued following the outbreak of violence motivated the GOP to introduce anti-crime legislation on April 4 that includes provisions for longer detention of juvenile offenders (Ref A). Prominent media attention to gang-related violence has raised ala [...] | 2007-04-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PM |
07PANAMA539 | PANAMA: STUDENT SELECTION FOR ILEA TIP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Per reftel a instructions, post submits the following nominees for the ILEA trafficking in persons program. All participants have been fully vetted and cleared at post and by the Department (reftel b). a) De Leon Bustavino, Gloria Ibelis- Secretary General, Ministry of Government and [...] | 2007-04-10 21:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SNAR SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM PM |
07PANAMA946 | PANAMA: MAJORS LIST/CERTIFICATION FOR FY 2008 [...] (U) A major drug-transit country, Panama continues to be a strong ally of the U.S. in the fight against trafficking and related crimes. This cable provides key examples of our excellent bilateral law enforcement cooperation. 2. (U) In our FY 06 Letter of Agreement (LOA),the USG asked the [...] | 2007-06-06 22:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PM |
07PANAMA996 | PANAMA: FM SATISFIED WITH TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) "The 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report does not look too different from last year's report. That is good to see," said First Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis after Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on June 11. Ambassador noted the report acknowledged positive [...] | 2007-06-13 16:54:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO PM |
07PARAMARIBO264 | AMNESTY FOR SURINAME'S FORMER MILITARY STRONGMAN, DESI [...] (U) During the week ending May 25, Suriname's ruling New Front plus coalition parties held high-level talks concerning a possible referendum to allow the Surinamese electorate the right to decide whether suspects of the December 8 (1982) murders should be granted amnesty. The chief proponent of [...] | 2007-05-29 19:40:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV NS |
07PARAMARIBO325 | BOUTERSE MURDER TRIAL PROGRESS PROCEEDS IN TINY INCREMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One week after final pre-trial motions were cleared on June 11 in the murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse, the Organization of American States (OAS) promised to send observers in response to a request from the Government of Suriname (GOS). While he has react [...] | 2007-06-26 19:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO452 | PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN IN SURINAME--OR INSURANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The owner of three fishing boats in Suriname,s second city, Nieuw Nickerie, reported a supposed act of piracy to the police on August 18-19. However, police inspectors told post insurance fraud, not pirates, is a more likely explanation of this incident near the Guyanese borde [...] | 2007-08-23 18:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS NS |
07PARAMARIBO502 | UNPRECEDENTED CONVICTIONS AGAINST OLDEST BANK IN [...] (U) SUMMARY In a highly emotional proceeding on August 30 the former and current directors of the De Surinaamsche Bank (DSB),Ed Muller and Sigmund Proeve, were convicted for violating Suriname's foreign exchange law by transferring funds internationally without the consent of the Foreign Ex [...] | 2007-09-19 21:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM NS |
07PARAMARIBO604 | SURINAME: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) 1. Post presents its 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Suriname: I. Summary: Suriname is not a regional financial center and is not yet a significant site for money laundering when compared to other count [...] | 2007-11-21 19:48:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN NS |
07PARAMARIBO623 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 20:23:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO626 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...] | 2007-12-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
07PARAMARIBO638 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...] | 2007-12-10 19:19:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
07PARIS1193 | FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...] | 2007-03-26 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR |
07PARIS1361 | A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...] | 2007-04-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR |
07PARIS4456 | HANS PETERSON MURDER CASE: EMBASSY'S DELIVERY OF [...] (U) Embassy drew on talking points and delivered reftel letter from the Cook County, Illinois State Attorney's Office on October 24 to the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy requested that the letter be forwarded to the letter's addressed recipient, Jean-Marie Huet, Dire [...] | 2007-11-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4511 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] SUMMARY: France has had measures in place and investigative units dedicated to money laundering detection and prosecution since 1990. Cross-border movements of cash and other negotiable instruments worth 10,000 euros or more must be declared to Customs. In 2006, Customs seized 126 million eu [...] | 2007-11-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER FR |
07PARIS4678 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4679 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4680 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4681 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS484 | FRENCH POLICE ARREST KEY EUROPEAN PKK TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 7 French authorities confirmed to us that French national counterterrorism police had arrested on February 5 ten individuals who are suspected of having links with Kurdish separatist movements in Turkey and Iraq. French police refer to these groups variously as the [...] | 2007-02-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR |
07PARIS600 | PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...] | 2007-02-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR |
07PARIS797 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...] | 2007-03-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07PARIS798 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07PHNOMPENH207 | REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...] | 2007-02-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB |
07PHNOMPENH350 | 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's contribution towards the preparation of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period March 2006 - March 2007. Responses follow the questions outlined in reftel. The entire report is classified sensitive but unclassified (S [...] | 2007-03-05 01:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB |
07PHNOMPENH351 | 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 01:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB |
07PHNOMPENH352 | 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 01:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB |
07PHNOMPENH354 | 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA PART III [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 02:08:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC CB |
07PHNOMPENH489 | CAMBODIAN MONEY LAUNDERING VULNERABILITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An external assessment team recently rated Cambodia as falling far short of international financial regulatory standards and described government officials as being in a "state of denial" about the potential for money laundering. Poor coordination among Cambodian government a [...] | 2007-03-29 10:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR KCRM CB |
07PHNOMPENH567 | CAMBODIA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007 [...] In response to the solicitation for anti-trafficking in persons project proposals, Embassy Phnom Penh reviewed approximately 25 proposals from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Post recommends the following five proposals in no particular order. Embassy will e-mail the complete proposals [...] | 2007-04-20 09:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SMIG ELAB ASEC KCRM CB |
07PHNOMPENH602 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR METHAMPHETAMINE SUPERLAB [...] (U) This is an action request for INL and OES. Please see paragraph 10. Methamphetamine Superlab Discovered in Cambodia --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (SBU) On April 1, the Cambodian Anti-Drug Police (CADP) raided a a chemical storehouse in Phnom Penh and ametham [...] | 2007-04-30 11:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV PREL SOCI KCRM CB |
07PHNOMPENH767 | THE FRONT LINE IN THE CAMBODIAN DRUG STRUGGLE [...] (SBU) Summary: A remote location, geography conducive to evasion, and a long and poorly patrolled border with Laos make Stung Treng province Cambodia's drug smuggling hot spot, with the value of drugs smuggled estimated in the "dozens of millions" of dollars. During a May 17-19 visit to thi [...] | 2007-06-07 09:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM CB |
07PHNOMPENH782 | CAMBODIA: EFFECTIVE NARCOTICS CONTROL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia has a wide-ranging and growing narcotics problem which the government has only limited funding, equipment, skills, and political will to address. During a May 21-23 visit to Phnom Penh, two INL officers learned that drug use in Cambodia is growing, and that while ATS [...] | 2007-06-08 07:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI CB |
07PODGORICA102 | OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR MONTENEGRO [...] (U) Summary: The two projects proposed by OSCE/Montenegro for extra-budgetary funding in FY2007 are duplicative of projects funded by the USG, and by the Government of Austria. Post does not recommend USG funding of either proposal as submitted. End summary. Strengthening the Capacity of [...] | 2007-04-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID KCRM PGOV MW |
07PODGORICA139 | OSCE: ADDITIONAL PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 08:04:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID KCRM PGOV MW |
07PODGORICA2 | SOLE SUSPECT ACQUITTED IN 2004 MURDER OF OPPOSTION EDITOR [...] (U) Damir Mandic, accused of taking part in the May 2004 murder (Ref A) of the editor-in-chief of the opposition Podgorica based daily "Dan", Dusko Jovanovic, was acquitted on December 27 by the Higher Court in Podgorica. Mandic was accused of, along with other unknown persons, killing Jovanovi [...] | 2007-01-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM CVIS SOCI MW |
07PODGORICA215 | MONTENEGRO ARRESTS PIFWC VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegrin police arrested Hague indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic on June 17 in Budva. The arrest was executed in cooperation with Serbian police and the ICTY. Djordjevic was flown directly to The Hague on the afternoon of June 17. Local media reported he was working in construction [...] | 2007-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KCRM MW SR |
07PODGORICA226 | FORMER PM DJUKANOVIC AGAIN IMPLICATED IN 1990S CIGARETTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FORMER PM MILO DJUKANOVIC AGAIN FACES THE PROSPECT OF INDICTMENT IN BARI, ITALY, ON CHARGES OF CIGARETTE SMUGGLING AND MONEY LAUNDERING, ACCORDING TO ACCOUNTS FROM THE ITALIAN NEWS AGENCY ANSA. THE SMUGGLING, ALLEGEDLY UNDER COLOR OF GOM PERMISSION, BEGAN IN THE 1990S WHEN THE FE [...] | 2007-06-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PINR MW |
07PODGORICA229 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN MONTENEGRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A SMALL NUMBER OF ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN MONTENEGRO USE LINKS WITH GROUPS IN NEIGHBORING STATES AND ELSEWHERE TO EXPLOIT MONTENEGRO FOR THE TRANSIT OF SMUGGLED DRUGS, PEOPLE AND ARMS. THE GOM, LARGELY IN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, IS CONFRONTING THE CRIMINAL GROUPS M [...] | 2007-07-03 10:36:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM MW |
07PODGORICA250 | FURTHER DELAYS IN HIGH-PROFILE MURDER CASE [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THE ACCUSED IN THE 2005 MURDER OF POLICE CHIEF INSPECTOR SLAVOLJUB SCEKIC HAS BEEN DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR ORGANIZED CRIME STOJANKA RADOVIC HAS STATED THAT SHE DISTRUSTS THE IMPARTIALITY OF A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL PANEL. SHE CLAIMS THA [...] | 2007-07-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM CASC MW |
07PODGORICA50 | MONTENEGRO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MW |
07PORTAUPRINCE1057 | FIGHTING GANGS: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Since the beginning of 2007, MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) have arrested 750 gang members. The greatest effects are seen in Cite Soleil, where new gang members periodically ris [...] | 2007-06-15 17:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1173 | TASK FORCE PRESSES FOR MORE HNP IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As a result of renewed reports that some gang members in Cite Soleil continue to disrupt local projects and threaten employers, international donors, NGOs and MINUSTAH representatives agreed o [...] | 2007-07-05 15:25:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KPKO EAID HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1224 | JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...] | 2007-07-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1235 | MINUSTAH CONFIDENT IN ABILITY TO KEEP PEACE IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is calm for the moment, but MINUSTAH troops emphasize the need for Haitian National Police (HNP) presence to control persistent crime. MINUSTAH is conducting more foot patrols tha [...] | 2007-07-16 18:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM HA KPKO |
07PORTAUPRINCE124 | MINUSTAH SEES LIGHT AT END OF TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH continues its push into the Port-au-Prince slums of Cite Soleil, Cite Militaire and Martissant and, according to their political staff, they are beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. Residents of Cite Soleil are welcoming MINUSTAH more openly than during prev [...] | 2007-01-24 19:39:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1247 | POSITIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO DRUG STRIKE [...] (C) Public reaction to joint operations conducted by the GoH and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on July 16 to arrest and remove drug traffickers to the U.S. has been largely positive. Coming after a months-long rhetorical campaign against drug-trafficking and corruption led by Presi [...] | 2007-07-19 19:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KCOR KCRM SNAR |
07PORTAUPRINCE1688 | CITE SOLEIL: EXCUSES, BLAME OUTWEIGH NEW SOLUTIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Peace in Cite Soleil remains fragile as MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) struggle with mandate and capacity issues in their fight to control gang activities. MINUSTAH troops insis [...] | 2007-10-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR MOPS KCRM KPKO HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1695 | SEVERE CONDITIONS IN MEN'S NATIONAL PENITENTIARY [...] Summary. Prisoners in the men's national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince suffer from severe overcrowding and live in extremely unhygienic conditions. The prison lacks the most basic facilities and equipment for hygienic food preparation and elementary health care. Numbers of correctional of [...] | 2007-10-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM HA KCRM KCRS KJUS SOCI |
07PORTAUPRINCE1810 | MUTINY IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A riot ensued in the National Penitentiary on November 7 after Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant authorized the release of 121 long-serving male prisoners. The riot was quelled in under two hours by [...] | 2007-11-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI SNAR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE1913 | MINISTER OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS: HAITI ACTING ON [...] (SBU) The Ambassador laid out the case to the Minister of Social Affairs that Haiti should adopt a policy and legislation aimed at combatting trafficking in persons. The Minister explained that Haiti is working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on legislation criminalizi [...] | 2007-12-06 17:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM ELAB HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE2031 | HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER, 2007 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (U) PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER NEW WOMEN'S RIGHTS LAWS. The Ministry of Women's A [...] | 2007-12-31 15:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HA PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KTEX |
07PORTAUPRINCE210 | PM RAISES DRUGS, AIRPORT WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Having asked for a meeting on an hours notice, Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on January 26 raised concerns to the Ambassador about potential USG plans to add Haiti's international airport to a list of those requiring "extraordinary security measures" and expressed a desire for clo [...] | 2007-02-01 15:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM EAIR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE283 | MINUSTAH'S LAUNCHES LARGEST OPERATION YET IN CITIE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH troops on February 9 initiated an operation to take control of the Cite Soleil neighborhood of Boston from gang leader Evans Jeune. Initiated sometime around 0200, the battle between MINUSTAH and ga [...] | 2007-02-09 19:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPPS MARR KCRM ASEC UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE297 | UPDATE ON CITE SOLEIL OPERATION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) MINUSTAH's deputy chief of the political department, Elizabeth Cullity (strictly protect),provided Polcouns the following details regarding MINUSTAH's operation in the Boston area of Cite Soleil (reftel) o [...] | 2007-02-12 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM ASEC UNSC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE342 | GOH AND MINUSTAH ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7-8 the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, Ambassador John Herbst, accompanied by Ambassador Sanderson and WHA/CAR Director Brian Nichols met with Prime Minister Alexis and select members of his cabinet, the UN Country Team, and NGOs currently opera [...] | 2007-02-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE343 | HNP DG ANDRESOL ON HSI [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization John Herbst, accompanied by the Ambassador and WHA/CAR Director Nichols, met with Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General (DG) Mario Andresol February 8 to discuss the police portion of the new US $20 million stabilization [...] | 2007-02-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE365 | CITE SOLEIL: GANGS SCURRY FOR COVER [...] (U) Summary: MINUSTAH is continuing operations in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil. Recent successes include the arrest of 17 suspected gang members, the take-over of a major base of operations for gang leader Amaral Duclonat, and the arrest of an Evans deputy named "Ti Bazil". [...] | 2007-02-26 13:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID HA KCRM MARR MOPS PGOV |
07PORTAUPRINCE370 | STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...] | 2007-02-26 14:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE408 | RESPONSE TO INR/B REQUIREMENTS ON PRESIDENT PREVAL [...] (C) Introduction: Reftel asks for a comprehensive assessment of President Preval's decision-making process and leadership style. As noted in reftel, post has reported on many of the specific topics inquired about over the course of Preval's re-election campaign and the first year of his second [...] | 2007-03-01 17:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE424 | SCENESETTER FOR DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Post retransmits below, beginning para 3, Ambassador Sanderson's message to DEA Administrator Tandy, prepared in January in advance of her visit subsequently rescheduled for March 7. Since the original transmission of that message, post has continued to engage with various senior officials [...] | 2007-03-05 14:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE433 | JUAN GABRIEL VALDES RETURNING TO HAITI [...] (C) According to Denneth Modeste (strictly protect),the OAS' representative to Haiti, on March 8, the former Special Representative of the Secretary General in Haiti (2004-2006),Juan Gabriel Valdes (Chile),will return to Haiti under the auspices of the Secretary General of the OAS to hold p [...] | 2007-03-05 20:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE506 | PREVAL HIGHLIGHTS DRUG-TRAFFICKING WITH CODEL PRICE [...] Summary: President Preval on February 23 focused his meeting with CODEL Price on narcotics trafficking, thanking the delegation for their efforts to assist the Haitian parliament, but devoting most of the rest of the 75-minute meeting to a discussion of the threat that drugs pose to Haitian st [...] | 2007-03-14 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE523 | GANGS OF CITE SOLEIL: BACK TO BASICS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil is rife with gang activity, which continues even in light of the March 13 arrest of gang leader Evans Jeune (reftel). The International Institute of Migration (IOM) reported that [...] | 2007-03-16 19:18:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE526 | JUSTICE MINISTER ANTICIPATES REFORM [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Justice Minister Rene Magloire told Ambassador that his priorities are to reduce pre-trial detention times and to create effective task forces for serious crimes. His endeavors are bei [...] | 2007-03-19 14:32:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE642 | CITE SOLEIL INDICATORS POSITIVE [...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Cite Soleil has turned a corner and the citizens, the GoH, and the international community are all poised to attempt to bring normalcy to the embattled slum. MINUSTAH is renting a facility on t [...] | 2007-04-05 19:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL KPKO MOPS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE643 | NOTORIOUS "TI-BLANC" ARRESTED [...] On April 4 at approximately 9:50 pm, Haitian National Police (HNP) arrested William Baptiste, aka "Ti-Blanc," in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince. Ti-Blanc was passing through an HNP checkpoint when he and his driver were apprehended. MINUSTAH was not involved in the arrest. Ti-B [...] | 2007-04-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM ASEC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE661 | ROBERT LECORPS MURDERED [...] (U) On April 4, Robert Lecorps, who was arrested (but never charged) in connection with the April 3, 2000 murder of journalist Jean Dominique, was gunned down near his home in Pernier, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. He was shot several times in what appears to be a contract killing. Radio Car [...] | 2007-04-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ASEC HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE662 | DDR PARTICIPANTS PROFILED [...] (U) This report is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Part of the focus of the GoH's National Disarmament, Demobilization and Reinsertion Program (CNDDR) is reintegrating gang members into ordinary society. MINUSTAH's DDR section charged the Research [...] | 2007-04-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE683 | GASSANT RETURNS TO WORK [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Port-au-Prince's chief public prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, returned to work on April 2 after an absence of almost three months. During his absence, Justice Minister Rene Magloire appointed a c [...] | 2007-04-13 18:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE748 | G/TIP FY07 PROPOSAL FROM AMEMBASSY PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following proposal: Name of the applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Requested funding amount: $284,539 (federal share: $284,539) Project title: Counter-Trafficking in Persons Within, Through and From Haiti: Capacity Enhancem [...] | 2007-04-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
07PORTAUPRINCE750 | GANG LEADER BELONY ARRESTED [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haitian National Police arrested notorious Cite Soleil gang leader Belony on April 21 in the St. Michel de l'Attalaye region of the Artibonite department. After HNP director Andresol received reports tha [...] | 2007-04-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE771 | PENDING REPORT ON PRISONS [...] (U) The International Crisis Group (ICG) will soon release a report highlighting deficiencies in Haiti's prison system, and warn that increased arrests from MINUSTAH's and the HNP's security crackdown exacerbates the strains on the prison system. Dr. Damien Helly, the ICG's senior analyst f [...] | 2007-04-25 19:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC HA KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR |
07PORTAUPRINCE781 | PREVAL GOING TO ALBA SUMMIT: RETURNING WITH A [...] (C) Secretary General of the Presidency Fritz Longchamps on April 26 reported to Polcouns that President Preval will attend the Alba summit in Venzuela as a "special observer" for the express purpose of finalizing a tri-lateral assistance agreement between Haiti, Venezuela, and Cuba, whereby V [...] | 2007-04-26 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE829 | ALBA AFTERMATH: HAITI SHRUGGED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Media coverage and popular reaction to President Preval's return from the ALBA summit in Caracas (ref A) unsurprisingly focused almost entirely on the details of the agreement between Preval and Pr [...] | 2007-05-04 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM HA VE |
07PORTAUPRINCE948 | AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...] | 2007-05-25 15:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE966 | UNREST CONTINUES IN GONAIVES [...] (C) Summary. Violent demonstrations against the government and MINUSTAH on May 22 and 24 are the most recent result of increased gang activity and tensions in the northern port city of Gonaives. The murder of a local journalist and civic activist Alix Joseph sparked the most recent disturb [...] | 2007-05-30 17:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM PHUM PINR HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE982 | PREVAL DELIVERS ANTI-CORRUPTION ADDRESS [...] This message is senstive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Comment. President Preval used the occasion of Flag Day, May 18, to proclaim a government campaign against corruption. Speaking in front of the palace to a gathering of dignitaries, Preval asked [...] | 2007-06-01 19:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ECON KJUS HA |
07PORTAUPRINCE983 | CONFIRMATION: US CARICOM MINISTERIAL SUMMIT [...] The foreign ministry has provided the following list of delegates attending the US CARICOM Ministerial Summit: --Rene Preval, President of Haiti --Dr. Jean Renald Clerisme, Minister of Foreign Affairs --Mr. Daniel Elie, Minister of Culture and Communication --Honorable Joseph Lambert, Presi [...] | 2007-06-01 19:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM HA |
07PORTOFSPAIN1079 | ELECTIONS: MORE VIOLENCE THAN USUAL, ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: An opposition Congress of the People candidate was attacked and injured in front of his campaign office October 27. Political leaders across the spectrum condemned the attack, but differed on its motives. Police are investigating and have promised to do all they can to protec [...] | 2007-10-29 17:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN1205 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: SERIOUS PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: With Christmas and the February 2008 Carnival season approaching, Trinidad and Tobago is gripped by fear of crime, which, fueled by media frenzy, is perceived as out of control. Many complain that the GOTT is powerless to do anything, or is unconcerned, criticizing the perform [...] | 2007-12-20 19:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM SNAR SOCI TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN138 | AMID THE TRAGEDY OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN T&T, A TROUBLED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN281 | COURT OF APPEAL QUASHES CONVICTION OF FORMER P.M. BASDEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Court of Appeal Judge Margot Warner, quashed the conviction and sentence pending against former Prime Minister and current interim Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday. Warner ordered a retrial for reasons of a possible conflict of in [...] | 2007-03-22 11:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN786 | TRINIDAD'S INL CANINE ACADEMY PROGRAM: AN [...] SUMMARY: On August 3, the Trinidad and Tobago Canine Academy held their most recent graduation for 9 new officers and canines. In addition, the national newspapers showcased the academy on June 14 and 15. This new unit of the T&T Police Service was established with the assistance of post's I [...] | 2007-08-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN838 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] The following stories are mainly from media reporting and represent issues of public interest in Trinidad and Tobago with potential political implications: A. POLICE KILLING THIS WEEKEND B. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE-AN UPDATE C. CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION RETIRED AUGUST 8 -------------- [...] | 2007-08-21 13:23:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN906 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 [...] In this edition of the Roundup: A. PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION B. ELECTION POLLS TELL DIFFERENT STORIES C. PNM DISCARDING MP'S BEFORE ELECTION D. MONTEIL SCANDAL PLAGUES PARTY ----------------------------- PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION ----------------------------- 2. On Sep [...] | 2007-09-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PORTOFSPAIN987 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) In this edition of the Roundup: A. CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION B. TRADE UNIONS SUCCESSFUL IN SOLIDARITY C. MP WINS FIGHT TO BE SCREENED FOR OFFICE D. CHIEF JUSTICE TRIBUNAL SNARES MORE -------------------------------- CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION -------------------- [...] | 2007-09-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
07PRAGUE1229 | TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT, CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (U) The Czech Republic continues to make significant progress in identifying Trafficking in Persons as a law enforcement and judicial priority, and continues to provide necessary resources, funding, and training to increase detection and overall awareness among labor inspectors, police, prosec [...] | 2007-11-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL EZ |
07PRAGUE200 | PART I OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout the course of 2006, the Czech Government continued to improve its capabilities and methods to combat trafficking in persons. GOCR political will to fight trafficking remained strong. This [...] | 2007-02-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
07PRAGUE201 | PART II OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ---------- PREVENTION (ref Para 28 SECSTATE 202745) ---------- G) The First Deputy Minister of the Czech Interior Ministry has primary responsibility for the implementation of the National Strategy for the Fight A [...] | 2007-02-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
07PRAGUE203 | PART III OF III: Seventh Annual Anti-Trafficking Report - [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. ------------------------------------ PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE OF VICTIMS (ref Para 30 SECSTATE 202745) ------------------------------------ A) The primary vehicle through which the government assists trafficking v [...] | 2007-02-28 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB EZ |
07PRAGUE39 | EUCOM AND EMBASSY PRAGUE DELIVER DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 08:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM MARR PBTS EZ |
07PRETORIA1135 | SAG'S EFFORTS TO CURB GENDER VIOLENCE SLOWLY MOVES [...] (SBU) Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka officially launched the SAG's "365 Days National Action Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children" on International Women's Day (8 March) despite the conspicuous absence of an action plan. Mlambo-Ngcuka claimed that South Africa is the first [...] | 2007-03-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KCRM KHIV SF |
07PRISTINA104 | KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...] | 2007-02-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA108 | KOSOVO: DELEGATION FOR EXBS CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Kosovo will send a delegation to the Eighth International Export Control Conference in Bucharest March 6-8, 2006. Given Kosovo's unique status as a UN-administered territory, the delegation will be led by an international United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) representative, [...] | 2007-02-09 14:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID |
07PRISTINA113 | KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...] | 2007-02-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA118 | COM REACHES OUT TO KOSOVO SERBS IN TOWN HALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a town hall meeting in Gracanica, Kosovo Serbs shared their practical concerns about implementation of the Ahtisaari package, economic development, security, and returns with the COM and EU representative Torbjorn Sohlstrom. COM described the many provisions in the doc [...] | 2007-02-13 17:31:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA142 | KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...] | 2007-02-26 17:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA150 | KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...] | 2007-02-28 13:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS |
07PRISTINA151 | KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...] | 2007-02-28 15:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA164 | KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...] | 2007-03-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA168 | KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...] | 2007-03-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA188 | KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...] | 2007-03-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA19 | KOSOVO: KILLING OF POLICE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officer Avni Kosumi was shot and killed on January 3 near the Serb village of Babin Most in Vushtrri municipality, 10 miles north of Pristina. Since the shot may have come from the direction of the village, the KPS searched homes in the area, once by [...] | 2007-01-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA20 | KOSOVO: 2006 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2006, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission (RIC) completed extensive renovations on seven Serbian Orthodox religious sites damaged or destroyed during the March 2004 riots. Work on an eighth site will continue into early 2007 due to the complexity of the works. Th [...] | 2007-01-10 16:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA200 | KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...] | 2007-03-14 18:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA206 | KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...] | 2007-03-16 15:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA208 | KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES REDLINES IN FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a conversation with E.O.-listed northern Kosovo Serb hardliner Milan Ivanovic on March 15, COM emphasized that Serbs are free to express their opinions about Ahtisaari's proposals and the UN-led status process underway, but that if their rhetoric spills into violent or pr [...] | 2007-03-16 17:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA21 | KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...] | 2007-01-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA259 | KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...] | 2007-04-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA264 | KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...] | 2007-04-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA281 | KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...] | 2007-04-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA29 | KOSOVO: DACI AND HIS SUPPORTERS CREATE A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly president Nexhat Daci and his supporters announced January 12 the creation of a new political "entity" called the Democratic League (LD). Daci told reporters the Democratic League will be "a continuation of the party created and run by former President Ib [...] | 2007-01-12 17:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA293 | KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...] | 2007-04-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA303 | KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...] | 2007-04-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA304 | KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...] | 2007-04-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA323 | KOSOVO SERBS REACT POSITIVELY TO USG-FUNDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, COM inaugurated three USAID projects in Serb-majority northern Kosovo. These included renovations to both the Technical Sciences faculty and the technical high school in northern Mitrovica, along with the construction of a new water reservoir and water distributio [...] | 2007-04-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA348 | KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...] | 2007-05-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA349 | KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...] | 2007-05-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA362 | KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...] | 2007-05-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA379 | KOSOVO ALBANIANS COMMEMORATE KOSOVO'S NEW MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo government officially recognized April 27 as Missing Persons Day. By changing the date from the internationally-observed August 30 to the anniversary of one of the largest massacres of Kosovo Albanians in 1999, the government scored some unnecessary PR points again [...] | 2007-05-15 12:38:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA380 | KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...] | 2007-05-15 15:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA386 | KOSOVO CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION UNDER ATTACK BY SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. The work of Kosovo's highly successful Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) is grinding to a halt due to attacks from the hardline Serbian government representative on the commission, in coordination with the intractable Ser [...] | 2007-05-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA407 | THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...] | 2007-05-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA413 | KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...] | 2007-05-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA444 | KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...] | 2007-06-05 17:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | GTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA453 | KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...] | 2007-06-08 17:19:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA464 | KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS INCREASINGLY RESISTANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a series of meetings in the southern enclaves in mid-to-late May, Kosovo Serbs continued to exhibit a strong degree of denial about the imminence of a status decision, expressing firm belief in Russia's ability to halt or at least delay independence. Serbs in the future [...] | 2007-06-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA477 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...] | 2007-06-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA489 | KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...] | 2007-06-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS |
07PRISTINA492 | KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...] | 2007-06-25 07:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA50 | KOSOVO: AFTER A HEATED PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the January 21 Serbian parliamentary elections, Serbia-based political parties have been actively campaigning in Kosovo, and some even include Kosovo Serbs as candidates on their electoral lists. In the past weeks, there have been peaceful rallies in Serb-majorit [...] | 2007-01-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA502 | KOSOVO: UNMIK SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OBSERVER STATUS TO [...] (U) Acting DSRSG Paul Acda wrote to COM June 21 asking for United States Customs Service's support for UNMIK's request for observer status to the Brussels-based World Customs Organization. 2. (U) The text of Acda's direct request to WCO General Director Michel Danet follows. BEGIN TEXT: [...] | 2007-06-29 09:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KHLS UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA504 | KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...] | 2007-06-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA521 | KOSOVO: SERB CHURCH RECONSTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of delay, the Reconstruction Implementation Commission for Serbian Orthodox Religious Sites in Kosovo (RIC) met June 21 and approved five new tenders. RIC Project Manager Francisco Montanes is very pleased with Vera Pavlovic Luncharsky, the new Serbian Government re [...] | 2007-07-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL KCRM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA536 | KOSOVO: EXBS ADVISOR FOR KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) USOP concurs with ISN/ECC's selection and assignment of Robert Burright to the position of Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program advisor in Kosovo. USOP also concurs with the plan to hire Burright as a pers [...] | 2007-07-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA54 | SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: NO INCIDENTS, RADICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serbs voted peacefully at polling stations throughout Kosovo in the Serbian parliamentary elections on January 21. There were no significant incidents. Preliminary results indicate that Kosovo Serb support for the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) has fallen markedly since th [...] | 2007-01-22 14:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA543 | KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...] | 2007-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA557 | KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...] | 2007-07-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA56 | KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...] | 2007-01-23 12:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA577 | KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...] | 2007-07-26 11:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA591 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...] | 2007-07-31 14:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA622 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...] | 2007-08-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA640 | KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...] | 2007-08-23 12:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA643 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING [...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...] | 2007-08-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA644 | KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...] | 2007-08-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA669 | KOSOVO: DEMINING REPORT RECOMMENDS MORE CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) published a report in July 2007 on landmine and unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination in Kosovo and the local capacity to address it. The report, the result of a February GICHD mission to Kosovo to review prog [...] | 2007-09-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA671 | KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...] | 2007-09-06 15:55:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV |
07PRISTINA68 | KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...] | 2007-01-25 18:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI |
07PRISTINA683 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...] | 2007-09-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA698 | KOSOVO: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SLOWLY TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Operating for more than a year, the embryonic Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is gradually taking over the law enforcement competencies of UNMIK, starting with civil status and registration, production of documents, emergency management, and vehicle registration. Those remaini [...] | 2007-09-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA705 | KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...] | 2007-09-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA706 | KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...] | 2007-09-26 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA711 | KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...] | 2007-10-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA75 | KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...] | 2007-01-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA757 | POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...] | 2007-10-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA768 | KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...] | 2007-11-05 16:35:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA778 | KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...] | 2007-11-14 15:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA786 | KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...] | 2007-11-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA793 | KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...] | 2007-11-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA81 | KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...] | 2007-01-29 15:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA813 | KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...] | 2007-12-10 15:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
07PRISTINA91 | KOSOVO: COM INAUGURATE AID PROJECT, URGES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the inauguration of a U.S.-funded town hall and road rehabilitation project in northern Kosovo on February 1, COM urged Kosovo Serbs to listen carefully to Ahtisaari's proposal, saying that it will contain significant rights and guarantees for Kosovo's Serbs. In a priva [...] | 2007-02-02 12:25:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
07PRISTINA93 | KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...] | 2007-02-02 18:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07PRISTINA96 | KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...] | 2007-02-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
07QUITO1634 | ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR EC |
07QUITO482 | ECUADOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, Ecuador has achieved significant and sustained progress in the areas of prevention, protection, and prosecution of TIP. GOE commitment to combat TIP is evidenced by former President Palacio's signing of the National Anti-TIP Plan on August 30, 2006. The GOE [...] | 2007-03-01 22:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
07QUITO796 | US-LATIN AMERICA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (U) Post delivered reftel invitations on March 20 to Ecuadorian Central Bank General Manager Mauricio Pareja, Superintendent of Banks Alfredo Vergara, and Minister of Economy and finance Ricardo Patino Aroca. As of April 3, the latter two declined citing prior official engagements, and the fo [...] | 2007-04-04 21:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER |
07QUITO916 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNCAC CONVENTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 21:12:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR EC |
07RABAT1119 | FBI DIRECTOR AND GOM DISCUSS TERRORISM, TRAINING [...] (S) In separate June 29 meetings, FBI Director Mueller met with Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzoubaa, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and other top security officials to encourage continued cooperation between the USG and the GOM in combating terrorism. Bouzoubaa said that Morocco is a targe [...] | 2007-07-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | KCRM MO PGOV PREL PTER |
07RABAT1719 | MOROCCO - FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM, which includes combating terrorism finance, cash couriers, and money laundering. Post's CT working group coordinates numerous CT related programs managed by t [...] | 2007-11-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN MO |
07RANGOON1089 | DEMARCHES ON PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 10:54:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC |
07RANGOON1109 | BURMA: INCSR II MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] This report responds to reftel request for the INCSR II Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Report update. 2. Burma, a major drug-producing country, has taken steps to strengthen its anti-money laundering regulatory regime in 2006 and 2007. The country's economy remains dominated by state [...] | 2007-11-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR BM |
07RANGOON1117 | WIF GRANT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN,S EMPOWERMENT IN [...] Embassy Rangoon recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for Locally-based Organizations: A. Identifying Information: --------------------------- a) Name of project: Strengthening Women Capacity Empowerment in Kachin State: App [...] | 2007-11-19 08:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI BM |
07RANGOON255 | INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP BURMA,S WAR ON DRUGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a semi-annual Rangoon meeting of the Mini-Dublin Group, the countries tracking narcotics in Burma echoed concerns of the INCSR and UNODC Annual Report. All agreed that Burma is making credible progress in disrupting drug trafficking networks and reducing opium cultivation, bu [...] | 2007-03-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM BM |
07RANGOON357 | BURMESE VILLAGERS SUCCESSFULLY RESIST FORCED LABOR [...] (C) Summary. Two recent incidents in Burma demonstrated the effectiveness of raising awareness about individual rights in Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases. According to Save the Children (STC),villagers in Karen State and Shan State who had received STC training took action to save forcibl [...] | 2007-04-11 06:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM BM |
07RANGOON555 | BURMA: 2007 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts, based on benchmarks established in the prior year, in preparation for the FY 2008 certification process. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of 2007 Certification Report Card: [...] | 2007-06-08 09:17:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM BM |
07REYKJAVIK49 | SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. From February 20 until April 1, point of contact is Economic Officer Fiona Evans, tel. +354-562- 9100x22 [...] | 2007-03-01 17:59:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
07REYKJAVIK90 | UPDATED SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Updated report reflects changes in the prostitution law, and two possible trafficking cases in the last month (ref C). Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Evans [...] | 2007-03-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC |
07RIGA107 | SWINGING FOR THE FENCES: LATVIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: At its annual briefing to the Riga diplomatic corps, Latvia's anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) highlighted 2006 as a year where it made great strides in tacking corruption. Overall, the KNAB's successful completion of the cases for formal prosecution has dramatically increased fro [...] | 2007-02-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID KCRM LG PGOV |
07RIGA147 | OIL EXEC OUTLINES CORRUPTION AND COERCION AT RIGA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Managing Director of Latvia's branch of Statoil Baiba Rubess outlined to emboffs a Riga Freeport and Riga International Airport (RIX) that lack transparency, are dominated by the interests of the political elite, but that ultimately will be developed significantly and profitab [...] | 2007-02-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR ECON ENRG ETRD KCRM LG |
07RIGA179 | Latvian concerns on proposed bill on tax havens [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 05:13:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KCRM PREL LG |
07RIGA192 | LATVIAN PRESIDENT DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary: President Vike-Freiberga invoked a heretofore never used constitutional provision to delay for two months controversial amendments to the laws on the oversight of Latvia's security services. She said it was clear that the government had unduly rushed the legislation adding that a [...] | 2007-03-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ASEC PGOV KCRM PREL NATO LG |
07RIGA200 | SHOW ME THE MONEY - LATVIA TACKLES CASH COURIERS [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, PolOff delivered background notes on Cash Couriers to Viesturs Burkans, head of Latvia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Agnese Vilde of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department. In response, Vilde and Burkans outlined the key provision of Latvia's new [...] | 2007-03-15 15:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM SNAR LG |
07RIGA201 | LEMBERGS ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: Aivars Lembergs, mayor of Ventspils, was arrested Wednesday morning by the Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) and ordered held in custody without bail. The Prosecutor General's Office (PG) has charged Lembergs with bribe taking, blackmail, money laundering, failure to declare [...] | 2007-03-15 15:20:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL LG |
07RIGA275 | LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED [...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...] | 2007-04-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG |
07RIGA417 | LATVIA'S FIU ANNOUNCES TWO OF ITS BIGGEST CASES [...] (C) Summary: It was recently announced that Latvia's Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) handed over two of their largest cases to the Prosecutor General's office since 1998. These two cases involved over 160 people and companies from all over Latvia and well over four million USD in illegal f [...] | 2007-05-31 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM LG |
07RIGA422 | LATVIA'S FIU REPORTS HISTORIC SUCCESS FOR 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the past nine years, the Latvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has grown both in size and experience and is considered on of the most sophisticated in the region. The number of suspicious activity reports turned over to the FIU from looking forward has nearly doubled [...] | 2007-06-01 13:10:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EFIN PGOV PTER KCRM LG |
07RIGA518 | LEMBERGS OUT OF PRISON AND ON HOUSE ARREST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM LG |
07RIGA519 | LATVIAN PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING FROM USG [...] (U)Summary: In conjunction with the Department of Justice's Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Division (OPDAT),US Embassy Riga conducted a three-day training program with Latvian Prosecutors and police. The training primarily focused on public corruption, financial c [...] | 2007-07-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID CJAN ECON LG |
07RIGA56 | LATVIA IN 2007, KEEPING THE RELATIONSHIP STRONG [...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2007, Latvia is in a different place than last year. The NATO summit, which kept Riga on allies' lips for a year, is over and President Vike-Freiberga, who almost single-handedly put Latvia back on the world map, is leaving office in July. Yet, the US maintains impor [...] | 2007-01-22 06:55:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ECON KPAO CVIS LG |
07RIGA723 | LATVIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF SUSPENDED [...] Summary: Prime Minister Kalvitis has suspended and initiated a disciplinary case against Aleksejs Loskotovs, the head of the Latvian Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB). The charges stem from the alleged discovery of "continued and serious violations concerning the use and accounting of operative fin [...] | 2007-09-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM LG |
07RIGA771 | GOVERNMENT MOVES TO DISMISS ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF [...] Summary: In a closed meeting on October 16, the Latvian government supported the dismissal of Aleksejs Loskutovs, the chief of the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) on the grounds of his unsuitability to continue to hold his position. They made the decision after an ad h [...] | 2007-10-17 14:17:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM LG |
07RIGA827 | Loskutovs update [...] Summary: Continuing to search for ways to avoid a vote on the fate of anti-corruption bureau (KNAB) chief Loskutovs, the Saeima legal affairs committee told the government it needed to bolster its case for dismissal and the government pulled back its request for the parliament to dismiss Loskut [...] | 2007-11-06 05:26:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KCRM LG |
07RIYADH149 | INCSR 2006: SAUDI ARABIA SUBMISSION [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post submits its 2006 International Narcotics Control Straetgy Report. BEGIN TEXT: I. Summary Saudi Arabia has no appreciable drug production and is not a significant transit country. Saudi Arabia,s conservative cultural and religious norms discourage drug abu [...] | 2007-01-24 06:04:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM |
07RIYADH2515 | SAUDIS REHABILITATE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) presented a two-day orientation of its de-radicalization and rehabilitation program for extremists to an inter-agency delegation (NSC/DOS/DOD/DOJ),Embassy Pol-Mil, LEGAT, BPM and Pol staff. The SAG has invested considerable resources personne [...] | 2007-12-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | CIA KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
07ROME2305 | ITALY: MURDER BY ROMANIAN SPARKS EXPULSION ORDER, [...] (C/NF) The mugging and murder of an Italian woman by a Romanian immigrant last week in Rome has set off a political firestorm and prompted the government to issue an expulsion decree for EU citizens residing in Italy who present a threat to public safety. The victim's funeral was attended by a [...] | 2007-11-06 18:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL IT RO PHUM |
07ROME2313 | ITALY: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials are making progress on combating illicit cash couriers. The GOI has recently issued a ministerial decree to bring its own regulations on cash transactions in compliance with EU norms and is drafting a law to update enforcement provisions. Seizures of bulk cash i [...] | 2007-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
07ROME2504 | ITALY: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following is post's proposed text for the Italy portion of the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. (U) There were no successful large-scale terrorist attacks in Italy in 2007. Italy aggressively investigated and prosecuted terrorism suspects, dismantled terrorist-related cells wi [...] | 2007-12-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
07ROME411 | ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...] | 2007-03-02 06:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG |
07SANAA1418 | PART ONE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. Yemen is [...] | 2007-07-24 07:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1423 | PART TWO OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This secon [...] | 2007-07-24 09:08:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1424 | PART THREE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This thir [...] | 2007-07-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1425 | PART FOUR OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Tean (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen's capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This four [...] | 2007-07-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM |
07SANAA1528 | YEMEN LAUNCHES NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION BOARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's Parliament finally elected eleven members to the the first Supreme National Anti-Corruption Commission (SNACC) on June 25. The Commission, which will be responsible for implementing the new Anti-Corruption Law, has committed itself to developing a national anti-corruption [...] | 2007-08-06 10:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN KCRM PINR YM |
07SANAA341 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN [...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...] | 2007-03-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
07SANJOSE1194 | COSTA RICA MINI DUBLIN GROUP REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides an update on Dublin Group activities (per Ref A). Costa Rica continues to serve as a transit point for illegal narcotics destined to the United States and Europe from production sites in South America. At the same time, Costa Rica continues to demonstrate [...] | 2007-06-20 23:15:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KCRM CS |
07SANJOSE132 | CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLING RING SMASHED IN COSTA RICA [...] SUMMARY: In a powerful display of honesty and courage, Costa Rican Immigration Director Mario Zamora refused a USD 2.5 million bribe from Chinese alien smugglers and instead assisted in a sting operation which caught the ringleader and six others on January 12, 2007. Most of the arrested are [...] | 2007-01-24 22:34:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SMIG KJUS KFRD CVIS PINR CS CH |
07SANJOSE1349 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCAC CHECKLIST AND APPLICATION [...] On July 13, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMA). 2. Cordero advised that his office had already prepared the res [...] | 2007-07-16 22:54:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CS KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR |
07SANJOSE524 | COSTA RICA?S 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy San Jose?s submission for the 2006-2007 annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Responses are keyed to checklist questions outlined in reftel beginning at paragraph 27. Post?s POC for the report is Political Officer Robert E. Copley. Telephone number: (506) [...] | 2007-03-16 22:32:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CS |
07SANJOSE868 | MORE CHINESE MIGRANTS RESCUED IN COSTA RICAN WATERS [...] (SBU) On April 21, the Costa Rica Coast Guard (SNGC) again rescued a large number of Chinese migrants adrift in Costa Rican territorial waters. Three Ecuadorians and two Peruvians were also apprehended, and charged with human trafficking under Costa Rica,s new immigration law. The governmen [...] | 2007-05-09 16:59:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KCRM CO CH CS |
07SANJOSE997 | COSTA RICAN POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROGRAM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of technical assistance from NAS Panama, Post has launched a multi-year program to professionalize Costa Rica's national police force. With crime rates rising rapidly and over 700,000 Amcits visiting each year, the program is a key part of our Mission Strategic Plan [...] | 2007-05-25 20:45:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR CS |
07SANJOSE999 | COSTA RICAN POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION PROGRAM [...] SUMMARY: Taking advantage of technical assistance from NAS Panama, Post has launched a multi-year program to professionalize Costa Rica's national police force. With crime rates rising rapidly and over 700,000 Amcits visiting each year, the program is a key part of our Mission Strategic Plan [...] | 2007-05-25 20:46:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL PINR CS |
07SANSALVADOR1006 | EL SALVADOR UPDATE ON REGIONAL SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 21 emboffs met with Acting Minister of Public Security and Justice Astor Escalante to review progress on the GOES Regional Security plan raised in reftel. Escalante assured emboffs that the GOES team is working on the project to more fully develop the plan, but that the [...] | 2007-05-24 14:44:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX |
07SANSALVADOR1287 | SALVADORAN READOUT OF BELIZE SICA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Meeting on Belize's San Pedro Island, leaders of member states of the Central American Integration System (SICA) discussed and approved a GOES proposal to enhance cooperation and coordination among the Central American countries regarding regional security and crime. The proposal was d [...] | 2007-07-03 22:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EFIN PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR KCRM |
07SANSALVADOR1459 | VEHICLES FOR REVISITING EXTRADITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy has been advised that there are currently two potential cases to test the Salvadoran judiciary's willingness to extradite Salvadoran nationals to the US. The simplest of these concerns a dual national convicted of child sexual assault who fled the US prior to sentencing. [...] | 2007-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KHLS KCRM ES |
07SANSALVADOR1525 | POLICE CORRUPTION IN SAN MIGUEL [...] (U) Summary: Three current and former members of El Salvador's National Civilian Police (PNC) were arrested on July 29 and charged with carrying out a contract killing. Several local businessmen have also been implicated in what press reports describe as an extortion, racketeering and assassin [...] | 2007-08-08 23:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL ES |
07SANSALVADOR1611 | FORMER FMLN CITY COUNCILMAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS [...] (U) On August 15, Jose Mario Belloso, a former Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) city councilman was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2006 assassination of two riot control police officers and the attempted murder of five other members of the riot police. 2. (U) During a July [...] | 2007-08-17 21:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
07SANSALVADOR1646 | EL SALVADOR TOUGHENS PUBLIC DISTURBANCE LAWS [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed amendments to key crime legislation that will increase penalties for public disturbance. The party-line vote was contentious, and the ruling ARENA party, which promoted the legislation, was unable to garner the support of i [...] | 2007-08-22 14:49:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PTER ES |
07SANSALVADOR172 | ICITAP PRISON EVALUATION: NO-COST METHODS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 8 to 12, 2006, Mike Cooksey from ICITAP visited El Salvador to evaluate the Salvadoran penal system. Based upon his visit, he made the following recommendations: (1) eliminate packages for gang members; (2) require prisoners to work; (3) isolate gang leaders; (4) i [...] | 2007-01-31 21:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
07SANSALVADOR1783 | SAN MIGUEL POLICE CORRUPTION PROBE CASTS WIDER NET [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing investigation into police corruption in San Miguel has so far resulted in the arrest of a total of eight National Civilian Police (PNC) officers, as well as indictments ranging from murder to obstruction of justice to dereliction of duty. While the cases point to ser [...] | 2007-09-06 16:37:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM ES |
07SANSALVADOR263 | AG GONZALES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SACA [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, 2007 the Attorney General visited El Salvador to announce new anti-gang initiatives. As part of his visit, the Attorney General and his staff participated in a bilateral meeting with President Saca, members of his cabinet and important members of the Salvadoran jud [...] | 2007-02-14 18:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCRM KHLS ES |
07SANSALVADOR273 | MEETING OF ATTORNEY GENERALS OF U.S., EL SALVADOR, [...] (C) Summary. During Attorney General Gonzales' visit to El Salvador on February 5, Salvadoran AG Felix Safie hosted a private dinner for Attorney General Gonzales and their counterparts from Honduras and Guatemala, Leonidas Bautista and Juan Luis Florido. The topic of the dinner was regiona [...] | 2007-02-16 19:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KHLS ES GT HO |
07SANSALVADOR298 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA [...] (S) President Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca is likely to emphasize his concerns over Venezuelan and Iranian threats to regional stability and press for extension of TPS during his February 27 meeting with the President. Saca will also raise gang violence, deportation of Salvadoran criminal alien [...] | 2007-02-20 16:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PGOV PREL OVIP KCRM KHLS ES |
07SANSALVADOR321 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT SACA TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) On February 17, Embassy received a cover letter (dated February 10) from President Saca to President Bush, thanking the President for the opportunity to meet with him in Washington to discuss issues "relating to the security and stability of both our countries." The letter was accompan [...] | 2007-02-22 17:08:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ES KHLS PINR PGOV OVIP KCRM |
07SANSALVADOR409 | EL SALVADOR: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RERPORT [...] (U) The following is post,s responses to Reftel relative to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. The text tracks paragraphs 27 to 30 in Reftel. --------------------------------------------- --------- Paragraph 27: Overview of Activities to Eliminate TIP ---------------------------------- [...] | 2007-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB ES |
07SANSALVADOR41 | THE CENTRAL AMERICAN INTEGRATION SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although established in 1992, the Central American Integration System (SICA) remains an incipient attempt by the countries of Central America to achieve regional integration and cooperation. The organization includes the member nations of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate [...] | 2007-01-10 19:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM XK ES ETRD EU |
07SANSALVADOR814 | EL SALVADOR HOSTS THIRD ANNUAL ANTI-GANG CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of El Salvador hosted the Third Annual Anti-Gang Conference at the Decameron Resort in Sonsonate, El Salvador from April 23-27. Nearly 200 people were in attendance including law enforcement and government representatives from the U.S., El Salvador, Honduras, G [...] | 2007-04-27 22:46:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX |
07SANSALVADOR837 | EL SALVADOR'S REGIONAL SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) On April 30, Polcouns met with Director of the National Civil Police (PCN) Rodrigo Avila to review progress on El Salvador's draft Regional Security Strategy. Avila, who is leading the GOES efforts to draft this strategy, reported that the GOES hosted a technical meeting on April 23 as a [...] | 2007-05-03 20:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KHLS ES GT HO MX |
07SANTIAGO1110 | CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant [...] | 2007-07-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI |
07SANTIAGO1152 | CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuan [...] | 2007-07-20 20:35:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI |
07SANTIAGO1196 | CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuan [...] | 2007-07-26 19:16:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI |
07SANTIAGO1205 | CHILE: DEA REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training by USG officials, pursu [...] | 2007-07-27 19:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO288 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the ab [...] | 2007-02-16 19:22:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO310 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 9, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abo [...] | 2007-02-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO336 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of February 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the a [...] | 2007-02-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO379 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...] | 2007-03-07 14:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO380 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...] | 2007-03-07 14:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO381 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 5, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...] | 2007-03-07 14:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO416 | CHILE: LEGAT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuan [...] | 2007-03-12 22:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI |
07SANTIAGO424 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 9, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...] | 2007-03-14 18:00:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO460 | CHILE: LEGAT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...] | 2007-03-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI |
07SANTIAGO480 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...] | 2007-03-23 20:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO481 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 22, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the abov [...] | 2007-03-23 20:02:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO545 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of March 30, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...] | 2007-04-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO641 | CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant [...] | 2007-04-18 21:13:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL PHUM KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO652 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18,2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above st [...] | 2007-04-20 17:18:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO653 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 12, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Acting Economic and Political Section Chief, Harry Kamian, certifies the above st [...] | 2007-04-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO797 | MEDIA REACTION - COLOMBIA NEEDS U.S. SUPPORT AND FTA [...] On July 15, Chile's conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled, "Democratic Security." Quote: 2. "The President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, has had a dramatic increase in popularity... in spite of accusations of ties between members [...] | 2007-05-16 11:25:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SNAR KCRM KPAO PINR KMDR CO CI |
07SANTIAGO860 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of May 25, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above s [...] | 2007-05-29 12:32:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO869 | CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR [...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of April 18, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the Chilean candidate cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above [...] | 2007-05-29 21:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR SNAR KCRM CI |
07SANTIAGO983 | A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON COUNTERING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Hugo Chavez,s effort to expand his influence into the Southern Cone was the subject of ref A. This, part two in a series of joint cables from Southern Cone embassies, looks at ways the U.S. can counter Chavez and reassert U.S. leadership in the region. From posts' perspectives, there are [...] | 2007-06-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Santiago | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM AR BO BR PARM UY VE CI |
07SANTODOMINGO1100 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL COLLADO EXTRADITED TO [...] On May 9, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Collado to the United States to stand trial in the State of New York (Kings County) for multiple counts of murder and firearms violations, as detailed in indictment number 1664-83, filed on March 24, 1983. As laid out in the indictment, Collado sh [...] | 2007-05-09 16:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1148 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARNOLDO CABRERA'S EXTRADITION [...] On May 16, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Arnoldo Cabrera Dominguez to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for conspiracy to import and distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, as detailed in indictment number S1 05-CR-1278 [...] | 2007-05-14 19:34:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1245 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WENDY ALMONTE EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On May 23, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Wendy Almonte to the United States to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York for multiple counts related to the importation of and possession with intent to distribute of MDMA ("ecstasy"),as detailed in indi [...] | 2007-05-25 15:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1246 | DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FREE NARCO [...] (C) Summary. In yet another bizarre turn in the Juan Flete - Lourdes Machuca extradition saga (reftel),the five justices of the Penal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court have rejected the use of confidential witnesses in establishing probable cause in extradition proceedings - freeing bot [...] | 2007-05-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PGOV DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1395 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WILLIAM MORALES EXTRADITED TO [...] On June 7, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned William Ricardo Morales Alvarez to the United States to stand trial in the State of New York (County of New York) for murder (2nd degree),as detailed in indictment number 1899-03, filed on April 17, 2003. As laid out in the indictment, Morales shot to [...] | 2007-06-11 20:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1426 | DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT REACTS DEFENSIVELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge informed Dominican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Trullols and Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Rosario Graciano on June 11 of SIPDIS the decision to place the Dominican government on the Tier 2 Watch List in the Department's Trafficking Report [...] | 2007-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | ELAB MASS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SMIG KCRM DR HA |
07SANTODOMINGO1548 | EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVE LUIS VIRGILIO [...] On June 28, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Luis Virgilio Saldana Perez to the United States to serve a sixty month sentence following conviction in case number 2:01CR400-01. first filed on June 14, 2001, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. As detailed in the Court's ju [...] | 2007-06-26 19:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1609 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JUAN GARCIA EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On July 5, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Juan Carlos Garcia Soriano to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for possession with intent to distribute in excess of 5 kilograms of cocaine. As detailed in indictment number 05-29 ( [...] | 2007-07-05 18:34:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1679 | DOMINICANS SIGN 505 AGREEMENT, INTERCEPTOR BOATS [...] (U) On June 28, Embassy received from the Dominican MFA diplomatic note DEJ/STI 16058 agreeing to the terms of a "505 agreement" first proposed in REFTELS B and C and most recently relayed to the Dominican Government via Embassy diplomatic note 90 of May 17, 2007. Electronic copies of both no [...] | 2007-07-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PTER SNAR KCRM SMIG DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1692 | REQUEST FOR 212(F) VISA REVOCATION FOR CORRUPT DOMINICAN CONSUL IN HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an advisory opinion requesting the revocation of the B1/B2 nonimmigrant visas issued to Casilda Teonilde CASADO DE CHEUNG; her husband, Pak Shing CHEUNG; her brother, Roger CASADO ALCANTARA; and her children, Yin Mey, Yin Ney, Sheung Leung, and Jean Ney CHEUNG CASADO, under the Presid [...] | 2007-07-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | SECRET | CVIS OPRC PHUM KCRM KCOR CH DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1713 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE HINOJOSA EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On July 15, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Ramon Hinojosa Santos to the United States to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 or more kilograms of cocaine (2 counts under 21 USC 841(a)(1) and 846),[...] | 2007-07-17 19:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO1995 | AMERICA'S MOST WANTED - SERIAL CHILD RAPIST [...] On August 22, 2007, Miguel Angel Gonzalez, a U.S. citizen fugitive and convicted serial child rapist, was arrested in Santo Domingo by members of a specialized fugitive apprehension unit based in the National Directorate of Drug Control. Working in concert with locally-based agents of the U.S [...] | 2007-08-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2046 | FERNANDEZ SHUFFLES CABINET: ALL ARE WELCOME UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of decrees issued August 17-20, President Fernandez shuffled his cabinet and other key government positions. New Ministers were named for Industry and Commerce, Environment, and Public Works and Communications, as well as new heads of the National Police and Navy. Th [...] | 2007-08-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SENV MARR KCRM ETRD DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2047 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE VICTOR CABRERA EXTRADITED TO [...] On August 29, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Victor Cabrera to Massachusetts to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, conspiracy to distribute, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, otherwise [...] | 2007-08-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2132 | DOMINICAN TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED, PROGRESS A [...] On August 30, poloff and human rights officer delivered reftel points and non-paper to Frank Soto, Assistant Attorney General for Smuggling and Trafficking of Persons. One week later, on September 6, WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro raised reftel points related to the need for increased victim [...] | 2007-09-12 16:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM KCRM KWMN HA DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2170 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE SANTOS CASTILLO EXTRADITED TO [...] On September 13, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Santos Castillo Garcia to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and a [...] | 2007-09-17 20:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2231 | 173RD DOMINICAN FUGITIVE EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED [...] The following details the most recent fugitive to be extradited from the Dominican Republic and provides an overview of extraditions in FY 2007. -- Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez 2. On October 3, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez (aka Nelson Cruz, Bolivar Lopez) to Massachus [...] | 2007-10-01 19:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KJUS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2245 | DOMINICAN ORIENTATION VISIT OF WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 6 and 7, WHA/CAR Office Director Velia De Pirro traveled to the Dominican Republic for a series of orientation meetings with both Embassy staff and leading Dominican figures, including the Chief of the National Police, the President of the DEA-equivalent National D [...] | 2007-10-03 18:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR HA VE DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2260 | BLOWBACK PREDICTED IF DOMINICAN EXTRADITION [...] Summary. Accused cop-killer and top-wanted Dominican fugitive Jeffry Alejandro Pena Bencosme remains in custody in New York while fighting extradition to the Dominican Republic. A combination of legal maneuvering and doubts about the Dominican claims have caused the hearing to morph into a " [...] | 2007-10-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN KCRM KPAO KJUS DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2367 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BARE AND HICIANO EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 18, U.S. Marshals returned Luciano Bare and Virgilio Hiciano to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York: Bare, to be sentenced following conviction on charges of federal food stamp fraud, which, as detailed in indictment number [...] | 2007-10-19 18:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO239 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAUDO MUNOZ EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On January 31, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Raudo Munoz to the State of New Jersey for sentencing in a case arising out of indictment number 02-05-0680-I, filed May 23, 2002. On June 9, 2003, Munoz plead guilty to attempted murder (count two of the indictment) and was allowed to remain free on [...] | 2007-02-02 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2600 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] As requested refel, following is a summary of Dominican progress toward rectifying key deficiencies identified in the June 2007 TIP report. ------ 2. Increasing efforts to investigate, prosecute, convict and sentence trafficking offenders, including public officials allegedly complicit i [...] | 2007-11-21 19:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN ELAB DR |
07SANTODOMINGO2739 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ACEVEDO EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On December 13, U.S. Marshals returned Dennys Acevedo to the United States to appear before the Supreme Court of New York, County of Kings, to face 2 counts of 2nd degree murder, as detailed in indictment number 1400/2001, filed on March 2, 2001. The facts contained in the indictment indicate [...] | 2007-12-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO28 | DOMINICANS FIGHT CORRUPTION - MUCH BARK, LITTLE BITE, SHOOTING SNAFU WITH JUSTICE OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 11:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS DR |
07SANTODOMINGO320 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO REGIONAL [...] On February 8, AmEmbassy Santo Domingo received a diplomatic note covering a series of letters from the Dominican Foreign Ministry inviting U.S. participation in a Dominican-hosted regional anti-drug summit on March 15, 2007. Per REF A, duplicate invitations were extended to the Department by [...] | 2007-02-13 17:44:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS OVIP OTRA |
07SANTODOMINGO355 | U/S EDELMAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On February 2, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, DEA Chief of Operations Michael Braun, Commander of U.S. Southern Command's Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-South) Rear Admiral Jeffrey Hathaway, Ambassador Hans Hertell and other U.S. civilian and militar [...] | 2007-02-20 14:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL KCRM SNAR HA VE DR |
07SANTODOMINGO438 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CARLOS MOREL EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On February 16, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Carlos Morel to the United States to stand trial for federal narcotics-related offenses in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, as detailed in indictment number 03-20613-CR-SEITZ, filed July 31, 2003. According to the indic [...] | 2007-03-01 19:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO441 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 2, SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] The following is Part 2 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 2 III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS The Dominican government made significant progress i [...] | 2007-03-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR |
07SANTODOMINGO444 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PART 1, SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] The following is Part 1 of Embassy's response to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) questions raised in reftel. 2. 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the Dominican Republic, Part 1 I. OVERVIEW: EXTENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE [...] | 2007-03-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DR |
07SANTODOMINGO485 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE DE LA ROSA TO BE EXTRADITED TO [...] On November 8, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Yokary de la Rosa to the United States to stand trial for federal narcotics-related offenses as detailed in indictment number CR 03-893, filed on August 5, 2003, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. According to the in [...] | 2007-03-06 18:51:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO597 | REGIONAL DRUGS SUMMIT CALLS FOR INCREASED U.S. [...] (U) Summary. On March 16, OAS Secretary General Insulza, President Preval of Haiti, President Uribe of Colombia, and Prime Minister Manning of Trinidad and Tobago joined Dominican President Fernandez to sign a non-binding declaration on measures to counter threats posed by the trafficking of [...] | 2007-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM CO HA VE TD DR |
07SANTODOMINGO668 | FURTHER ON REGIONAL DRUGS SUMMIT AND CALLS FOR [...] (U) Following is an amplified version of Santo Domingo 597 with addition of U.S. and Dominican positions, new text in paras. 10 and 11, and comment. 2. (U) Summary. On March 16, OAS Secretary General Insulza, President Preval of Haiti, President Uribe of Colombia, and Prime Minister Mannin [...] | 2007-03-23 20:18:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM CO HA VE TD DR |
07SANTODOMINGO733 | SENIOR DOMINICAN OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: High-level officials in the Dominican Ministries of Foreign Relations and Migration use their positions to facilitate human trafficking and alien smuggling schemes, according to media reports, DHS investigations and Embassy contacts. Those implicated include the Assistant Secreta [...] | 2007-03-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV PHUM SMIG KCOR KCRM CH DR HA HK |
07SANTODOMINGO755 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROMULA SILVA EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On March 29, U.S. Marshals returned Romula (aka Romulo) Silva to the United States to stand trial in the Middle District of Florida for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five (5) or more kilograms of cocaine. As detailed in indictment 8:03-Cr-476-T-23 (EAJ),filed on December 3, [...] | 2007-04-03 17:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO77 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVES JIMENEZ AND GARCIA EXTRADITED [...] On January 12, 2007, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Jimenez Guerrero to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for trial on a variety of narcotics charges detailed in indictment number 06-253 (PG),filed on August 10, 2006. As described in the indictment, Jimenez was a member of a drug trafficking orga [...] | 2007-01-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SANTODOMINGO887 | DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WILFREDO TORIBIO TO BE [...] On April 20, 2006, U.S. Marshals will return Wilfredo Antonio Toribio Reyes to the United States to stand trial in the State of New Jersey for multiple counts of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, as detailed in indictment number 05-05-0558-I (filed May 2, 2005) and indictment number 05 [...] | 2007-04-18 17:54:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
07SAOPAULO1002 | SAO PAULO CONTACTS RAISE CONCERNS REGARDING RISING HATE [...] (SBU) Brazil's image of a racially and culturally harmonious country contrasts with the reality that deeply-held prejudices and stereotypes are contributing to a rise in hate crimes. Contacts tell us that while a national movement has not yet taken root, skinhead gangs and racist websites are [...] | 2007-12-21 15:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI SCUL KDEM KCRM BR |
07SAOPAULO873 | PUBLIC SECURITY IN SAO PAULO: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Although public security remains one of the most serious policy challenges in Brazil, civil society researchers and law enforcement analysts in Sao Paulo believe that the federal and state governments are taking inadequate action to tackle the issue or to coordinate with each other in fi [...] | 2007-10-29 16:50:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV ASEC BR |
07SAOPAULO878 | SAO PAULO CITY OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT GOVERNANCE, POLITICS, [...] (SBU) Calling the operations of street vendors a "racket," Sao Paulo assistant Mayor Andrea Matarazzo told Consul General (CG) that he has been cracking down on the sale of pirated and counterfeit goods by both stores and vendors. He associated the vendors' activities with organized criminal [...] | 2007-10-31 13:02:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KCRM KIPR SNAR ETRD ASEC BR |
07SAOPAULO966 | CODEL REID'S VISIT TO FOZ DO IGUACU, BRAZIL [...] (U) During a November 27-28 visit to Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, Codel Reid met with the Ambassador and Embassy Brasilia and ConGen Sao Paulo officers, visited Federal Police headquarters and an operating center of the Maritime Federal Police, and toured Itaipu Dam. The delegation dined with three [...] | 2007-12-12 09:23:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KCRM OPRC BR |
07SAOPAULO991 | JUDGES WARN THAT BRAZIL MUST DO MORE TO BATTLE [...] (C) Sao Paulo Supreme Court justices are concerned about the possibility of growing ties between organized crime and terrorism in Brazil. During a December 5-7 visit to Sao Paulo by Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the Northern D [...] | 2007-12-19 18:07:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV OEXC OIIP KCRM BR |
07SAOPAULO992 | OVERWORKED SAO PAULO JUDGES WANT GREATER LAW [...] (SBU) Sao Paulo judges tell us that they are overworked and overburdened and that the growth in the drug trade and lack of prison space make their already difficult work even more challenging. Greg West, Assistant United States Attorney and Organized Crime and Terrorism Section Chief for the [...] | 2007-12-19 18:09:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR PGOV PHUM OEXC OIIP KCRM SNAR |
07SARAJEVO1068 | BOSNIA - THE STATE PROSECUTOR AND STATE COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica from July 11, 1995 has placed the issue of war crimes prsecutions near the top of the Bosnian political genda. The current political environment has highlghted criti [...] | 2007-05-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KAWC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1071 | BOSNIA: SADOVIC POLITICIZES MINISTRY OF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Since his January appointment, Tarik Sadovic has adopted a highly political approach to his role as Minister of Security and worked almost exclusively to advance Bosniak ethnic interests. Sadovic has excluded non-Bosniak Ministry officials, including the Deputy Minister, from pol [...] | 2007-05-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PTER BK |
07SARAJEVO1127 | BOSNIA: MILETIC IN JEOPARDY AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Attempts to oust Federation Police Chief Zlatko Miletic continue. On May 29 the Federation Parliament plans to vote on the legality of the last-minute mandate extension of the current Independent Supervisory Review Board (ISRB) and its decision to re-appoint Federation Police Dir [...] | 2007-05-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS PINR KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO121 | MILETIC MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) On January 18 an independent personnel board reconfirmed its decision to appoint Zlatko Miletic as Federation Police Chief. The Federation parliamentary committee charged with administrative oversight upheld the legality of the decision thus overruling the opposition of Miletic opponents i [...] | 2007-01-18 16:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PTER |
07SARAJEVO1212 | BOSNIA: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON WAR CRIMINALS [...] (S/NF) Summary: In the past seven days two distinct but significant events connected to bringing war criminals to justice occurred in the Republika Srpska (RS). The first, a major success, happened on May 31, when police from the Republika Srpska (RS) apprehended ICTY-indicted Zdravko Tolimir [...] | 2007-06-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY BK |
07SARAJEVO1503 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Only the second week into his tenure as High Representative, Miroslav Lajcak will use the Bonn Powers on July 10 to amend state-level legislation in order to strengthen Bosnia,s ability to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Lajca [...] | 2007-07-09 18:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1570 | STATE COURT ACQUITS SERB WARTIME MINISTER OF WAR [...] (U) On July 18 the BiH State Court acquitted Momcilo Mandic on charges of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians during the 1992-95 conflict. The war crimes case against Mandic cited his role as Assistant Minister of Interior in the "Serb Republic of Bosnia" in 199 [...] | 2007-07-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO1625 | BOSNIA: DONOR CONSENSUS GROWS FOR BUILDING A STATE [...] (C) Summary: Radovan Stankovic's escape from Foca Prison in the Republika Srpska dramatically demonstrated the legal and physical shortcomings of housing convicted war criminals and other dangerous convicts in entity prisons. Stankovic's case has galvanized the international community to reex [...] | 2007-07-27 09:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO1872 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAKS TORPEDO PROSPECTS FOR POLICE [...] (C) Since assuming office in July, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has stated publicly that his first major task would be concluding an agreement on Police Reform in September, allowing Bosnia to initial an SAA with the EU. Lajcak circulated a draft of the proposal in private talks this we [...] | 2007-08-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO1914 | BOSNIA: DODIK AND SILAJDZIC [...] (C) During separate meetings with Milorad Dodik and Haris Silajdzic, Ambassador urged both leaders to consider the consequences of a police reform collapse on Bosnia's Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) prospects. Ambassador warned Dodik that his rhetoric over recent weeks has cros [...] | 2007-09-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO1986 | BOSNIAN SECURITY AGENCY HEADS PLEDGE COOPERATION [...] (C) DCM, September 10, hosted heads of security and law enforcement agencies to lunch to discuss maximizing interagency cooperation. Agency heads stressed their commitment to interagency cooperation but complained that political leaders make effective police and intelligence work difficult. [...] | 2007-09-19 06:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KCRM PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07SARAJEVO1987 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK DELIVERS POLICE REFORM STRATEGY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak presented to Quint Ambassadors on September 18 his strategy for securing a deal on police reform. OHR will continue with technical talks on police reform while maintaining political pressure on party leaders to compromise. After a two-hour mee [...] | 2007-09-19 08:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN UN RS BK |
07SARAJEVO1990 | BOSNIA - YOUTUBE, FORMER BOSNIAN COMMANDER DELIC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, a video clip of Rasim Delic, the highest ranking Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY),addressing mujahedeen surfaced. Delic is accused of not preventing war crimes committed by mujahedeen during the 1992-1995 war. [...] | 2007-09-19 10:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KAWC KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2018 | BOSNIA: EMBASSY TO PROVIDE A MILLION EUROS FOR [...] (U) After carefully reviewing our priorities and SEED funding plans, we have decided to allocate the USD equivalent of one (approximately 1.394) million euros in 2007 bilateral SEED funding to support the Bosnian government,s planned construction of a state prison. The entire project is expec [...] | 2007-09-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO2031 | BOSNIA - ADMONISHING TIHIC TO SPLIT WITH SILAJDZIC [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered a strong message to SDA President Sulejman Tihic to compromise on police reform so that Bosnia-Herzegovina could initial a Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU. Tihic related his negative views of the current OHR police reform protocol (reftel) an [...] | 2007-09-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PINR EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO2046 | BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...] | 2007-09-25 17:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK |
07SARAJEVO2062 | BOSNIA: COVIC CASE GOES TO RETRIAL [...] (C) Summary. A State Court appeals panel on September 26 invalidated on a technicality the corruption conviction of Dragan Covic, president of Bosnia,s Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),and directed that the case be retried. In November 2006, Covic was convicted of abuse of office while ser [...] | 2007-09-27 18:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS BK |
07SARAJEVO2080 | BOSNIA - DODIK-SILAJDZIC PROTOCOL ON POLICE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on Friday, September 28, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik and Bosniak Member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic signed a 3-page "Protocol on Police Reform." The consensus among Bosnian political leaders, OHR and other international community representatives is that [...] | 2007-10-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM EU BK |
07SARAJEVO2082 | YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS [...] (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72 posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political, moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to support the [...] | 2007-10-01 18:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2143 | BOSNIA - HIREP REJECTS SILAJDZIC-DODIK PROTOCOL [...] (C) High Representative Miroslav Lajcak issued a statement October 4 formally rejecting the Police Reform Protocol signed by Party for BiH (SBiH) President Haris Silajdzic and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) President Milorad Dodik (Ref A). The HighRep made the announcement af [...] | 2007-10-05 06:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM EU BK |
07SARAJEVO22 | RS ORGANIZED CRIME PROSECUTIONS CHALLENGE STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since returning to office in February 2006, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has taken concrete steps to fulfill specific campaign promises, including his pledge to combat crimes that impair the local investment climate. As part of this effort, in April Dodik created the RS Special [...] | 2007-01-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS EINV PGOV BK |
07SARAJEVO230 | BOSNIA - PROSECUTOR TO OPEN INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 31, we formally requested that the State Prosecutor and State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) open a full investigation of USG-funded humanitarian demining programs (Ref A). Both organizations pledged to conduct a thorough investigation separate from the [...] | 2007-01-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI |
07SARAJEVO2327 | 2007-2008 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I) [...] (U) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) PART ONE FOR BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina remain in a formative period and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of law enforceme [...] | 2007-10-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2408 | BOSNIA - CAR BOMB KILLS OUTSPOKEN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 6, a car bomb killed civil servant Milan Vukelic in Banja Luka. According to media reports, Vukelic was an outspoken critic of the government and had been the target of attacks in the past. Unknown perpetrators burned his vehicle and set fire to his mother's house [...] | 2007-11-08 17:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO2487 | BOSNIA--SECURITY MINISTER ON SPIRIC RESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic discussed the work of the Council of Ministers (CoM) in technical mandate and the selection process for the director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). Sadovic blames Serbian [...] | 2007-11-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2519 | BOSNIA - MEDIA REPORT U.S. PLANS TO REMOVE DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The week of November 12, Bosnian media outlets reported that the U.S. hatched a plan to enable High Representative Lajcak to remove Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik by exposing his links to corruption and criminal activities. The story, which first surfaced on t [...] | 2007-11-21 18:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2535 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM AGREEMENT GIVES DODIK MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the six governing political parties adopted an Action Plan on Police Reform during a meeting in Sarajevo on November 22 (see paragraph six below). The Action Plan lays out a timetable for implementing the October 28 Mostar Declaration, which had reaffirmed the three [...] | 2007-11-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO2555 | BOSNIA- CHALLENGES FOR THE STATE COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past four years, the State Prosecutor,s Office and State Court have made important strides building Bosnia,s capacity to try war crimes cases. Preliminary information on likely future war crimes cases suggests a demanding workload and challenges for both the prosecutor an [...] | 2007-11-27 16:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2663 | BOSNIA - FIRST DEPORTATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL [...] (C) On December 9, Bosnian authorities deported Algerian native Atau Mimun, who was stripped of Bosnian citizenship by the Citizen Review Commission (CRC). The CRC was established in 2006 to review the status of individuals who had fraudently obtained Bosnian citizenship between 1992 and ear [...] | 2007-12-14 11:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO2670 | BOSNIA - EU RETREAT ON POLICE REFORM MAY HERALD AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Laktasi, Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik's hometown, leaders from the six governing parties agreed on December 11 to the terms of reference for a working group that would draft legislation creating the seven state-level police support bodies called for in the Sarajevo [...] | 2007-12-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO2682 | BOSNIA - STATE PRSECUTOR'S OFFICE BEGINS TO TACKLE [...] (C) Although it was established four years ago, the Special Department for Organized Crimes (SDOC) at the State Prosecutor,s Office is only now starting to prosecute the most complex corruption, organized and financial crimes in Bosnia. With our strong support, Drew Engel, the Deputy Chief Pr [...] | 2007-12-17 17:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON PREL KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO369 | BOSNIAN DEMINING INVESTIGATION UPDATE: [...] (S/NF) In consultations regarding investigations into allegations of misconduct by organizations involved in demining, State Prosecutor Jurcevic and SIPA officials informed us that they would begin investigatory work shortly. Both organizations again pledged to undertake a thorough and comp [...] | 2007-02-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | MASS PREL MOPS PGOV KCRM BK SI |
07SARAJEVO444 | BOSNIA: POLITICIANS BLAME INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking diametrically opposed positions, Federation-based and Republika Srpska-based political leaders reached an impasse following a week of increasingly confrontational negotiations over adopting a Draft Implementation Plan for Police Reform (the "Implementation Plan") (REF. B). [...] | 2007-02-26 06:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS EUN PREL PGOV BK |
07SARAJEVO487 | BOSNIA: SUBMISSION FOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2007 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Danielle Harms, phone 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax 387-33-659-722, e-mail HarmsDA@state.gov. Time spent in preparing report: CDA [...] | 2007-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
07SARAJEVO500 | BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM, [...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...] | 2007-03-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK |
07SARAJEVO552 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM TALKS FALTER AS EC [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Embassy March 6 hosted police reform negotiations with the leaders of eight major political parties in the hopes of facilitating agreement on police reform in anticipation of the March 16 visit of EU Commissioner for Enlargement Oli Rehn. Ambassadors from the US, Ger [...] | 2007-03-12 11:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK |
07SARAJEVO595 | BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC BLOCKS POLICE REFORM DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: March 12 police reform talks organized by High Representative Schwarz-Schilling collapsed after Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic refused an offer from Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik to transfer competency and authority for the RS police to the state, provided [...] | 2007-03-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM EU BK |
07SARAJEVO677 | BOSNIA - THE CHALLENGE OF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict, Srebrenica victims associations had often appealed for U.S. help in bringing to justice local police or other officials they "knew" to be war criminals. Last week the Srebrenica Municipal Council identified the Republika [...] | 2007-03-27 17:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK |
07SARAJEVO804 | BOSNIA DEMINING: PROSECUTOR REQUESTS QSI REPORT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. After briefings from the Quality Solutions International (QSI) team on their recent assessment of demining operations in Bosnia, post believes the report highlights the importance of changing our demining operating pr [...] | 2007-04-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI |
07SARAJEVO808 | RSNA VOTES TO SCRAP POLICE REFORM DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This week the Republika Srpska (RS) government and RS National Assembly both took separate decisions rejecting the Police Reform Directorate (PRD) final report and calling for new police reform talks. At its April 11 session the RSNA approved a conclusion calling for a referend [...] | 2007-04-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM BK |
07SARAJEVO87 | PM SPIRIC PRESENTS PLAN FOR GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the vote on his confirmation January 11 to become Bosnia's new Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister),Nikola Spiric of the Serb Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) presented a detailed work plan for the new government. In a 40-minute speech [...] | 2007-01-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KCRM KJUS EUN BK |
07SEOUL1398 | MARRIAGE BROKERS OUT IN FRONT OF KOREAN LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) The trend for international marriages continues to rapidly increase in Korea as in other countries in the region. Marriage brokers have quickly adapted to the increased demand and have found ways to cash in on the lucrative business. Despite the plethora of legitimate broker companies [...] | 2007-05-10 05:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG |
07SEOUL3266 | ROK WILLING TO PROSECUTE PIRATES, SEEKS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche and non-paper, Park In-kook, Deputy Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Global Issues, agreed on the need for stronger multilateral enforcement mechanisms against piracy. In a November 6 meeting with the DCM, Park asked in particular about th [...] | 2007-11-06 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCSY PHSA PTER PREL EWWT UN UNSC IMO PM |
07SEOUL587 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Post's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Ref A. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The ROKG continued to make efforts to fight trafficking in persons during the April 2006 to March 2007 reporting perio [...] | 2007-02-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF |
07SEOUL809 | ROKG SUPPORTS GLOBAL FORUM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OTRA AORC ECON KCOR KCRM KJUS KS |
07SEOUL983 | KOREA BEGINS TO SEE THE LIGHT ON UNDERGROUND [...] (U) Representative Cho Bae sook, Chairperson of the Culture and Tourism Committee, co-hosted a seminar at the National Assembly on March 20 to discuss the evolution of the prostitution industry in Korea. The other host of the event was the Dasi-Hamkke Center (Together Again Center),a large [...] | 2007-04-04 02:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN SMIG KS |
07SHANGHAI326 | GAY SHANGHAI: AMBIGUOUS STATUS CREATES VULNERABILITY [...] (C) Summary: According to contacts in Shanghai's gay community, sexual discrimination in Shanghai was rife, but because few Shanghainese were openly gay and lesbian in a way that countered social expectations to fulfill family duties, such as to marry and reproduce, discrimination was less di [...] | 2007-05-31 01:29:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TBIO KCRM CH |
07SINGAPORE1018 | U/S LEVEY WARNS AGAINST IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (S) Summary. Singapore officials assured Treasury Under Secretary Levey that they were taking the necessary steps to SIPDIS thwart any attempt by the Iranian government or Iran-linked entities to exploit Singapore for terrorism and proliferation-related activities. U/S Levey underscored t [...] | 2007-05-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC KCRM EFIN PTER ECON EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE1314 | AMBASSADOR LAGON ENCOURAGES GOS TO APPROVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Mark Lagon urged Singapore to quickly approve long-delayed anti-TIP Penal Code Amendments during his June 29 visit to Singapore. The GOS explained that the anti-TIP provisions are part of comprehensive reform of the Penal Cod [...] | 2007-07-10 00:24:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL PHUM KCRM KOCI KWMN SN |
07SINGAPORE1426 | LEGAL PROFESSION ADOPTS ENHANCED AML/CFT MEASURES [...] The Law Society of Singapore recently amended its Legal Profession (Professional Conduct) Rules to strengthen its anti- money laundering (AML) requirements. The revised regulations, which come into effect August 15, represent another effort by Singapore to bring its AML (and countering the fi [...] | 2007-08-02 02:33:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KCRM EFIN KTFN SN |
07SINGAPORE1607 | SINGAPORE PROPOSES NEW CASH COURIER REPORTING [...] The Singapore government presented to parliament two amended pieces of legislation designed to enhance the country's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML-CFT) regime on August 27. These actions are part of a series of steps Singapore has taken in recent months [...] | 2007-08-30 04:23:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN ECON KCRM SN |
07SINGAPORE1989 | 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. Part II will be submitted septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text. I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counternar [...] | 2007-10-31 07:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN |
07SINGAPORE1997 | BURMA: PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES [...] (S) A person who said she is a former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. volunteered to meet with us on October 31 to tell us what she knew of the firm's management and business activities. The USG on October 19 designated the Singapore-based company under E.O. 13448 for providing fina [...] | 2007-11-01 09:47:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN |
07SINGAPORE2037 | SINGAPORE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter on Singapore for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II - Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. We also have emailed to INL the text of the draft report in MS Word format showing chan [...] | 2007-11-13 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP ETTC SNAR SN |
07SINGAPORE2197 | BURMA: UPDATE ON PAVO TRADING'S FINANCIAL [...] (S) A person claiming to be the former finance manager of Pavo Trading Pte Ltd. -- a Singapore-based company with close ties to the Burmese junta -- again volunteered to meet with us on December 10 to provide additional information about the company's business activities. We first met source [...] | 2007-12-14 04:19:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC KCRM EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV SN BM |
07SINGAPORE401 | SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is the first of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. The Embassy point of contact is: Christopher Kavanagh Phone: (65) 6476-9182 Fax: (65) 6476-9389 Email: kavanaghcr@state.gov 2. (U) Per the request in para 26 of Ref [...] | 2007-02-28 07:42:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN |
07SINGAPORE405 | SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is the second of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report submission. 2. (U) Continue text of submission: III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -- A. Does the country have a law specifically prohibiting trafficking in pe [...] | 2007-02-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN |
07SINGAPORE406 | SINGAPORE: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) This is the third of three messages relaying Embassy Singapore's 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report submission. 2. (U) Continue text of submission: IV. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS -- A. Does the government assist victims, for example, by providing temporary to permanent re [...] | 2007-02-28 08:11:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN SMIG KRFD ASEC PREF ELAB SN |
07SINGAPORE585 | DPM WONG RESPONDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng told the Ambassador on March 23 that he planned to discuss recent law enforcement cooperation developments during his upcoming visit to Washington. He acknowledged that much effort was required to conclude a Mutu [...] | 2007-03-23 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC SNAR KTFN KCRM PREL PTER ECON SN |
07SINGAPORE703 | SINGAPORE ANTICIPATES FAVORABLE FATF REVIEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: GOS officials claim they are well prepared for an upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) peer review to assess Singapore's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime. Recent ste [...] | 2007-04-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN EFIN KCRM ECON ETRD EINV SN |
07SINGAPORE745 | SCENESETTER FOR DPM WONG KAN SENG'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Singapore Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Home Affairs WONG Kan Seng is Singapore's key figure for domestic security, law enforcement, and intelligence cooperation. His April 19-22 visit to Washington and New York offers an excellent opportunity to expand the programmatic [...] | 2007-04-13 06:08:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | KCRM PTER SNAR KTFN ETTC EFIN KWMN SN |
07SINGAPORE933 | FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION BETTER, ALBEIT [...] (C) Summary: GOS officials told Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Regional Specialist Rena Miller April 18 that they expected to process 4,000 to 5,000 Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in 2007, up from about 1,760 in 2004. Miller noted that information sharing had improved [...] | 2007-05-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON EINV SN |
07SKOPJE282 | MACEDONIA: OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007 [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following three priority rule of law/police training projects proposed by the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission Skopje: -- Study Visit for Judges to the ICTY Project Number: 2600360 XB-SKP-HD-ICTY-07 Budget: Euros 26,215 Justific [...] | 2007-04-14 10:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL |
07SKOPJE299 | MACEDONIA: TIP SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY07 [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following two anti-TIP projects for G/TIP-managed FY 2007 ESF and INCLE funds, as described in paragraphs 2 and 3. Post believes both proposals address G/TIP criteria for projects that focus on strengthening rule of law and the criminal [...] | 2007-04-19 14:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MK |
07SKOPJE492 | MACEDONIA: PROGRESS PROSECUTING CORRUPTION CASES [...] (SBU) In recent months, Macedonia's justice system has convicted defendants on corruption-related charges in four separate, unrelated court cases. Several former government officials were among those convicted. Encouragingly, the courts demonstrated improved efficiency in these cases (in par [...] | 2007-06-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MK |
07SKOPJE615 | MACEDONIA: COURT NETS "BIG FISH" CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) The July 18 conviction and sentencing to four years in prison for former Export Import Bank director Metodija Smilenski demonstrates that the Macedonian judicial system is capable of swift, efficient, and non-partisan action. One of Macedonia's "big fish" corruption case defendants, Smi [...] | 2007-07-26 15:59:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR MK |
07SKOPJE698 | MACEDONIA: GOM SUSPECTS ESCAPED KOSOVO CRIMINALS [...] (S) On August 23, Macedonian Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of Public Security, Ljupco Todorovski, told us that according to GOM intelligence sources, at least two of the criminals who escaped from a Kosovo prison (ref) are in Macedonia near the border with Kosovo. He also said the esca [...] | 2007-08-23 17:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET | PGOV KCRM PINR PTER ASEC KV MK |
07SKOPJE887 | MACEDONIA: MAJOR POLICE ACTION AGAINST CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MOI) informed us today that a police operation began early this morning against a group of 30-40 armed ethnic Albanian criminals who have been holed up outside of the northwest village of Brodec near the Kosovo border since July. The group includes escapees from [...] | 2007-11-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK |
07SKOPJE892 | MACEDONIA: CALM AFTER THE STORM -- POLICE [...] (SBU) A major police action against a group of ethnic Albanian criminals in a village in northwest Macedonia (reftel) concluded November 8, with six criminals killed and more than a dozen arrested. The operation appeared to have been conducted properly, with mixed ethnic patrols conducting th [...] | 2007-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM PTER ASEC MK KS |
07SOFIA1013 | STREET BATTLE IN CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS ROMA PLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Riots rocked a section of Bulgaria's capital Sofia August 14-15 when some 200 armed Roma marshaled to combat a rumored imminent attack by a skinhead group. Several people were injured during two days of unrest. Both the President and Prime Minister called for a quick investiga [...] | 2007-08-20 13:26:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM PGOV BU |
07SOFIA1329 | MOVE TO LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION THWARTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bulgarian NGOs and their government allies, with strong Embassy and USG support, succeeded in defeating legislation backed by business interests and the National Tourism Board to legalize prostitution. This marks a victory in our anti-TIP effort. We will keep our guard up as pr [...] | 2007-11-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PGOV BU |
07SOFIA166 | BULGARIA: EU MISSIONS PONDER ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel B, Post expressed its strong support for establishment of a South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC) at the Bulgarian Police Academy. Post has subsequently met with representatives from four Embassies -- UK, Netherlands, Spain and Ger [...] | 2007-02-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH PREL KCRM KJUS BU |
07SOFIA168 | BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's latest batch of constitutional amendments, approved [insert date] attempt to reform Bulgaria's dysfunctional judicial system by creating an OIG-like entity within the Supreme Judicial Council. (The sentence does not track as originally written) Building on earlier c [...] | 2007-02-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EUN BU |
07SOFIA169 | BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's latest batch of constitutional amendments, approved February 2, attempt to reform Bulgaria's dysfunctional judicial system by creating an OIG-like entity within the Supreme Judicial Council. Building on earlier core amendments, which were seen as a precondition for [...] | 2007-02-09 09:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EUN BU |
07SOFIA259 | BULGARIA: 2007 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the seventh annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen the appointment of the new [...] | 2007-02-28 07:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU |
07SOFIA364 | BULGARIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A year into his term, Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Boris Velchev is staying true to his goal to reform the dysfunctional Prosecution Service and make it an effective law enforcement and judicial tool. He has improved the country's image abroad by candidly speaking out against c [...] | 2007-03-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EU BU |
07SOFIA461 | BULGARIA: SUPPORT BUILDS FOR ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Since reftel C, we have continued to solicit support from EU member-states for the establishment of South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC). The UK Embassy committed concrete resources to the center, and the German and Spanish Embassies are looking for [...] | 2007-04-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH PREL KCRM KJUS BU |
07SOFIA863 | BULGARIA: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NATO KCRM KCOR ECON ENRG LY BU |
07STATE133852 | U.S.-CANADA BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP (BCG) [...] (U) This is an action message, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Ambassador Dell L. Dailey, U.S. Counterterrorism Coordinator, looks forward to hosting the U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group (BCG) meeting this fall in Washington. This cable outlines our proposals for the BCG agenda an [...] | 2007-09-21 22:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA PTER KCRM PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07STATE142244 | PARTICIPANTS FOR ILEA GABORONE TRAFFICKING IN [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of October 10, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. 2. PARTICIPANT LIST NAME: Teshale Teshome Woimo RANK: Chief Inspector DPOB: April 11, 1981; So [...] | 2007-10-10 14:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET |
07STATE146856 | 2007:COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message provides preparation guidance for preparing the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT). 2. We recommend that "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006" be the starting point for this year's exercise. Per reftel, the Department requests that posts draft narrative submissions, as oppos [...] | 2007-10-19 23:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
07STATE149865 | UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Ukrainian officers who will attend a Strategy Meeting for the GUAM Task Force on Counter Terrorism on October 29 and a Post-Opera [...] | 2007-10-29 13:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP |
07STATE149866 | UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following Security Service of Ukraine personnel who will attend the Program on Terrorism and Security Studies (PTSS 08-2) at the George C. [...] | 2007-10-29 14:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP |
07STATE149870 | UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Following an Embassy review which identified no derogatory information, the Department reviewed its files and identified no derogatory information on the following personnel of the Security Service of Ukraine who will participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) Regional Drug Un [...] | 2007-10-29 14:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP |
07STATE150188 | TIP: Implementation Guidelines for the Minimum Standards [...] (U) This is not an action cable, but is intended to guide Post reporting for the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The Implementation Guidelines provided in para 6 can be shared with host governments if posts deem this useful. 2. (U) In an effort to improve the transparency and c [...] | 2007-10-29 23:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG |
07STATE154996 | DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO YEREVAN 1276 REQUEST FOR [...] As requested in reftel, the Department has reviewed its files and, of this date, finds no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following law enforcement officers (names and other biographical information) nominated by the Government of the Republic of Armenia to part [...] | 2007-11-09 21:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR AM |
07STATE155683 | 2007: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] This message provides guidance on potential problems accessing the 2007 Country Reports on Terrorism on Intellipedia. 2. Some posts have experienced problems accessing Intellipedia or registering for an Intelink Passport account. Access to both sites is required to complete submission of [...] | 2007-11-13 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR |
07STATE163075 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION IN NAVAL [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 4, 2007, it posssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individual listed below. 2. Participant List Name: Etsay Gebreselassie GEBREHIWOT Occupation: Director of Mine Action, Mi [...] | 2007-12-04 16:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET |
07STATE24249 | INTERIM REPLY TO MARITIME POLICE UNIT FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request cable. See paragraphs 12 through 16. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Post requested via reftels two million USD to purchase boats and ancillary items for a maritime security unit. In 2005 the USG conducted an assessment of the Philippines National Police (PNP) and made r [...] | 2007-02-27 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PTER PGOV RP |
07STATE57089 | ACTION REQUEST: ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION [...] Please see action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: An international group of experts created by the G8, the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group (ITWG),will be conducting a round-robin practical exercise in the near future. This exercise is the third such round [...] | 2007-04-27 19:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY RS |
07STATE83491 | THE UNITED STATES AND THE GUAM ORGANIZATION -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The 2007 Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM Summit in Baku is an opportunity for the U.S. to bolster this organization, both by complimenting GUAM on its achievements and by urging establishment of its Se [...] | 2007-06-14 21:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP |
07STATE83780 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INFANTRY CAPTAIN [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers listed below: Name: Mohammad Kamrul Hasan Rank: Captain Unit: School of Infantry and Tactics Unit Location: S [...] | 2007-06-15 15:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MARR MASS PHUM PREL BG |
07SURABAYA3489 | SURABAYA ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the recent Muslim celebration Ied Adha and Christmas holiday season, Surabaya police conducted two anti trafficking operations resulting in the arrest of seven suspects for attempting to traffic six children and two women into debt prostitution bondage and smuggling from [...] | 2007-12-31 05:02:00 | Consulate Surabaya | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR |
07SUVA397 | KIRIBATI'S SHIP REGISTRY SYSTEM -- MORE DETAIL [...] (SBU) The Republic of Kiribati has hired a Singapore company as agent to license commercial ships under the Kiribati flag. When we raised the matter with Kiribati President Tong on July 20, he acknowledged that traditionally Kiribati had handled its own ship-registry service which only dealt [...] | 2007-08-07 16:47:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT PTER KCRM ASEC KR |
07SUVA409 | TUVALU: NEEDY AND SEEKING USG ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Tuvalu's Prime Minister Ielemia remains strongly interested in regaining the Peace Corps, accessing the Millennium Challenge Account, and providing skilled workers for Guam construction projects. He believes Fiji's Commodore Bainimarama should not attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Ton [...] | 2007-08-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR EAID ECON KCRM TV |
07SUVA427 | KIRIBATI UPDATE: [...] (C) Kiribati President Tong, Vice President Onorio, and five other Ministers were re-elected to Parliament in a first round of elections on Aug. 22. A second round of run-off races takes place today. Once Parliament is in place, it will select three or four MPs to run for President in Octobe [...] | 2007-08-29 19:27:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIS SENV PHSA KCRM KWMN ELAB EAID |
07TAIPEI1912 | AIT VISITS SANHSIA IMMIGRATION DETENTION FACILITY: [...] Summary: Most detainees at the Sanhsia detention facility initially came to Taiwan on legal work visas, but became illegal workers after seeking higher wages with unauthorized employers, or by staying to work after their visas had expired. Detainees arrive at Sanhsia after their arrest by p [...] | 2007-08-22 01:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OMIG KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
07TAIPEI2632 | TIP UPDATE: TAIWAN MAINTAINS ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary: Taiwan continues to make progress in its fight against human trafficking. The Taiwan authorities and local NGOs co-sponsored three separate TIP conferences over the past month. The Legislative Yuan (LY) amended the Immigration Law to provide additional protections for traffickin [...] | 2007-12-20 09:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW |
07TALLINN395 | ESTONIAN REACTION TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) On June 13, we delivered reftel points informing the GOE of the release of the 2006 TIP (trafficking in persons) Report and Estonia's Tier 2 status to Mai Hion, MFA Director for Human Rights. Hion was pleased that the Report acknowledged the progress the GOE has made in combating TIP - pr [...] | 2007-06-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO EN |
07TALLINN497 | ESTONIA: DOJ TRAINING FOR PROSECUTORS AND POLICE [...] (U) Summary. A Post and Department of Justice (DOJ) organized workshop provided training for Estonian prosecutors and law enforcement officials on June 13-15. The training focused on public corruption, financial crime, and asset forfeiture. Estonia is relatively advanced in the region in tack [...] | 2007-07-30 12:45:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID CJAN ECON EN |
07TASHKENT1308 | MFA RESPONDS TO HANFORD'S OFFER [...] (C) On July 12, MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev informed Poloff that the Government had accepted Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's offer to exchange a series of confidential letters on improving religious freedom in Uzbekistan. Hanford had suggest [...] | 2007-07-17 01:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ |
07TASHKENT1488 | POINT OF CONTACT FOR ILEA PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT1520 | TIP: PROPOSED PROJECTS TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT [...] This is an Action Request; see Para 6 2. (C) Post has experienced greater transparency, cooperation, and engagement with the Uzbeks on TIP matters during the last six weeks than in the past two years. We believe that imposing sanctions at this point will only serve to discourage further [...] | 2007-08-21 05:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ |
07TASHKENT1652 | NETWORKING HELPS SHELTER ASSIST TIP VICTIMS [...] (U) Summary: On September 10, Poloff visited the only shelter in Tashkent for victims of human trafficking. The "Reintegration Center" is funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),which operates in Uzbekistan through the organization "Istiqbolli Avlod" due to registration [...] | 2007-09-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT1710 | BUKHARA TIP SHELTER MAKES INROADS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited a shelter in Bukhara that has assisted 45 female TIP victims since its opening in 2006. Funding from International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the shelter's operation as well as enabled the Istiqbolli Avlod NGO to conduct awareness training among [...] | 2007-09-28 11:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT1806 | UZBEKS PROMISE POST-ELECTION PROGRESS ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. On October 17 poloffs and visiting G/TIP officer met with GOU officials from MFA, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),and the Office of the State Prosecutor to discuss TIP issues. MFA said the GOU was surprised and upset by the recent Tier 3 rating, which it considered "political [...] | 2007-10-19 06:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID GG KG UZ |
07TASHKENT1807 | FORENSIC LABORATORY WANTS USG TRAINING [...] (C) On October 11 poloff and INL LES visited the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health to formally deliver INL-funded equipment as part of an ICITAP-administered project to upgrade the forensic laboratory. Laboratory Chief Dr. Zaynutdin Giyasov expressed his gratitude for the ass [...] | 2007-10-19 06:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT1829 | NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...] | 2007-10-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH |
07TASHKENT1900 | GOU WANTS TO REVIVE SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Kamol Dusmetov, Director of the National Center of Drug Control and the Deputy Chairman of the State Commission of Drug Control (which is part of the Cabinet of Ministers). Dusmetov told poloff that the GOU would welcome the revival of collaborative efforts on the [...] | 2007-11-02 04:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT1922 | UZBEKS TAKE TEETH OUT OF MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (C) Summary. A Department of Treasury official was part of a Eurasia Group delegation which met in Tashkent with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) counterparts from the Office of the State Prosecutor (Procuracy) to discuss anti-money laundering efforts. The official purpose of the event was to [...] | 2007-11-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM ECON UZ |
07TASHKENT1938 | JIZZAKH ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO DESCRIBES COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Jizzakh province on October 31, poloff met with local officials and a local NGO to discuss trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Local NGO leader Nazifa Kamilova, whose organization has received some government assistance, complained that more needed to be done to stren [...] | 2007-11-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CVIS ECON KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
07TASHKENT1988 | MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...] | 2007-11-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ |
07TASHKENT2063 | WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2081 | UPDATE ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 Classified By: DTRA Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for reasons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 11:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2090 | MFA PLEDGES TO FOLLOW UP ON WMD PORTAL DETECTION [...] (S/NF) Charge met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov on December 6 to discuss the WMD portal detection incident of November 30 in Uzbekistan (reftels B and C). He delivered a diplomatic note and questionnaire requesting additional information about the detection. Nematov explained th [...] | 2007-12-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2122 | RUSSIA MAY NOT HELP UZBEKS ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank and UNODC, with INL funding support, co-sponsored an anti-money laundering (AML) training session in Tashkent on November 29. A USG official from the Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) was the main presenter to an engaged audience [...] | 2007-12-14 13:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ECON UZ |
07TASHKENT2171 | WMD PORTAL DETECTION UPDATE: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ON OPENING THE RAIL CAR REF: A. STATE 163194 B. TASHKENT 2063 C. TASHKENT 2081 D. TASHKENT 2090 Classified By: DTRO Chief Fred Carter and Poloff Steven Prohaska for re asons 1.4 (b, d). [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 11:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
07TASHKENT2176 | PROSECUTOR DEMANDED PAYMENT FROM DEPUTY HOKIM, [...] (C) Summary: On December 21, poloff met with Gulnora Muradova, the wife of fugitive journalist Shukhrat Muradov and acting Deputy Hokim of Tashkent's Sergeli district. Muradova admitted that her husband was involved in a kickback scheme at the "Na Postu" newspaper, but argued that he was less [...] | 2007-12-27 12:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM PGOV PINR PREF SOCI UZ |
07TASHKENT2177 | INL EQUIPMENT BOLSTERS CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs traveled to Termez, a strategic city on the Uzbek-Afghan border, from December 17-19 and presented INL-funded equipment to the Surkhandaryo Province's Customs Chief Shavkat Mukhamadeev. He was grateful for the USG assistance, which was based on a needs assessment visit by [...] | 2007-12-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SNAR AF UZ |
07TASHKENT2178 | INL EQUIPMENT BOLSTERS CUSTOMS OFFICERS IN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs traveled to Termez, a strategic city on the Uzbek-Afghan border, from December 17-19 and presented INL-funded equipment to the Surkhandaryo Province's Customs Chief Shavkat Mukhamadeev. He was grateful for the USG assistance, which was based on a needs assessment visit by [...] | 2007-12-27 13:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM EAID SNAR AF UZ |
07TASHKENT276 | DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...] | 2007-02-16 12:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ |
07TASHKENT277 | DOWN AND OUT IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: On a recent visit to all three Uzbek provinces of the Ferghana Valley, Poloff visited bazaars, schools, and hospitals, meeting a wide range of market traders and local government officials. Men were conspicuously absent from the bazaars, with most working abroad or fearing arres [...] | 2007-02-17 03:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI ECON ELAB KCOR KCRM PGOV PHUM EAID UZ |
07TASHKENT352 | UZBEKISTAN INFORMATION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Post,s submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report begins in paragraph 4. This information covers the period from March 2006 to March 2007. The information provided in the report has been gathered from numerous sources, including the GOU, Organization for Secu [...] | 2007-03-05 00:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON EFIN ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF |
07TASHKENT477 | CHANGING UZBEK LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Organization for Migration kicked off an INL-funded project to assist Uzbek law enforcement authorities to investigate and prosecute trafficking-in-persons cases with a workshop for the heads of regional Ministry of Internal Affairs countertrafficking units. P [...] | 2007-03-23 10:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN UZ |
07TASHKENT544 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT545 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT546 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT547 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT548 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT549 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT550 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT551 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT552 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT553 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT554 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT555 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT556 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT557 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT558 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT559 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT560 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT561 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT562 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT563 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT564 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT565 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT566 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT567 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT568 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT569 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT570 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT571 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT572 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT573 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT574 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT575 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT576 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT577 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT578 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT579 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT580 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT581 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT582 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT583 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT584 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT585 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT586 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT587 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT588 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT589 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT590 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT591 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT592 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT593 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT594 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT595 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT596 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT597 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT598 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT599 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT600 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT601 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT602 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT603 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT604 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT605 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT606 | ACCESS PROBLEMS NEARLY DERAIL INL-FUNDED TRAINING [...] (C) An INL-funded U.S. Customs team provided training for Uzbek Customs personnel at the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot. The team was initially denied access to the border areas, and the project went forward only after visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum raised [...] | 2007-04-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT722 | SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Internal Affairs Lieutenant Colonel has been sentenced to ten years in prison for seeking a bribe from a trafficking victim. The state-controlled press published a detailed account of his arrest. The official had threatened the victim with three years in prison a [...] | 2007-04-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KWMN UZ |
07TASHKENT723 | GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL VISITS TRAFFICKING SHELTER, [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the government's dialogue in support of the International Organization for Migration's Tashkent shelter for trafficking victims, an MFA official visited the shelter and met with a trafficking victim. This follows a visit to the shelter in mid-2006 by state Women's Co [...] | 2007-04-06 12:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KCRM PHUM UZ |
07TASHKENT767 | INL QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JANUARY - MARCH 2007 [...] (SBU) Post's INL program sponsored training in February for Uzbek Customs personnel assigned to the Termez River Port and Sarosiya Rail Depot, as well as an assessment of the current training curriculum in use at the Uzbek Customs Institute. A Department of Justice forensics team completed it [...] | 2007-04-12 11:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KCRM UZ |
07TASHKENT799 | MAFIA BOSSES HAIL "SALIM THE GREAT" [...] (C) Summary: A well-connected contact distantly related to mafia chieftain Salim Abduvaliyev has given Post a DVD of Salim's May 2006 birthday party held at his mansion outside Tashkent. The guests consisted of Russian, Georgian, and Ukrainian mafia and criminal figures including Lev Chorny ( [...] | 2007-04-18 10:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR PGOV PINR KZ UZ |
07TASHKENT809 | UZBEKISTAN - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 08:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG UZ |
07TASHKENT817 | UZBEKISTAN - IOM SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY [...] In response to the G/TIP solicitation (ref A),Post is pleased to submit a second proposal, this from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). (Note: Our first proposal was from UNODC - ref B. End note). The IOM proposal builds upon existing USAID and INL-funded programs, and rei [...] | 2007-04-23 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG KWMN PGOV UZ |
07TBILISI1130 | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE REPRESENTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT [...] Summary: In 2007, Georgia will enact a new Criminal Procedure Code ("CPC") that replaces the former Soviet-style of prosecution with a new approach that equalizes the government's obligation to prosecute cases with the responsibility to protect the public's rights. This philosophical shift to [...] | 2007-05-15 07:23:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG |
07TBILISI1530 | GEORGIAN PROSECUTORS INSTITUTIONALIZE NEW TRIAL [...] Summary. In January 2007, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) developed a year-long training program, including a cadre of local trainers, a core curriculum, explanatory materials and interactive training techniques, to ensure that th [...] | 2007-06-26 13:10:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG |
07TBILISI1687 | SCAM - FRAUDULENT FAXES CLAIMING TO BE FROM FDIC: [...] On July 13, Econoff delivered ref A notice to Guram Abashidze of the National Bank of Georgia and Tina Burjaliani, Head of the Legal Department in the Office of the Prosecutor General of Georgia. Econoff also delivered ref B notice to Abashidze on 15 May. Post is not aware of any fraudulent [...] | 2007-07-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM PREL GG |
07TBILISI2576 | JURY TRIALS WILL RETURN TO GEORGIA AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS [...] Summary: For the first time since the 1920's, jury trials will return to Georgia. On October 6, 2007, prosecutors from the Office of Public Prosecution (OPP) and ABA/ROLI-trained defense lawyers conducted mock jury trials before juries composed of Georgian law students. Attorneys questioned t [...] | 2007-10-15 05:58:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG |
07TBILISI2663 | GEORGIA TACKLES CHILD PORNOGRAPHY [...] Summary: In an effort to protect children from sexual exploitation, Georgia is working to criminalize online child exploitation, building upon its recent aggressive legislative and enforcement efforts which resulted in Tier I status for Georgia in the 2007 United States Government's Annual Repo [...] | 2007-10-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG |
07TBILISI2800 | INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR GEORGIA [...] (U) Summary: This interim assessment (reftel) covers Georgia's continuing strides against trafficking-in-persons (A-TIP) since April, 2007. Georgia aggressively investigates and prosecutes human traffickers. The country's proactive identification of TIP victims is improving, thanks to more A [...] | 2007-11-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GG |
07TBILISI3002 | WHY PATARKATSISHVILI SCARES THE GOG [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian government accuses oligarch and presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili of moving from ordinary politics to fomenting revolution over the course of 2007. It has taken steps against him personally and against his business interests in an attempt to blunt his in [...] | 2007-11-30 13:12:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KBIO GG |
07TEGUCIGALPA1322 | VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F) VISA REVOCATION, [...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...] | 2007-08-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | KCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS |
07TEGUCIGALPA1325 | CORRECTED COPY: VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F) [...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...] | 2007-08-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | KCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS |
07TEGUCIGALPA1794 | TIP: 2007 INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR HONDURAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post submits the following 2007 interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) assessment report for Honduras (ref. A). On September 26, 2007, Poloffs hosted a meeting with 15 members of the Inter-Institutional Committee, composed of Government of Honduras (GOH) officials, prosecutors, [...] | 2007-11-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA1820 | HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...] | 2007-11-26 21:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM |
07TEGUCIGALPA432 | HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...] | 2007-03-09 21:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO |
07TEGUCIGALPA471 | CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: All leading dailies and a number of television and radio stations in Honduras covered the U.S. Human Rights Report on Honduras and the National Human Rights Commission's own Human Rights Report for 2006, both released on March 6. Major media also highlighted the signing, on the [...] | 2007-03-16 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ELAB KCRM KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
07TEGUCIGALPA667 | DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...] | 2007-04-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL |
07TEGUCIGALPA701 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...] | 2007-04-25 21:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER |
07TELAVIV1672 | JUSTICE MINISTER FRIEDMANN ON REFUGEES, IPR AND [...] (Summary) (SBU) In a meeting with Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann in Jerusalem on June 4, the Ambassador discussed the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance dispute, IPR issues, Darfur refugees, and family reunifications requests for Palestinian refugees fro [...] | 2007-06-08 07:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB IS IZ KCRM KIPR KJUS KPAL KWMN PHUM |
07TELAVIV2808 | TREASURY, GOI DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR SHARING OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Treasury Department's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (OTFFC),led by Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser, met September 10-11 with an inter-agency Government of Israel (GOI) group to follow up on a GOI request to restart discussions o [...] | 2007-09-20 13:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KCRM KWBG EAID IS |
07TELAVIV36 | MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING STATE TAX COFFERS [...] Significant new scandals marked the new calendar year in Israel. Police detained some thirty individuals on allegations of involvement in influence-peddling and bribery within and around the Israel Tax Authority (ITA). Unlike other recent scandals that have focused on sexual harassment cases [...] | 2007-01-08 08:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS EFIN ECON KCRM IS |
07TELAVIV599 | GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PLAN TO [...] (U) THE GOI HAS DRAFTED A NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SLAVERY AND FORCED LABOR, FOCUSING ON PROSECUTION, PREVENTION AND PROTECTION. THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO HELP MIGRANT WORKERS, WHO OFTEN PAY LARGE FEES TO AGENCIES THAT ARRANGE THEIR JOBS IN ISRAEL AND ARE THU [...] | 2007-02-26 10:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS |
07TELAVIV699 | ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT, PART 1 OF 2 [...] (SBU) The following is post's input for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. Embassy point of contact is Alan Holst, telephone (972) (3) 519-7437, fax 519-7484, email holstar@state.gov. The Government of Israel (GOI) has provided extensive written responses to post's questions on traffick [...] | 2007-03-06 03:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM |
07TELAVIV700 | ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT PART 2 OF 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 03:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM |
07TELAVIV930 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS AT NGO CONFERENCE, AND OTHER TIP [...] (U) The Ambassador spoke at the "Hear My Voice" conference on human trafficking at Tel Aviv University on March 21. The conference, which saw the participation of GOI and law enforcement officials, diplomatic representatives from eastern European countries, and numerous NGOs, is part of NGO I [...] | 2007-03-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG |
07THEHAGUE1013 | DUTCH INTENSIFY FIGHT AGAINST SYNTHETIC DRUGS [...] The Justice Ministry policy memorandum on planned measures against the production, trade and use of synthetic drugs, submitted to Parliament May 11, outlines the Dutch government's objectives and strategies to combat ecstasy and other synthetic drugs over the next several years. The policy me [...] | 2007-05-31 06:24:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE1145 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EPA OFFICIAL JOHN [...] Country clearance is granted for Environmental Protection Agency official John Gauthier, Special Agent, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, to travel to the Netherlands from June 17-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to meet with Ron Moolhizen of the Amsterdam Regional Police [...] | 2007-06-14 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA TPHY EPA KCRM NL |
07THEHAGUE1478 | EMBASSY THE HAGUE LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP [...] Post Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Working Group has been meeting regularly since 2001. The LE/CT Working Group is chaired by DCM Michael Gallagher and coordinated by Global Issues Section Chief Susan Garro. In addition to all law enforcement agencies at post (FBI, DEA, ICE, CBP, U.S. [...] | 2007-08-10 05:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR NL |
07THEHAGUE1505 | SWIFT/INFORMATION EXCHANGES: DUTCH RELEASE REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A June report to Parliament by the Dutch Ministries of Finance and Justice provided the results of the ministries' review of the SWIFT program and four cases of reported direct contact between Dutch financial institutions and the USG. SWIFT's recent registration with the Depart [...] | 2007-08-16 14:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PGOV KCRM NL |
07THEHAGUE164 | JUSTICE MINISTER RAISES ROMMY INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin raised concerns with the Ambassador on January 25 about whether U.S. law enforcement officials had violated Dutch rules on the use of criminal informants during the Henk Rommy Ecstasy trafficking investigation. The Minister passed the Ambassador [...] | 2007-01-30 06:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM CJAN PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE1977 | NETHERLANDS/CASH COURIERS: DUTCH ANTI-CASH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch implemented on June 15 cross-border reporting requirements for travelers carrying currency in excess of 10,000 euros. GONL deployment of dogs at road checks and key air and sea ports to interdict cash smuggling had already been catching some 30 cash smugglers annua [...] | 2007-11-08 16:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL |
07THEHAGUE2020 | NETHERLANDS/INCSR: PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] The following is Embassy The Hague's submission of Part II of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Embassy Point of Contact for this report is Deputy TFCO/Econoff Jay Heung at heungj2@state.gov, +31.70.310.2339. As requested re [...] | 2007-11-30 08:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR NL |
07THEHAGUE2095 | STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT TREATIES: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch ratification package for the U.S.-EU extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) Treaties, including the bilateral implementing agreements, has not yet been submitted to Parliament for approval. The package has been approved by the Cabinet and is currently with th [...] | 2007-12-27 12:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM KJUS PREL PGOV EUN NL |
07THEHAGUE226 | US-NETHERLANDS DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION MEETING [...] Summary. The January 25-26 U.S. - Dutch workshop on demand reduction efforts advanced bilateral cooperation on drug demand reduction and drug abuse prevention. Led by Robert Denniston, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) National Youth Anti-Drug Med [...] | 2007-02-06 15:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PINS PREL SOCI NL |
07THEHAGUE264 | DUTCH NATIONAL CRIME SQUAD DISMANTLES MAJOR INTERNATIONAL [...] An investigation by the National Crime Squad (NR) led to the arrest of key members of a major international network of Turkish people traffickers on February 6. National TIP prosecutor Warner ten Kate said the successful operation was the result of close cooperation among the national and reg [...] | 2007-02-12 18:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE345 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF) is hopeful that a soon to be implemented EU regulation will help detect and prosecute bulk cash smugglers. In a February 22 conversation, MOF official Paul ten Westeneind, Policy Officer, Integrity Division, told Econoff that the environment for combati [...] | 2007-02-23 15:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER KCRM NL |
07THEHAGUE529 | GLOBAL FORUM V: DUTCH WILL NOT SEND FORMAL [...] (SBU) The Dutch will not send a formal delegation to the April 2-5 Fifth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity (GF V) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hans van Bodegraven, Director of Customs and Consumer Finance at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, told Econoff March 21 the [...] | 2007-03-23 14:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KCOR KJUS AORC ASEC OTRA OVIP PREL UN |
07THEHAGUE949 | ONDCP DIRECTOR'S MAY 7-8 VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS [...] (C) Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters visited The Hague May 7-8. In meetings with the Foreign, Justice, and Health Ministries, Walters thanked the Dutch for their cooperation on a range of counter-narcotics issues from improved police-to [...] | 2007-05-18 16:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR NL |
07TIRANA173 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS [...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...] | 2007-03-02 15:58:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS |
07TOKYO1028 | 2007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...] | 2007-03-09 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA |
07TOKYO1034 | 2007 TIP REPORT: JAPAN [...] (SBU) Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 207 hours researching trafficking issues, developing and implementing TIP progr [...] | 2007-03-12 02:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JA |
07TOKYO153 | JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...] | 2007-01-12 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM |
07TOKYO1758 | EMBASSY TOKYO-RECEIVED PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FUNDING [...] Following are the summaries of two anti-TIP proposals solicited per reftel. The full proposals have been emailed to G/TIP Programs Coordinator Rebecca Billings via unclassified email. SIPDIS 2. Organization Name: Polaris Project (Shihoko Fujiwara) -Requested amount: USD 193,663 -Non- [...] | 2007-04-20 06:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PREL KCRM SMIG JA |
07TOKYO1911 | CHILD PORNOGRAPHY: MEETING BETWEEN DIET MEMBER [...] (SBU) Changing Japan's child pornography laws to criminalize possession would significantly improve international law enforcement authorities' ability to work together on investigations, FBI Executive Assistant Director for Criminal Investigations Michael Mason told Liberal Democratic Party D [...] | 2007-04-27 07:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KOCI JA |
07TOKYO2315 | DEPUTY VICE MINISTER PROTESTS TIP RANKING [...] (C) Deputy Vice Minister Chikao Kawai called the Deputy Chief of Mission May 23 to reiterate Japan's unhappiness with being listed as a Tier Two country in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. After earlier TIP Reports criticized the lack of specific legislation in Japan, the Diet made [...] | 2007-05-23 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA |
07TOKYO2737 | JAPAN WILL HAVE FIRST MEETING WITH "GUAM" COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 05:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP JA |
07TOKYO2788 | MOFA PRESENTS TALKING POINTS FOR UPCOMING G/TIP [...] (C) On June 19, 2007 MOFA Organized Crime Division Director Akihiko Uchikawa presented talking points to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer concerning the upcoming visit of Ambassador Lagon to discuss the 2007 G/TIP report. Though not visibly upset, Uchikawa was clearly frustrated and disappoin [...] | 2007-06-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB JA |
07TOKYO3186 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LAGON'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The 2007 TIP Report assessment of Japan is unfair, said Foreign Policy Deputy Director-General Shimbo to Trafficking in Persons Ambassador Mark Lagon July 2 during a meeting with the Japanese anti-human trafficking inter-ministerial task force. The Report does not take into acc [...] | 2007-07-12 06:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN JA |
07TOKYO3817 | JAPAN'S FIRST RESPONSE TO TIP ROADMAP [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 17 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss Japan's reaction to the "Roadmap to Tier 1," presented to the Japanese government July 2 (reftel). Sasahara said that the government needed clarification [...] | 2007-08-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA |
07TOKYO3955 | EXPLAINING U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT TIP SHELTERS IN [...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met August 23 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss the Japanese government's reliance on prefecture-level public shelters to protect victims of human trafficking. Embassy Political Officer delivered Ref A's "C [...] | 2007-08-27 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA |
07TOKYO4953 | ADVOCATING FOR TIP VICTIM IDENTIFICATION [...] Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met October 18 with MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara to discuss formal procedures for identifying victims of human trafficking. In proposing steps that Japan could take in this regard, Embassy Political Officer delivered R [...] | 2007-10-23 22:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA |
07TOKYO5194 | RESPONSE TO: TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (C) Summary. ICE Attach and FINATT in separate meetings discussed bulk cash smuggling and currency transportation reporting requirements with Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and National Police Agency (NPA) officials. The officials we spoke to are aware of Finan [...] | 2007-11-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KCRM EFIN ETTC PREL PTER JA |
07TOKYO5232 | FTC COMMISSIONER HARBOUR MEETINGS WITH GOJ [...] Summary: Japanese officials who met with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour November 8 showed interest in stronger cooperation with the United States on antitrust issues as well as in initiatives related to e-commerce and consumer protection. The Japan Fair Trad [...] | 2007-11-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV KCRM PGOV JA |
07TOKYO5346 | JAPAN WILL NOT PRESENT AT G8 KIDNAPPING CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM JA |
07TOKYO5646 | TIP: FINAL CLARIFICATION OF JAPAN'S ROADMAP TO [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Japan has begun taking steps to follow the "Roadmap to Tier 1" (Ref A),MOFA International Organized Crime Division TIP Officer Hiroko Sasahara told us December 20. Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref B's "Clari [...] | 2007-12-21 05:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN JA |
07TORONTO120 | ONTARIO AG SUPPORTS IPR, PROMISES TO PROSECUTE IF POLICE [...] (SBU) On March 15 Consul General and Pol/Econ officer met with Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant to urge a strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Bryant said that he fully supports prosecuting those who pirate DVDs and CDs and confirmed he concurs that profits f [...] | 2007-03-16 20:47:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KIPR PREL PGOV CA |
07TORONTO448 | Narcotics Smugglers Still Working the U.S.-Canada Border [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug smuggling continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement. Organized criminal groups smuggle ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in and out of Canada on a regular basis, trying to exploit seams along the lengthy shared border with the United States, and Pearson I [...] | 2007-11-13 15:28:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM CA |
07TORONTO466 | Fight Against Counterfeit Goods Boosted in Ontario [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Toronto police seized C$10 million in designer knock-offs on Toronto's black market. On December 4, a significant four-day anti-counterfeiting conference in the Toronto area included 120-150 law enforcement personnel, government officials, and industry representa [...] | 2007-12-05 20:23:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KCRM KIPR PGOV CA |
07TORONTO90 | ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING IN ONTARIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police seizures and arrests during the past year show that illegal drug activity, including cross-border smuggling, continues to be a big problem in Ontario. Police have seized large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana. They have discovered and shut down nearly 300 in [...] | 2007-03-08 08:59:00 | Consulate Toronto | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM CA |
07TUNIS1366 | RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING ARAB JUDGE CANDIDATES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-09 14:52:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC KJUS KCRM LE SY TS PREL |
07TUNIS1439 | TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...] | 2007-10-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS |
07TUNIS287 | 2007 TIP REPORT INPUT [...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 6 hrs FEMC, 50 hrs FS-02. --------------------------- TUNISIA: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT ------------------- [...] | 2007-03-05 08:41:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TS |
07USEUBRUSSELS3080 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY [...] (S) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor, accompanied by Justice Department Senior Counsel and Department of Homland Security Attache, delivered the demarche on combating terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to newly-appointed Counter-Terrorism [...] | 2007-10-04 14:43:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | PTER KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU |
07USEUBRUSSELS536 | EU AGREES ON ACCESS TO POLICE DATABASES FOR [...] EU ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA Council) on February 15 agreed to incorporate into the EU legal order the main provisions of the Treaty of Pr|m relating to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters (issues coming under the so- called "third pillar") with the exception [...] | 2007-02-16 11:55:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL KCRM RS EUN |
07USNATO111 | AHTISAARI COMES TO NATO AND OUTLINES WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC and non-NATO KFOR troop contributors on the Kosovo status process and his vision for the way forward. Ahtisaari said that prospects for a negotiated settlement by both sides were exhausted. Th [...] | 2007-02-23 08:38:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
07USNATO128 | AMBASSADOR NULAND UPDATES NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer complained to Ambassador Nuland on February 27 that, prior to his meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley on February 21, he had not been briefed on possible U.S. participation in the EU,s ESDP mission for Kosovo. The SYG expressed concern that [...] | 2007-02-28 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCRM PREL MOPS UNMIK YI |
07USNATO138 | NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...] | 2007-03-02 17:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
07USNATO192 | APPROACHING NATO ON KOSOVO EU RULE OF LAW MISSION [...] Per Reftel, USNATO distributed to delegations and the Secretary General on March 22 the points provided on possible SIPDIS U.S. participation in the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. The points were distributed as a non-paper, in order to provide them to PermReps as soon as possible prior to [...] | 2007-03-23 16:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
07USUNNEWYORK1005 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR G/TIP AMBASSADOR [...] Mission clearance is granted for G/TIP Ambassador Mark P. Lagon and Public Outreach Officer Solmaz Sharifi for consultations at the UN in New York on November 13-15, 2007. Ambassador Lagon will be meeting with UNICEF, and will be speaking at a luncheon hosted by the International Crisis Grou [...] | 2007-11-12 19:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM KWMN |
07USUNNEWYORK1041 | FURTHER ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 22:18:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1067 | NEXT STEPS ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftels, at the request of Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary General Ban transmitted to the Security Council SIPDIS letters from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requesting the Council's further engagement to help combat [...] | 2007-11-26 20:46:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK1114 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST: G/TIP MULTILATERAL [...] Mission clearance is granted for Carla Menares-Bury, Multilateral Affairs Coordinator in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, to participate in the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse on December 5 - 7, 2007 [...] | 2007-12-04 21:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM OTRA UNGA KPKO |
07USUNNEWYORK237 | UNODC BRIEFING IN NY - UPCOMING EVENTS, BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: Executive Director Costa of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) briefed interested delegations in New York on March 20 regarding UNODC's Global Initiative against Trafficking in Persons, including a ministerial-level meeting in November 2007 in Vienna. He described the fou [...] | 2007-03-23 19:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM UN |
07USUNNEWYORK277 | MICHEL SHARES THOUGHTS ON ESTABLISHING HARIRI [...] (U) Ambassador Wolff, accompanied by Ambassador Chris Ross (USUN/POL) and USUN LegalOff, met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and two members of his staff April 9 to explore the UN's understanding of the state of play on establishment of the tribunal envisaged in UN Security Council Resol [...] | 2007-04-11 08:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK458 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL - UN PREPARES TO SET IT UP [...] Summary. As June 10, the date of entry into force of the Lebanon Tribunal Agreement, approaches, the UN Secretariat is gearing up to put arrangements in place for its full implementation. In a June 6 meeting, UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officials described preparations for the Tribunal [...] | 2007-06-07 21:39:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK485 | UN MOVES TO SET UP LEBANON TRIBUNAL [...] (U) Ref A described UN preparations for the Lebanese Tribunal. In a June 6 meeting, UN officials told USUN officers that they were working quietly to put arrangements in place for full implementation of resolution 1757 but were conscious of the fact that its provisions would not be effective [...] | 2007-06-15 00:21:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL PTER UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK515 | UN PLANS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL CRYSTALLIZE [...] (U) Summary. In a June 22 discussion, UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel described progress on implementing UN Security Council resolution 1757, which brought the provisions of the Tribunal Agreement between the UN and Lebanon into force on June 10. Michel and his task force have focused on the [...] | 2007-06-25 17:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM LE PREL UNSC |
07USUNNEWYORK574 | WEST AFRICAN STATES ASK FOR HELP IN COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) held an informal meeting on July 11 to address the technical assistance needs of West African states in fulfilling their counter-terrorism obligations under Security Council resolution 1373. Present at the meeting w [...] | 2007-07-13 19:58:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER XY KFTN KCRM |
07USUNNEWYORK697 | OLA LEGAL COUNSEL TO TRAVEL TO THE NETHERLANDS TO [...] Begin Summary: UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel will lead a high-level UN delegation to the Netherlands in the next two weeks to discuss practical arrangements for the Netherlands to host the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Michel's Special Assistant Mark Quarterman advised USUN August 21. The [...] | 2007-08-22 23:45:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER UNSC KCRM SY LE NE |
07USUNNEWYORK780 | LEBANON TRIBUNAL - PROGRESS REPORT [...] USUN Legal Adviser spoke with UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Larry Johnson, September 18, about progress on the appointment of a Prosecutor and Judges for the Lebanon Tribunal. He confirmed that UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has interviewed some prospects for the Prosecu [...] | 2007-09-21 16:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK789 | U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Mission Legal Adviser delivered reftel names of individuals interested in working with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson on September 24. On the margins of the meeting, Mi [...] | 2007-09-24 21:33:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK821 | UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...] | 2007-10-05 21:17:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK852 | UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LEBANON [...] Summary: The UN is moving to appoint the principal officers of the Lebanon Tribunal during October and November. UN Legal Counsel told Security Council members that a mechanism has been set up to identify the Tribunal Prosecutor and Judges before the end of the year. He explained that the [...] | 2007-10-11 13:59:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS LE PREL SY |
07USUNNEWYORK888 | UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...] | 2007-10-19 16:06:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE |
07USUNNEWYORK963 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING UNSC ACTION AGAINST [...] (C/NF) AMB Khalilzad delivered reftel points on November 6. SYG Ban agreed to distribute the July 5 letter from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Mitropoulos to the Security Council. Ban said he supported Security Council action to address the worsening piracy situ [...] | 2007-11-06 21:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC |
07VATICAN175 | NUNS UNITE TO CREATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK [...] Summary. More than 30 nuns from 26 countries came together in Rome for a week-long Training Seminar organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See that culminated in the creation of the first-ever international religious network to combat trafficking in persons. The network - "International Ne [...] | 2007-11-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV SMIG OPRC ELAB KOCI |
07VIENNA377 | AUSTRIA CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR FURTHER EXTENSION [...] EconPolCouns and EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on February 13 to Brigadier Kurt Hager. As the Austrian Interior Ministry's Director for Bilateral Affairs, Hager manages Austria's international police training missions, among other things. 2. Hager said he would pursue our request [...] | 2007-02-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM JO IZ AU |
07VIENNA532 | AUSTRIA: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the seventh annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 27. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination P [...] | 2007-03-01 15:35:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU |
07VIENNA755 | AUSTRIA EXTENDS TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] Please see action request para. 4. 2. In a March 21 meeting, Austrian Interior Minister Guenther Platter told Ambassador that the GOA is sympathetic to the notion of continuing the deployment of Austrian trainers at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). There are no im [...] | 2007-03-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM JO IZ AU |
07VIENTIANE110 | DIPLOMATIC TOUR OF RESETTLED HMONG; WHERE ARE ALL [...] (C) Summary: An MFA-led February 8 tour of one Hmong area near Vientiane proved little about the situation of resettled Hmong in Laos -- especially former insurgents. Only one family of five from the group of 52 economic migrants had been returned to the well-to-do area visited. However the [...] | 2007-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH |
07VIENTIANE139 | CORRUPTION IN LAOS: THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE [...] (C) Summary. Corruption in Laos is endemic. At a recent governance and anti-corruption workshop in Vientiane, sponsored by the World Bank, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives met to discuss the current situation. While there are some positive trends, such as the w [...] | 2007-02-20 10:34:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV KFRD CASC SNAR LA |
07VIENTIANE185 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT FOR LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos is overwhelmingly a sending country for trafficking, although on a small scale it is also a receiving country. The vast majority of Lao who seek work abroad, including those who are victims of trafficking, go to Thailand, where cultural and linguistic similarities and an a [...] | 2007-03-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KFRD PREL |
07VIENTIANE228 | CHINA'S GOLDEN CITY IN NORTHERN LAOS [...] (C) Summary. The recent opening of a Chinese casino and hotel complex in Luang Namtha Province along the Lao-China border is symbolic of growing Chinese influence in northern Laos. Although only 20 percent of the planned ten-year project has been completed thus far, this first phase amounts [...] | 2007-03-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV KCRM ECON ETRD SMIG SOCI ELTN ECIN PREL |
07VIENTIANE257 | NAS VIENTIANE: UPDATE ON METHAMPHETAMINE IN LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Almost everyone in the Lao lowlands, from the Prime Minister in Vientiane to street vendors in Pakse, is keenly aware that methamphetamine trafficking is on the increase and that the lives of thousands of Lao citizens have become more precarious as a result. Lao law enforcemen [...] | 2007-03-29 08:17:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR XC CH |
07VIENTIANE325 | Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposals for Laos [...] Following are the anti-trafficking in persons proposals received by Embassy Vientiane. In total, eleven completed proposals were submitted by four non-governmental organizations, two international organizations, and one for-profit Lao enterprise. The following organizations submitted proposa [...] | 2007-04-20 09:56:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG LA |
07VIENTIANE524 | NEW TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES AND TRADE INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. New highways and trade initiatives may boost Laos' growth but will provide greater opportunities for illicit trafficking as well. With the opening of a Savannakhet, Laos-Mukdahan, Thailand bridge, the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) that transects southern Laos is now comp [...] | 2007-06-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ELTN ETRD KCRM KHIV LA PGOV SNAR |
07VIENTIANE857 | LAOS: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: While the GOL has made great strides in getting its legal house in order to combat human trafficking, and has also make progress in protecting returning trafficking victims, it needs to do more to address the growing problem of internal human trafficking. Post does not have updated inf [...] | 2007-11-26 10:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL LA |
07VIENTIANE928 | LAO DEFENSE MINISTER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichit spoke to a crowd of 1000 government officials and members of the public at an all-day event marking the International Day Against Child Trafficking on December 7. The Minister described Lao [...] | 2007-12-28 06:03:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG LA |
07WARSAW1237 | TIP ISSUES GRAB POLISH HEADLINES [...] (U) Summary. Polish media has recently highlighted a number of instances where law enforcement mishandled and deported TIP victims. Interior Minster Kaczmarek seized on the bad press to highlight the seriousness of the problem to the public and launched an internal investigation, and the Huma [...] | 2007-05-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KJUS PL |
07WARSAW2409 | 2007 COUNTERTERRORISM REPORT - POLAND [...] SUMMARY: There have been no reported terrorist groups or incidents in Poland. Despite this, Poland addresses counterterrorism issues domestically and internationally and is a firm partner of the United States in this sphere. Overseas, Poland provides about 1200 troops to the International Sec [...] | 2007-12-31 10:19:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PL |
07WARSAW538 | POLAND: SEVENTH ANNUAL (2007) TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Daniel Gedacht (telephone: 48-22- 504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GedachtDC@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one p [...] | 2007-03-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07WARSAW935 | TWO POLAND SUBMISSIONS FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2007 [...] Two Polish NGOs prepared proposals for G/TIP funded projects in response to Reftel. Post has already submitted the full proposals for the projects to the G/TIP Programs Section regional officer for EUR. Summary information for each project follows: 2. PROJECT PROPOSAL ONE: COMBATING HUM [...] | 2007-04-23 12:54:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PL |
07WELLINGTON191 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2007 [...] (SBU) Following are responses for the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 27. Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -- A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally traf [...] | 2007-03-02 01:16:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
07WELLINGTON285 | GNZ SHARES DRAFT OF ITS ACTION PLAN AGAINST HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, GNZ shared with DCM and Poloff a draft of its national action plan against human trafficking. From an operational standpoint, NZ government agencies already have an effective program in place to prevent trafficking. The "Action Plan" seeks to further improve inte [...] | 2007-04-10 05:44:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ |
07YAOUNDE766 | 2007 TIP REPORT: CAMEROON DEMARCHE [...] (U) Embassy delivered the advance copy of the Country Narrative for Cameroon to Joe Nzume, Head of the Americas Division at the foreign ministry (MINREX) on June 12 by fax. 2. (U) In addition, DCM addressed government leaders at an event jointly sponsored by the government of Cameroon and [...] | 2007-06-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Yaounde | UNCLASSIFIED | CM ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
07YEREVAN106 | GOAM ACTIVE ON TIP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN, RAISING [...] (C) Charge d'affaires presented the interim TIP report to Armenian DFM Arman Kirakossian January 30, a week later than first planned, because Kirakossian had had to travel abroad. CDA emphasized the progress Armenia had made, and pointed out that its relatively positive interim assessment was l [...] | 2007-01-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | HSTC PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG AM |
07YEREVAN1073 | ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS [...] This is the inaugural issue of a new, periodic digest of news events which we hope will inform, educate, and perhaps occasionally amuse our readership. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Chief Prosecutor Killed in Vanadzor -- Police stop opposition leafleting -- Iranian Vice-P [...] | 2007-08-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV KCRM AM IR |
07YEREVAN118 | NEW REFORMS SEEK TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC LAW COMPLIANCE, LESSEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Armenia's traffic police division implemented reforms in late 2006 aimed at modernizing their operations with an eye toward reducing corruption. The traffic police adopted new procedures for citing driving infractions which include plans for the purchase of more modern equipment [...] | 2007-02-02 11:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM AM |
07YEREVAN1255 | ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS [...] This is the latest in our periodic series of cables highlighting news of U.S. policy interest. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Ex-President Blasts Government In Quasi-Campaign Speech -- ...And Reaches Out To Old Enemies -- PM Sargsian Talks Iran and Turkey in Moscow -- Pro [...] | 2007-10-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KCRM AM |
07YEREVAN1437 | ARMENIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] On December 6, Armenia's government approved the new 2007-2008 National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Armen Baiburtyan, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented the NPA on behalf of the government, and said the new NPA will focus more on the implement [...] | 2007-12-18 03:18:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HSTC AM |
07YEREVAN162 | MAJOR TRAFFICKING RECRUITER SENT TO PRISON [...] (SBU) Four TIP defendants were convicted January 31, after a four-month hearing. The defendants had been accused in connection with a case involving the three witnesses (reftels) who complained of misconduct by an investigator in the prosecutor general's office the previous summer. This case [...] | 2007-02-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN HSTC AM |
07YEREVAN250 | EMBASSY YEREVAN'S 2007 TIP REPORT INPUT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Armenia has made progress in its efforts to combat trafficking since the release of the 2006 TIP Repo [...] | 2007-03-05 06:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KFRD KCRM KWMN |
07YEREVAN351 | NEW STAFF OF THE ANTI-TIP UNIT A WELCOME CHANGE [...] (SBU) Four months into the staff changes that took effect in the Anti-Trafficking Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office in December, 2006 (reftel),Armenia's premier anti-TIP NGO, Hope and Help, reports a great new spirit of mutual cooperation with the unit's new staff. The unit's new lead i [...] | 2007-03-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM HSTC AM |
07YEREVAN397 | THREE KILLED IN AMBUSH OF GYUMRI MAYOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 03:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCRM AM |
07YEREVAN398 | THREE KILLED IN AMBUSH OF GYUMRI MAYOR [...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen wounded the Gyumri mayor, Vartan Ghukasian, and deputy mayor, Gagik Manukian, in a bold highway attack that killed three in the two-car convoy, including Ghukasian's driver. Gyumri is Armenia's second largest city. The mayor and his entourage were attacked from two ca [...] | 2007-04-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCRM AM |
07YEREVAN406 | ARMENIA REQUESTS UZBEK HELP TO LOCATE ESCAPED [...] (C) The Armenian Police has renewed its request for assistance from Uzbek law enforcement in locating a convicted trafficker who escaped from an Armenian prison in early 2006. The trafficker, Anush Zakharyants, is an ethnic Armenian citizen of Uzbekistan, who is believed to be hiding in Samar [...] | 2007-04-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | HSTC PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG AM |
07YEREVAN661 | TRAFFICKING VICTIMS HELD IN GEORGIA RETURNED TO [...] (C) Two alleged Armenian trafficking victims who had been held in a Georgian jail for six months returned to Armenia May 17, and are in the care of an active anti-trafficking NGO. Anti-trafficking activists hailed the return of Anna Harutyunyan and Lianna Krasnova as a textbook case of good c [...] | 2007-05-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM HSTC GG AM |
07YEREVAN691 | CDA'S LUNCH WITH DEPUTY PG AND ANTI-TIP WORKERS [...] (C) We gathered together post's most reliable anti-TIP interlocutors in the Armenian government for a May 29 lunch at the CDA's residence. The guest list included Deputy Prosecutor General Gevorg Danielyan and two other members of the PG's staff, as well as the heads of the MFA's Internationa [...] | 2007-05-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KCRM HSTC AM |
07YEREVAN692 | ARSON AGAINST OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On May 28, Larisa Paremuzyan, regional chairwoman of Stepan Demirchian's People's Party of Armenia (PPA),survived a late night arson attack on her apartment in the northern town of Alaverdi (Shirak Region). Paremuzyan blamed the attack on Karen Saribekian from the governing Republican P [...] | 2007-05-30 08:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM AM |
07YEREVAN709 | ELECTION FRAUD COMPLAINTS PROCEED ON SEVERAL TRACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four opposition parties have filed election complaints with the Constitutional Court, calling for the May 12 elections to be voided. Their contention is that sufficient irregularities occurred to invalidate the election. The Constitutional Court hearing is scheduled to begin Jun [...] | 2007-05-31 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM AM |
07YEREVAN783 | CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...] | 2007-06-15 12:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC |
07ZAGREB1044 | CROATIA 2007 INCSR REPORT - PART II: FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] Below is post's submission per reftel of part II of the INCSR on money laundering. 2. Croatia is a middle income transition economy that is neither a financial center nor a venue of choice for money laundering activities. Tourism and services make up the largest portion of GDP. Croatian [...] | 2007-11-29 07:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN HR |
07ZAGREB1053 | Police Make Major Seizures of Heroin, Cocaine [...] Last week Croatian Police announced the seizure of seven kilograms of heroin in two border searches into Croatia. In one action on 22 November, border police apprehended two Macedonians who were crossing the Serbian-Croatian border at Bajakovo with 2 kilograms of heroin, Heptanon and other nar [...] | 2007-11-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PREL PGOV HR |
07ZAGREB159 | CROATIAN PROSECUTOR LEADS THE REGION IN "PALIC [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic told Ambassador Bradtke and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson on February 7 that he has transferred evidence in five war crimes cases to Belgrade War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic under an October 2006 [...] | 2007-02-13 09:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM HR WAR CRIMES |
07ZAGREB197 | CROATIA'S FURTHER EXTENSION OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM HR IZ |
07ZAGREB208 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report. In 2006, Croatia was ranked as tier two and Post recommends retaining that ranking for the current reporting period. The Government of Croatia (GOC) continued to improve its cooperation with NGOs to identify and ass [...] | 2007-03-01 14:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR |
07ZAGREB264 | ANTI-TIP TRAINING FOR CROATIAN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Embassy Zagreb and the Government of Croatia (GOC) are working together to train Croatian prosecutors and judges in preventing and prosecuting trafficking in persons (TIP) crimes. Two specialized seminars for trial and investigative judges, as well as for prosecutors, were [...] | 2007-03-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN HR TRAFFICKING |
07ZAGREB28 | CROATIAN ANTI-TIP EFFORTS PAY OFF IN 2006; 1 TIP and 2 [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As part of the Government of Croatia's coherent and well-structured approach to fighting trafficking in persons (TIP),GOC successfully prosecuted several trafficking cases, increasing the numbers of TIP and TIP-related convictions to five in 2006. Embassy Zagreb commends G [...] | 2007-01-09 15:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL HR TRAFFICKING |
07ZAGREB359 | CONTINUED SERVICE BY CROATIAN POLICE AT THE JORDAN INTL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PINR SNAR KCRM JO HR |
07ZAGREB593 | SIX ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION AT PRIVATIZATION FUND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Six employees of the Croatian Privatization Fund (Fund) were arrested June 16 on charges of corruption. The accused, who include three of the Fund's vice presidents, were netted in a year-long sting operation conducted by the Police and the State Prosecutor's Office [...] | 2007-06-19 06:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM HR |
07ZAGREB643 | CROATIAN STATE PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The June arrest of eight employees of the Croatian Privatization Fund (Fund) on charges of corruption marks a significant improvement in both the political will and the capacity of the Croatian government to fight corruption. The Fund has long been viewed as a font of [...] | 2007-07-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KPRV KCRM HR |
07ZAGREB729 | UPDATE REQUEST ON JORDAN INTL POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Assistant Interior Minister Filip Dragovic requested information from PolOffs July 26 regarding the future of the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). The Ministry of Interior (MUP) currently p [...] | 2007-08-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINR SNAR KCRM JO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB996 | CROATIA INCSR 2006/2007 - PART ONE [...] (U) Below please find, per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. Croatia I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling through th [...] | 2007-11-06 09:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR |
08ABIDJAN138 | COTE D'IVOIRE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Cote d'Ivoire is beginning to emerge from a five-year crisis during which the country was divided in two, with government forces controlling the southern half of the country and rebel forces, known as the New Forces (NF),in control of the north. President Laurent Gbagbo and New Forces [...] | 2008-03-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV |
08ABIDJAN820 | G/TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, Poloff met with NGOs and government officials working on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues, but could not obtain meetings with key ministries, specifically the Ministries of Justice and Interior, despite repeated phone calls and follow-up letters from th [...] | 2008-11-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP KWMN KCRM IV |
08ABIDJAN907 | U.S. TREASURY TRAINS WEST AFRICAN FINANCIAL [...] Summary. December 15-19, advisors from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training in financial investigative techniques to 55 individuals from francophone and lusophone West Africa. Ambassador delivered opening remarks. On margins of the course, eco [...] | 2008-12-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER EFIN ECON KCRM KTFN IV |
08ABUDHABI1163 | MFA MINSTATE GARGASH ON KEY ISSUES IB US-UAE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a 28 September meeting at which Ambassador presented copies of his credentials, MinState for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash outlined two key areas for the Ambassador to focus on in the bilateral relationship: visas and MLAT negotiations. Both agreed that the overall [...] | 2008-10-16 11:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM CVIS AE |
08ABUDHABI173 | HEAD OF UAE TIP COMMITTEE SHARES PROGRESS REPORT [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires, ADCM, and POLOFF met February 5 with UAE Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs and head of the UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking, Dr. Anwar Gargash, to discuss the upcoming 2008 TIP report, TIP-specific training, the Dubai and Abu Dhabi s [...] | 2008-02-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREL PGOV PREF SMIG KMPI KCRM KWMN AE |
08ABUDHABI304 | MLAT STAGNANT WITHOUT CREATIVE APPROACH [...] (C) Post received a diplomatic note dated February 12 stating yet again that the UAE looked forward to negotiation of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) in tandem with negotiation of an Extradition Treaty and a Treaty on Legal and Judicial Assistance in Civil and Commercial Matters. The [...] | 2008-03-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM AE |
08ABUDHABI377 | EMBASSY CONVERSATION WITH UAEG ON SHARLA'S CITY OF HOPE [...] (C) In March 25, 2008 conversation with MinState for Foreign Affairs (and Chairman of National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking) Anwar Gargash, Charge emphasized the very positive experiences both the Embassy and ConGen have had with Sharla Musabih's City of Hope, with the shelter having [...] | 2008-03-25 13:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB AE |
08ABUDHABI379 | TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE |
08ABUDHABI380 | TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE |
08ABUDHABI382 | TIP REPORT FOR UAE MARCH 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Arab Emirates is home to a broad array of communities, including those vulnerable to exploitive human traffickers. The population is comprised of over 80 percent foreigners, many of whom provide unskilled or minimally skilled labor to a fast-growing economy. In thi [...] | 2008-03-26 11:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB SMIG AE |
08ABUDHABI682 | UAE REACTS MATTER-OF-FACTLY TO TIP REPORT [...] The UAEG welcomed the Department of State's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released June 4, citing it as constructive feedback for UAE efforts to combat the scourge of trafficking. Acknowledging that TIP remains a significant problem, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and head of the [...] | 2008-06-05 10:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AE |
08ABUJA1040 | NIGERIA: NAPTIP PLEASED WITH TIP REPORT AND [...] (C) Poloff delivered a copy of the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Director of Investigations and Monitoring, and second in command at the agency, Mr. Muhammad Babandede, was pleased that Nigeria r [...] | 2008-06-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO SMIG ELAB NI |
08ABUJA112 | NIGERIAN & ECOWAS EFFORTS TO COMBAT WEST AFRICAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Post provides the following information concerning Nigerian and ECOWAS efforts to combat drug trafficking. This cable has been cleared by DEA/Lagos and Legatt/Lagos. ------- NIGERIA ------- 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking a [...] | 2008-01-17 13:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR EAID SOCI NI |
08ABUJA1163 | INL BODY SCANNERS HANDED OVER TO THE NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1185 | ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course, [...] The following 14 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Customs Service, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria Police Force and the State Security Services are nominated for attendance at the above referenced ILEA Training. Name OTAESIRI, Robinson Akporhuarho DOB April 3, [...] | 2008-06-20 06:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1331 | NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI'S FIRST MONTH, SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY. One month after Farida Waziri's June 5 Senate confirmation as new Chairwoman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the jury is still very much out on Waziri's true intentions and any fallout her leadership choices will have on the EFCC as an institution; we belie [...] | 2008-07-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1339 | ILEA GABORONE Law Enforcement Executive Development Course, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 08:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1353 | ILEA GABORONE Precursor Chemical PRECURSOR CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 13:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA1551 | NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC OFFICIALS DEMOTED, [...] (C) SUMMARY. There have been three separate actions taken this week against former officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Press reported on August 6 that members of the State Security Service (SSS) visited the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIP [...] | 2008-08-06 17:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1574 | NIGERIA: EFCC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO WAZIRI [...] (C) Summary: Charge delivered reftel demarche to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri on August 8. Waziri called the USG position "unfortunate" and maintained that much of the issue with USG concerns is perception. She expressed concern for how cases were [...] | 2008-08-08 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1665 | WAZIRI RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON GON BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary. Embassy received a written response from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairwoman Farida Waziri to Ref B demarche, which was delivered on August 8 (Ref A). Post found two of Waziri's claims particularly questionable: a professed ignorance of corrupt formern off [...] | 2008-08-21 13:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA182 | FRAUDSTERS IN THE NIGERIAN NASS? YAR,ADUA SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Nuhu Aliyu, Chair of the Committee on Security & Intelligence and retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, sent shock waves through the National Assembly (NASS) and country during a debate on the direction and tempo of the GON's war on corruption. Senator Aliyu threaten [...] | 2008-01-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA184 | ALIYU WILL NOT PUBLICLY NAME FRAUDSTERS IN NASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and INLOff met with Nuhu Aliyu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Security and Intelligence, to discuss his recent disclosure that he had overseen fraud investigations of current members of the National Assembly while he served as Deputy Inspector General of Police in cha [...] | 2008-01-30 08:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA1870 | NIGERIA: BILATERAL RELATIONS POST-EFCC DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14 and September 15 respectively, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe and newly appointed Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mahmud Yayale Ahmed. Both Maduekwe and Ahmed expressed their comments and concerns about our bilateral relation [...] | 2008-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EFIN KCROR KCRM MARR MASS NI |
08ABUJA1899 | NIGERIAN TERRORISM BILL PASSES 2ND SENATE READING, [...] (U) Summary: On September 16, the Nigerian Senate voted to send counterterrorism legislation to an ad-hoc committee comprised of members of the Senate National Security & Intelligence, Judiciary and Foreign Affairs committees, after passing its second reading. The ad-hoc committee, headed by [...] | 2008-09-22 12:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PGOV KCRM KHLS KTFN EPET NI |
08ABUJA2170 | NIGERIA: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NI IZ |
08ABUJA2224 | NIGERIA: FEELING THE HEAT, EFCC CHAIR TRIES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Within the last week, the EFCC has revisited three high-profile corruption cases, with some ending in new arrests and arraignments. The surge in EFCC activity comes on the heels of EFCC Chair Farida Waziri's controversial remarks at an October 13 anti-corruption conference regard [...] | 2008-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2248 | NIGERIA: EFCC CHAIR WAZIRI REVEALS SERIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke to EFCC Chair Farida Waziri by phone on November 10 to discuss ongoing EFCC anti-corruption efforts and deliver USG benchmarks for cooperation. The conversation revealed little substantive detail on EFCC efforts, and instead revealed much more about the seri [...] | 2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2249 | NIGERIA: FORMER EFCC CHAIR RIBADU BRIEFS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former EFCC Chair, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, met with the Ambassador on November 10 at the Ambassador's residence. (DCM and PolOff attended.) Ribadu criticized the current state of Nigerian political affairs, blaming President Yar'Adua for most of the country's woes and describing hi [...] | 2008-11-17 06:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2307 | NIGERIA: FURTHER HARASSMENT OF FORMER EFCC CHAIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt to discredit Former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, he and his family were physically escorted away from his graduation ceremony from the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) in Jos on November 22. On November 24, Ribadu came to the Embassy [...] | 2008-11-25 06:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2325 | MEETING WITH YAUKU ON RIBADU AND OTHER ISSUES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-26 17:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM NI |
08ABUJA233 | NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary Nigeria remains a hub of narcotics trafficking and money laundering activity and is still ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries. Nigerian criminal organizations dominate the African drug trade and transport narcotics to markets in the United States, Europe, Asia, and oth [...] | 2008-02-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM NI IZ |
08ABUJA2331 | NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] | 2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2332 | NIGERIA: RIBADU REITERATES THREAT AND NEED TO FLEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two late night conversations on November 27, former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Ribadu told the Ambassador that he felt he was in much greater danger than he did earlier in the week when he spoke with DCM (ref B). In response to a question from th [...] | 2008-12-01 06:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2348 | NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIBADU ISSUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon at the home of Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Sunday, November 30, the Ambassador had a private one-hour meeting with the FonMin to discuss the GON's total mishandling of issues surrounding former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Rib [...] | 2008-12-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS NI |
08ABUJA2350 | NIGERIA: NFIU GIABA DELEGATES TELL ALL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: INLOff was briefed on the developments relating to NFIU Director A.B. Okauru's resignation by two members of the Nigerian delegation at the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) Plenary in Dakar, Senegal on November 19. According to th [...] | 2008-12-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA236 | NIGERIA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Although the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not an offshore financial center, Nigeria's large economy is a hub for the trafficking narcotics and other contraband. Nigeria is also a center of criminal financial activity, reportedly for the entire continent. Individuals and criminal organizations [...] | 2008-02-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KTFN KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2369 | ICPC RAISES ANTI-CORRUPTION AWARENESS, BUT LOWERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolCouns and PolOff (notetaker) met with Executive Member Dr. Uriah Angulu of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on November 21 to discuss the USG's concerns with Nigeria's stalled progress on anti-corruption. He acknowledged that the [...] | 2008-12-05 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2391 | NIGERIA: NFIU DIRECTOR ON PUBLIC RELATIONS TOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a request from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Secretary Emmanuel Akomaye for a working meeting on operational matters, he and newly appointed Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director, Norman Wokoma called on DepPolCouns, INLOff, and PolO [...] | 2008-12-11 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM NI |
08ABUJA2523 | ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February 9-20, [...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Securities & Exchange Commission are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Reginald. Chukwudi Karawusa DOB July 27 1966 Gender - Male Rank - Assistant Director Current Position - Ag. Head of En [...] | 2008-12-24 10:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA341 | ILEA GABORONE - Criminal Investigations Course, March [...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Independent Commission for Corrupt Practices and other related offences, the Nigeria Police Force and National Drug law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Sharon Ogiri-Okpe DOB - 15 September, 19 [...] | 2008-02-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA404 | NIGERIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. Trafficking also occu [...] | 2008-02-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NI |
08ABUJA437 | NIGERIA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PGOV PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO NI |
08ABUJA484 | THE INTERNATIONAL ANTICORRUPTION AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ACT [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following in response to reftel. 2. (U) Host country efforts to combat corruption and improve transparency/acountability in 2006/2007: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo initiated a broad agenda to tackle corruption, including enforcement of existing anti [...] | 2008-03-12 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM SNAR NI IZ |
08ABUJA60 | ILEA GABORONE - Financial Forensics Course, February [...] The following 6 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit and the Special Crime Unit against Money Laundering are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Musa Bah Mohammed DOB - 22 August, 1958 Gender - Male Rank - Chief Superintenden [...] | 2008-01-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA628 | ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course - [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID ECON NI |
08ABUJA711 | ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course - [...] Name: Obi Josephine Ruth DOB: 08 May 1964 Gender: F Position/Rank: Superintendent of Narcotics Passport #: A00046337 Expiry date 01 October 2012 2. The Department has checked its files and finds it holds no credible information regarding gross abuse of human rights on the part of th [...] | 2008-04-17 06:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID NI |
08ABUJA751 | FUND CITE FOR TRAVEL OF FINCEN STAFF JILL BEZEK AND NIIBEN [...] This is an action request. 2. Request FINCEN to establish fund cite to support FINCEN expenses, as follows: 3. Charge fund cite for ticket cost from Washington-Abuja-Washington and per diem cost for stay in Abuja April 27-May 2, 2008. APPROPRIATION: 1911 5/71022 BUREAU CODE: 01 EXPENDITURE [...] | 2008-04-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KFRD TRSY NI EAID IZ |
08ABUJA770 | NIGERIA: TIP TRAINING WELCOMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an interagency effort to combat trafficking in persons, the State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons (G/TIP) awarded the Department of Justice (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) a $125,000 grant to provide [...] | 2008-04-25 08:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN NI |
08ABUJA899 | ILEA GABORONE - Train the Trainer on Fraudulent Documents [...] The following 7 Nigerian personnel, from the Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigeria Immigration Service are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name Ilesanmi Kehinde (ALTERNATE) DOB Feb 19, 1964 Gender Male Rank Superintendent of Customs [...] | 2008-05-19 06:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI |
08ACCRA1003 | GHANA TIP CASE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: An EMBOFF visited northern Ghana July 31 to observe conditions of children rescued in July 17 raid. The children are in generally good condition, but resources for their continued welfare are limited. The Koranic teacher arrested for holding the children is now out on bail. The [...] | 2008-08-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PREF GH PHUM |
08ACCRA107 | DEMARCHE ON LACK OF EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CHILD SEX [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-17 16:54:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA127 | GHANA AUTHORITIES RAID ACCRA BROTHEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Saturday, January 19, Ghana police conducted a raid of several brothels alleged to be involved in child prostitution. Over 200 individuals were picked up in the raid. Three "brothel agents" were arrested and held; the clients were arrested and released on bail; the adult wo [...] | 2008-01-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA130 | GHANA AUTHORITIES RAID ACCRA BROTHEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Saturday, January 19, Ghana police conducted a raid of several brothels alleged to be involved in child prostitution. Over 200 individuals were picked up in the raid. Three "brothel agents" were arrested and held; the clients were arrested and released on bail; the adult wo [...] | 2008-01-23 16:43:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA1475 | Ghana: 2009 International Narcotics Control [...] Ghana is not a regional financial center, but due to continuing turmoil in the region, GhanaQs financial sector is likely to become more important regionally as it develops. Most of the money laundering found in Ghana involves narcotics and public corruption. Ghana is a significant transship [...] | 2008-11-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN SNAR KCRM KTFN GH |
08ACCRA176 | MEETING WITH MOWAC DEPUTY MINISTER RE BROTHEL RAID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, 2008, Ambassador Bridgewater met with Deputy Minister of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) Daniel Dugen and MOWAC International Desk Director Marilyn Amponsah Annan to discuss the January 19 raid on a brothel (ref B),including the care for the minor victims a [...] | 2008-02-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PREL GH |
08ACCRA381 | Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment [...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...] | 2008-03-19 16:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH |
08ACCRA388 | Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment [...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...] | 2008-03-20 16:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH |
08ACCRA674 | AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (SBU) On November 19, 2007, the OPDAT Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) arrived at post and commenced her Trafficking in Person (TIP) Program. To date, the OPDAT ILA has trained law enforcement officers from the Ministry of Women and Children (MOWAC),the Department of Social Welfare (DSW),th [...] | 2008-05-22 14:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS KWMN GH |
08ACCRA755 | SOLDIER BAR BROTHEL ALIVE AND THRIVING [...] (SBU) On June 6, 2008, at approximately 2230 hours two Embassy officials visited the establishment known as the "Soldier Bar" located around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Accra, to determine if prostitution, particularly involving minors, took place at this location. It had been reported previous [...] | 2008-06-13 08:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN GH |
08ACCRA945 | ACCRA RESPONSE TO GHANA TIP RAID [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL GH KWMN |
08ADDISABABA116 | EVIDENCE OF INCREASED MARIJUANA CULTIVATION AND POSSIBLE [...] SUMMARY: A recent seizure of 73 kilograms of cannabis (marijuana) and the arrest of five people indicates a possible up-tick in commercial drug cultivation in Ethiopia. Additionally, sources indicate that drug growers are using machines to manufacture hashish from cannabis plants, a new develo [...] | 2008-01-15 09:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ET |
08ADDISABABA316 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following five (5) submissions on anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 20 and 21 of reftel. Full proposals will be sent via e-mail. [...] | 2008-02-11 04:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
08ADDISABABA614 | ETHIOPIA'S SUBMISSION TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. (U) Number of hours spent in preparation of TIP report cable: [...] | 2008-03-04 10:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ET PRM ASEC PREL |
08ADDISABABA821 | ETHIOPIA: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS AN FTO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed host government MFA Assistant Chief of the Minister's Cabinet Abdetta Dribssa of the USG decision to designate al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist group on March 18. Abdetta responded that his governmen [...] | 2008-03-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV KCRM SO BG |
08ALGIERS1320 | ALGERIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high profile terrorist attacks throughout the country compared with 2007, although the overall number of attacks did not decline and ongoing low-level terrorist activities continued in the countryside. In the first [...] | 2008-12-20 17:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR PGOV AG |
08ALGIERS168 | ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT EVOLVING ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received an immediate and unusually candid response on trafficking in persons (TIP) from the Algerian foreign ministry after delivering the UN.GIFT demarche (ref A). The MFA indicated that Algeria planned to participate in the forum. In addition, our interlocutor used the me [...] | 2008-02-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG |
08ALGIERS205 | TIP DVC DEEPENS DIALOGUE [...] (U) A digital video conference on February 19 between Department officials and Algerian counterparts was the latest step in our ongoing engagement with the Algerian government on trafficking in persons. Representing the Algerian government were MFA U.S. desk officer Rachid Ouali, MFA director [...] | 2008-02-24 07:53:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF AG |
08ALGIERS683 | ALGERIA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While official Algerian government reaction to the 2008 TIP report was negative, press coverage was surprisingly light, with much of it critical of Algeria's inability to get itself out of Tier 3 status. The Justice minister and our MFA interlocutor both rejected the report and [...] | 2008-06-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG |
08ALGIERS774 | ENHANCING ALGERIA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Algeria's still nascent financial intelligence unit is ready to cooperate on a technical assistance program to be offered through the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist finance (AML/TF). Bo [...] | 2008-07-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN KTFN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER ECON AG |
08ALGIERS793 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...] | 2008-07-14 16:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG |
08AMMAN2317 | Jordan Securities Commission Adopts AML Regulations [...] (U) Summary: The Jordan Securities Commission Board of Commissioners issued anti-money laundering (AML) regulations for securities activities on June 23. The regulations went into effect on July 31, following their publication in the Official Gazette. The regulations are consistent with both t [...] | 2008-08-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO |
08AMMAN2888 | JORDAN JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON USE OF [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) delivered a Strategic (Task Force) Approach to the Investigation and Prosecution of Organized and Financial [...] | 2008-10-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR JO |
08AMMAN3171 | JORDAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six months, Jordan made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons. Progress includes an increase in trafficking-related cases being tried, the approval of a joint labor inspector and police investigation unit, the creation of a Humanitarian and L [...] | 2008-11-23 06:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN IZ IS SY ID |
08AMMAN410 | PHILIPPINE GOVERMENT BARS WORKERS FROM JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 17, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment announced a temporary ban on Filipino workers going to Jordan due to the "growing number of distressed Filipino workers being housed in the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Jordan". Philippine diplomats in Amm [...] | 2008-02-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM JO RP CE |
08AMMAN411 | UN.GIFT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON VIENNA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN446 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN448 | JORDANIAN DELEGATION TO VIENNA FORUM TO BE LED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 05:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN663 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-02 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO |
08AMMAN772 | JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG JO |
08AMMAN776 | JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) During the preceding year, the Government of Jordan demonstrated its commitment to combating trafficking in persons (TIP) and addressing forced labor concerns related to the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ)s. The government drafted an anti-TIP law; increased the training for its labor [...] | 2008-03-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
08ANKARA1036 | TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...] | 2008-06-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU |
08ANKARA1212 | TURKEY: ERGENEKON ARRESTS AND MILITARY SUCCESSION [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff's (TGS) official reaction to the July 1 "Ergenekon" arrests (ref a),which netted two retired army four-star generals and other former military personnel, has been limited to an official website posting clarifying that searches of military property related to the [...] | 2008-07-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM PREL TU |
08ANKARA2008 | HOLY TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT! IT'S BATMAN VS. BATMAN [...] SUMMARY. In a story that received a great deal of play in the blogosphere and in both the U.S. and Turkish press (including mention on CNN and in Variety),Huseyin Kalkan, mayor of the small Turkish city of Batman, has announced plans to sue Warner Brothers and director Christopher Nolan for u [...] | 2008-11-20 06:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR PHUM KCRM TU |
08ANKARA2175 | MINISTRY OF JUSTICE RAMPING UP IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Mustafa Akkus, Judge and DDG for European Union Affairs at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),and Hulya Cetin, a judge specializing in IPR issues in the same department, provided Econoff with a summary of the MOJ's efforts to improve Turkey's IPR regime and increase the level of enfor [...] | 2008-12-29 07:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR ECON KCRM USTR TU |
08ANKARA2191 | THOUSANDS OF IPR CASES MAY BE DISMISSED [...] (SBU) Summary. As reported reftel, in July the Constitutional Court struck down provisions of the trademark law criminalizing IPR violations and gave the GOT until January 5, 2009 to pass legislation that meets constitutional requirements. With January 5 fast approaching and the Parliament in [...] | 2008-12-31 04:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON KCRM TU |
08ANKARA2194 | TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...] | 2008-12-31 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
08ANKARA324 | TURKEY/IRAQ: ASSISTING TURKEY WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: U.S. intelligence cooperation in support of Turkish operations against the PKK has transformed our bilateral relations. As we look for ways to lower Turkey's reliance on purely military means to protect its borders, Turkey has expressed an interest in intelligence, surveillance [...] | 2008-02-21 12:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER KCRM MARR MOPS TU IZ IR |
08ANKARA355 | TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...] | 2008-02-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU |
08ANKARA382 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...] | 2008-02-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN |
08ANKARA424 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hou [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA425 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish Pen [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA426 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: VICTIM PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE -------------------------------- A. (SBU) Foreign victims identified by Turkish authorities may apply f [...] | 2008-03-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA484 | TURKEY: 8TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION: [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ),through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),sent us, March 10, supplemental information on prosecutions and convictions of traffickers, including of two GOT officials, and also provided clarification on the law governing legal prostitution and the [...] | 2008-03-12 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANKARA610 | TURKEY: COMPREHENSIVE EU ANTI-TIP PROJECT LAUNCHED [...] (U) In a standing room-only ceremony March 19, Turkish Ministry of Interior (MOI) Deputy Under Secretary Alim Barum, IOM Chief of Mission Maurizio Busatti, and European Commission Delegation Institution Building and Civil Society Section Head Michael Vogel inaugurated a two-year, three millio [...] | 2008-04-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
08ANTANANARIVO1 | ANTANANARIVO: 2007 ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION [...] CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those of Mission housing. Comment: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zones. However, [...] | 2008-01-02 11:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM MA |
08ANTANANARIVO159 | COMOROS 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately two hours preparing this report [...] | 2008-02-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CN |
08ANTANANARIVO162 | MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or des 2. (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silva 3. (U) As requested in Ref A, Embassy Antananarivo submits the followi -- 27 A-D. (U) Available statistics and reports do not indicate that Ma [...] | 2008-02-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA |
08ANTANANARIVO164 | MADAGASCAR 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values; poverty; low-level corruption; lack of a [...] | 2008-02-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MA |
08ANTANANARIVO224 | LIFE IN A "WILD WEST" SAPPHIRE MINING TOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ilakaka, a town in Madagascar's southwest, is known both for the lucrative sapphire trade and its social consequences, including crime and exploitative labor. Most stories depict a dangerous town reminiscent of the "Wild West," where men stroll around carrying guns on their hips. [...] | 2008-03-19 14:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM SMIG ECON ELAB EAID SOCI MA |
08ANTANANARIVO399 | GOODS PRODUCED BY CHILD LABOR IN MADAGASCAR AND THE [...] (U) Per REF A, Post provides the following information regarding the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in Madagascar and the Comoros. MADAGASCAR - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post has previously reported on cases of child labor, mostly within the family unit, in the sapphire mine [...] | 2008-06-03 15:04:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM GTIP SMIG ELAB MA CN |
08ANTANANARIVO440 | GOM WELCOMES MADAGASCAR'S TIER ONE TIP STATUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 12, in conjunction with the World Day Against Child Labor, Embassy Antananarivo organized a digital videoconference (DVC) featuring Ambassador Mark Lagon and Director of the Office for East Africa James Knight from Washington with high-level representatives from the Gover [...] | 2008-06-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ASEC ELAB EAID MA |
08ASHGABAT1209 | TURKMENISTAN: SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KHITROVKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 9, two men, one armed with an AK-47, killed a soldier in a three-person foot patrol and wounded another soldier and the policeman with him. The suspects escaped. Police sources claim the suspects were extremists or at least influenced by outsiders. It is unc [...] | 2008-09-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER SOCI KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1229 | TURKMENISTAN: KHITROVKA - - INITIAL HOTWASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police were in a gun battle September 12 at a bottled water factory north of town with a group of men linked to the two suspects who escaped following the shooting of peace officers on September 8. Starting late on September 12 and extending until the afternoon of September 13, po [...] | 2008-09-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PTER KCRM KISL SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1238 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE SECURITY COUNCIL CONVENED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 15, President Berdimuhamedov held a session of Turkmenistan's State Security Council. During the proceedings, the president acknowledged that there had been significant casualties during last weekend's arme [...] | 2008-09-16 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1320 | TURKMENISTAN: KHITROVKA CASUALTY FIGURES [...] (C) Questions still surround the September 12-13 shoot-out btween police/military and an armed gang (Ref A). One question is the number of casualties that resulted from the 24-hour shoot-out. A Turkish embassy source shared with us on September 30 a casualty list he had received from a source [...] | 2008-10-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR SOCI KCRM KISL TX |
08ASHGABAT1361 | TURKMENISTAN: UNODC INTRODUCES ON-LINE [...] At its quarterly Law Enforcement Donor Coordination Meeting on October 13, UNODC Ashgabat introduced the agency's new internet-based ADAM (Automated Donor Assistance Mechanism) website to participants. Members of UNODC's Turkmenistan collective will now be able to access current information ab [...] | 2008-10-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT156 | TURKMENISTAN'S IOM REP VIEWS NEW TIP LAW IS A STEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's International Organization for Migration (IOM) representative believes the signing of Turkmenistan's first law on trafficking of persons (reftels) is a step in the right direction. This law appears to be another attempt by Turkmenistan to comply with international [...] | 2008-01-31 11:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX |
08ASHGABAT1594 | TURKMENISTAN: DFM HAJIYEV GIVES OFFICIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DFM Wepa Hajiyev gave DCM the official explanation for the arrest and conviction of Gulgeldy Annaniyazov. In short, Annaniyazov was convicted of illegally crossing borders and using a fake passport to do it. Acco [...] | 2008-12-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT1649 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICIALS CONDUCT PUBLIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 20, the State Counter Narcotics Service hosted a drug burning ceremony near Ashgabat. It was the third such event this year. The consignment of narcotics had been seized by Turkmenistan's law-enforce [...] | 2008-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT1654 | TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICIALS CONDUCT PUBLIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 20, the State Counter Narcotics Service hosted a drug burning ceremony near Ashgabat. It was the third such event this year. The consignment of narcotics had been seized by Turkmenistan's law-enforce [...] | 2008-12-30 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI TX |
08ASHGABAT3 | ICITAP EXPOSES TURKMENISTAN'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, law-enforcement officers from all five of Turkmenistan's provinces plus Ashgabat gathered for a Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) tra [...] | 2008-01-02 11:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT319 | TURKMENISTAN: REVIEWING G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ashgabat office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) submitted a project proposal on Combating Trafficking in Persons in Turkmenistan: Prevention, Protection and Capacity Building in response to a requ [...] | 2008-03-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX |
08ASHGABAT378 | TUKRMENISTAN: WORLD BANK REP DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A local representative of the World Bank Liaison Office in Turkmenistan said on March 24 that World Bank Regional Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Shigeo Katsu was satisfied with the substantive meetings held during his second visit to Turkmenistan, although moving min [...] | 2008-03-26 10:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT530 | TURKMENISTAN: ENGINEER AT CATERPILLAR [...] (S) A Russian citizen engineer, who worked for Zeppelin, the company that represents Caterpillar in Turkmenistan, was convicted of child pornography and deported on April 23, according to German Ambassador Hans Mondorf and EU-TACIS Advisor Michael Wilson. When the engineer was first arrested [...] | 2008-04-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PREL ECON ETRD SOCI KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT758 | TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...] | 2008-06-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX |
08ASHGABAT765 | TURKMENISTAN: ICITAP TRAINING SUCCESSFUL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 2-13 Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) course for Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) investigators and forensic experts went very well, with another crop of very motivated and hard-working Turkmen investigato [...] | 2008-06-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM TX |
08ASHGABAT783 | TURKMENISTAN: CUSTOMS CHIEF FIRED AMID REPORTS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following briefings from senior officials of military and law enforcement agencies, President Berdimuhamedov fired Turkmenistan's Chief of the State Customs Service and reshuffled State Customs Service and State Immigration Service personnel during a June 19, 2008, meeting of [...] | 2008-06-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD KCRM TX |
08ASMARA102 | UPDATE: MURDER OF ERITREAN BUSINESSMAN FIKRE [...] (C) A mid-ranking Eritrean National Security Agency (ANS) officer told Emboff how Eritrean businessman Fikremariam Andemariam (Fikre) had been murdered in jail in October 2007, a crime which prompted the later assassination attempt on the Deputy Chief of the ANS overseeing the investigation int [...] | 2008-02-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ER |
08ASTANA1084 | KAZAKHSTAN RATIFIES UN CONVENTION AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL [...] On June 4, President Nazarbayev signed legislation ratifying the 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and three additional protocols against the production of firearms, their parts, components, and ammunition; against human trafficking, especially of women and children; and [...] | 2008-06-11 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KCRM PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA1245 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMENDMENTS TO DRUG LAWS [...] On June 26, the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, President Nazarbayev signed into law amendments introducing tougher punishment for drug-related crimes. The new law increases penalties to life imprisonment for most serious drug-related crimes. 2. Interfax-Kazak [...] | 2008-07-10 11:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1246 | KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REPORTS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES FROM [...] The following is a summary of human trafficking cases reported in local newspapers from February to June 2008. --------------------------- UZBEKISTANIS IN KAZAKHSTAN --------------------------- 2. March 14, Interfax: Uzbekistani and Kazakhstani police jointly dismantled an organized smu [...] | 2008-07-11 03:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KCRM PREL UZ KZ |
08ASTANA1375 | KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT TAKING FURTHER MEASURES [...] (C) A Wall Street Journal article in which Rakhat Aliyev made new charges of corruption against President Nazarbayev and his family appears to have provoked the government to strike back with an anti-Aliyev media campaign and a threat of new charges against him. Some of Aliyev's allegations to [...] | 2008-07-31 12:20:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM ECON KZ |
08ASTANA1872 | KAZAKHSTAN - CRIMINAL CASE OPENED UP AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on September 24 that it has opened a criminal case against several key opposition figures -- Azat's Bulat Abilov, OSDP's Amirzhan Kosanov, Alga's Vladimir Kozlov, and the Shanyrak movement's Asylbek Kozhakhmetov -- for allegedly concealing the w [...] | 2008-09-25 11:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1946 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 15-26, 2008 [...] (U) The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE KAZAKH LANGUAGE 2. (U) On September 21 in Almaty, sev [...] | 2008-10-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA1966 | KAZAKHSTAN: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three opposition leaders met separately with criminal investigators on September 29 in connection with charges that they harbored a fugitive in a murder case. Authorities named one of the three, OSDP Deputy Chairman [...] | 2008-10-03 07:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2079 | KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) and the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) met with Colonel Nygmedzhan Saparov, the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drug Traffic [...] | 2008-10-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2119 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF OF FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, the Minister of Finance appointed Mussiraly Utebayev to head the Committee on Financial Monitoring, which is Kazakhstan's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). Representatives of the Embassy's Office of I [...] | 2008-10-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2122 | KAZAKHSTAN ESTH UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] The information for this cable on environment, science, technology, and health issues in Kazakhstan is drawn solely from the Kazakhstani press. -- Unlicensed Pharmaceutical Production Facility -- One in Three Pregnancies Ends in an Abortion -- Mass Food Poisoning at a Karaganda High School [...] | 2008-10-28 08:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2127 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPTIMISM IN EAST KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Ust-Kamenogorsk, the capital of East Kazakhstan oblast, September 10-13. In addition to attending a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism exercise (see reftel),poloff also conducted a serie [...] | 2008-10-28 09:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KWMN KCRM CH KZ |
08ASTANA2162 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUSTRIA ASKS WHERE IS RAKHAT ALIYEV [...] (C) During a pull-aside at a commercial-diplomatic event in Astana on October 31, Austrian Ambassador Ursula Fahringer asked if the United States has any current information on the whereabouts of the former Kazakhstani Ambassador to Austria and President Nazarbayev's ex-son-in-law, Rakhat Aliy [...] | 2008-11-03 03:33:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KCRM AU KZ |
08ASTANA2165 | KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to improve Kazakhstan's ability to protect victims of trafficking in persons, INL sent a Kazakhstani interagency delegation to Rome to study the work of the Italian government and Italian NGOs. The delegation -- representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Internal Affa [...] | 2008-11-03 08:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM IT KZ |
08ASTANA2245 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUSTRIANS PURPORTEDLY PREPARING TO [...] (S) On November 11, Canadian Embassy Political Counselor Dierdrah Kelley confirmed for us rumors that Austrian Embassy DCM Peter Hoehlmuller and his family had departed Kazakhstan several days previously on short notice and might not be returning to the country. Kelley, who is close to Hoehl [...] | 2008-11-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM AU KZ |
08ASTANA2375 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES IN THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice-Minister of Internal Affairs Alik Shpekbayev has been appointed to a position in the presidential administration. Shpekbayev was one of post's closest interlocutors in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) [...] | 2008-12-01 02:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2380 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, please find below Part 1 of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is still affected by the expansion of international drug trafficking [...] | 2008-12-02 01:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA2447 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, the text of Part II of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. The INCSR currently covers only the first n [...] | 2008-12-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KCRM KCOR SNAR KZ |
08ASTANA2450 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Administration head Aslan Musin called in the Ambassador on December 10 to discuss Rakhat Aliyev, expressing concerns about international press reporting on the Aliyev case and explaining he had information that Aliyev might be seeking American citizenship or U.S. polit [...] | 2008-12-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ |
08ASTANA2457 | KAZAKHSTAN: FOLLOW-UP ON RAKHAT ALIYEV, PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Nursultan Nazarbayev's Foreign Policy Adviser Yerzhan Kazykhanov on December 12 on three current issues: the impact of exiled former son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev on the bilateral relationship, the need to move rapidly on TRANSCOM's Northern Distributio [...] | 2008-12-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PGOV PREL CASC MARR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2480 | KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES U.S. 911 EMERGENCY SYSTEMS [...] SUMMARY. As part of an effort to enhance cooperation between the Crime Statistics and Special Records Committee of Kazakhstan's Procurator General's Office (PGO) and the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS),the Embassy's INL Office organized and co-funded the U.S. visit of two PGO represen [...] | 2008-12-19 02:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA2538 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan continued to combat domestic terrorism and extremism aggressively and took tangible steps to continue cooperation and information-sharing with the United States and international organizations. Kazakhstan a [...] | 2008-12-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR ASEC KZ |
08ASTANA2551 | KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...] | 2008-12-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA301 | KAZAKHSTAN: SLAVERY CONVENTIONS RATIFIED [...] According to a government press service, President Nazarbayev signed the bill on February 5 to ratify the League of Nations' Slavery Convention of 1926, the 1953 UN Protocol on Amendments to the Slavery Convention, and the 1956 UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery. 2. The l [...] | 2008-02-11 06:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI KCRM PGOV KZ |
08ASTANA305 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] Summary: In response to the Solicitation for Proposals by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (G/TIP),Post has reviewed, vetted, and selected five proposals addressing human trafficking in Kazakhstan. Post would welcome the opportunity to discuss and supply additional information co [...] | 2008-02-12 01:24:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG |
08ASTANA330 | CORRUPT POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR PROTECTING A [...] On February 12, the Almaty regional court sentenced Captain Igor Morozov, the former head of the anti-trafficking in persons unit of the Ministry of Interior (MVD),and Olga Kodonidi, the infamous madam he protected. 2. Captain Igor Morozov was convicted of abuse of professional functions a [...] | 2008-02-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA352 | KAZAKHSTAN: TYPHOON COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION [...] Summary: Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with the assistance of Afghanistan, broke up one of the largest Central Asian trafficking organizations. As a result of the multi-stage operation "Typhoon" conducted over the past three years, law enforcement [...] | 2008-02-20 03:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA355 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES IN JANUARY [...] Summary: The following is a summary of media reports on human trafficking cases from local newspapers in January 2008. End summary. -------------------- SEXUAL EXPLOITATION -------------------- 2. The January 12 edition of Express-K and January 17 edition of Yuridicheskaya Gazeta pub [...] | 2008-02-21 04:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KCRM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA358 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007 [...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...] | 2008-02-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA362 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] In 2007, Post provided equipment to GOK institutions throughout Kazakhstan. These include the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, the Ministry of the Interior's Committee on Combating Narcotics, the Legal Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, Border Guard Service of [...] | 2008-02-22 09:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
08ASTANA366 | KAZAKHSTAN: USE OF MOBILE GROUPS ON THE BORDER [...] Summary: The Kazakhstani Border Guard Service (BGS) is interested in establishing mobile border guard groups to combat both trafficking and corruption. End Summary. 2. On November 29, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Rybalkin, Deputy Head of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Secu [...] | 2008-02-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA41 | KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-NARCOTICS LEGISLATION WOULD INCREASE [...] The media reported on January 9 that the Mazhilis (the lower chamber of Parliament) has approved a bill to amend the Criminal and Administrative Codes to increase penalties for drug-related crimes up to life imprisonment. 2. Kalmukhanbet Kassymov, Vice Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),sa [...] | 2008-01-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SOCI KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA473 | KAZAKHSTAN: ASSESSMENT TRIP [...] Summary: From February 25 through 27, Post assessed the premises of the Border Guard Service in two cities for the establishment of a new classroom. The Border Guard Divisions on the Kazakhstani-Russian border discussed additional needs with the representatives of the Embassy and the Interna [...] | 2008-03-11 01:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA665 | KAZAKHSTAN: RECORD DRUG SEIZURE ON BORDER [...] Summary: On the morning of March 27, the Customs Service of Kazakhstan seized 537 kilos of heroin, the largest single seizure ever recorded in the country. This single seizure is also larger than the total amount of heroin seized in Kazakhstan last year. The drugs were seized at the Kairak [...] | 2008-04-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ |
08ASTANA672 | KAZAKHSTAN - CSTO COUNTER-NARCOTICS MEETING [...] Summary: On March 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MVD) held a meeting in Astana of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Bodies on Combating Illegal Drugs Trafficking (CCBCD) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The participants discussed th [...] | 2008-04-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ |
08ASTANA823 | KAZAKHSTAN: ADDITIONS TO 2007 INL END USE MONITORING [...] In response to Reftel A, Post is providing additional information on equipment provided to the GOK. 2. Computers at the Financial Police Academy. INL provided 25 computers to the Financial Police Academy in Astana. End-use monitoring was conducted during training at the Academy in Novemb [...] | 2008-04-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ |
08ASUNCION138 | PARAGUAY: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Paraguay's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons (TIP) are as follows: A. Is Paraguay a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked [...] | 2008-03-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA |
08ASUNCION382 | NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IMPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Paraguay's only facility for mentally impaired patients, resolved or alleviated several deficiences cited by previous human rights reports, including overcrowding; inadequate patient care; rampant infections; malnourishment; underaged pati [...] | 2008-06-11 20:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB PGOV ASEC |
08ASUNCION425 | PARAGUAYAN SENATE OVERRULES PRESIDENT ON PENAL CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay's Senate overruled President Duarte's partial veto of the revised penal code June 25 and passed it into law, ending the penal code's 15-month journey through the legislative process. Final passage is a success for Paraguay, but it still has much to do to reform its le [...] | 2008-06-26 22:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM PREL PGOV ECON PA |
08ASUNCION62 | THREE PLUS ONE READOUT [...] (C) The January 10-11 Three-Plus-One Security Dialogue with Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and the United States in Asuncion played out as expected, with fruitful coordination on the margins of the meeting, but plenary interventions from the three focused primarily on crime fighting and preserving [...] | 2008-01-29 17:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PGOV GTIP SNAR PA BR AR |
08ASUNCION868 | PARAGUAY: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The Governments of the Tri-Border Area (TBA),Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, have long been concerned with arms and drugs smuggling, document fraud, money laundering, and the manufacture and movement of contraband goods through this region. In the early 1990s, they established a mechanism to [...] | 2008-12-29 21:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHSL PETER PA |
08ASUNCION97 | PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY08 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion submits the following anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) proposal for FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding (reftel). This proposal details the second phase of an IOM project funded by G/TIP in 2006 and completed in July 2007. Cynthia Bendlin, WHA winner of the 2008 Secretary's [...] | 2008-02-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BR AR PA |
08ATHENS1028 | SOMALI PIRACY: GREEK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SOCI XA XW GR |
08ATHENS1114 | GREECE: JULY 08 TIP UPDATE [...] This is Embassy Athens' second regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). RATIFICATION OF GREECE-ALBANIA AGREEMENT ----------------------------------------- 2. The Greek Parliament ratified on July 31, 2008 a bilateral Greece-Albania agreement on child repa [...] | 2008-08-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR |
08ATHENS1204 | GREEK POLICE DISMANTLE UKRAINIAN TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Greek Anti-Trafficking police dismantled a trafficking network that forced Ukrainian women into prostitution. Police arrested five Ukrainians and one Uzbek on charges of human trafficking, abduction, use of false documents, and laundering of proceeds from criminal activities. 2. (U) Fol [...] | 2008-08-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
08ATHENS1205 | ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST [...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...] | 2008-08-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS1272 | GREECE: ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP (2008-2009) [...] (SBU) On August 26, Charge, A/Polcouns, and PolAssistant delivered the TIP Action Guide to Minister of Justice Hatzigakis and SecGen of the Justice Ministry Gletsos. On August 28, Charge and Poloff delivered the guide to MFA General Secretary Agathocles. In these meetings, the Charge outlin [...] | 2008-09-09 09:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV GR PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP |
08ATHENS1335 | OLYMPIC AIRLINES EMPLOYEES DISRUPT ATHENS AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Athens International Airport flight operations were briefly disrupted September 18 when members of Olympic Airlines' machinists and ground support union staged a sit- in on the tarmac of one of the airport's two main runways. The unionists were protesting EU approval of a decision by th [...] | 2008-09-19 11:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB EAIR KCRM GR |
08ATHENS1455 | MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...] | 2008-10-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL |
08ATHENS1541 | GREECE: AMBASSADOR RAISES MLAT, TIP, IPR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador Speckhard raised with Georgios Panagiotopoulos, President and Justice of the Greek Council of State (an equivalent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court),several legal issues: 1) the need for Greece to move expeditiously in ratifying the U [...] | 2008-11-12 07:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM GR |
08ATHENS1561 | GREECE: 2008-2009 INCSR PART I [...] (U) The full text of the draft 2008-2009 INCSR Part I for Greece follows: Greece[DVM1] 2008-2009 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed f [...] | 2008-11-17 05:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL GR |
08ATHENS1607 | GREECE: 18-DAY PRISON STRIKES END WITH GOG [...] (SBU) On November 21, an estimated 8,000 inmates nationwide ended their 18-day hunger strike against overcrowding in Greek prisons following GOG announcement that it would release almost half of Greece's prison population. Since November 3, the unrest in prison detention centers propelled supp [...] | 2008-11-28 15:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP GR |
08ATHENS164 | EXTREMISTS CLASH IN ATHENS RIOT [...] (SBU) Competing demonstrations of far-right and leftist groups turned ugly on February 2 when violence broke out between the two groups. Downtown streets were closed, several hundred riot police were mobilized, and several businesses were damaged. The rioting lasted for 10 hours. Several peo [...] | 2008-02-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM SOCI ASEC GR |
08ATHENS1715 | GREECE: DECEMBER 2008 TIP UPDATE [...] (U) This is Embassy Athens' third regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). REFTELS refer to previous TIP update cables. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek anti-TIP police continued aggressively tackling trafficking rings, successfully completing two major investigatio [...] | 2008-12-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP GR |
08ATHENS1717 | GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...] | 2008-12-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR |
08ATHENS309 | DEAMRCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) On February 26, DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche points to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Acting Director of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations and to Political Director Vassilopoulos at the A9 Division for Subsuaharan Africa at the MFA. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-03-04 08:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UNGA UNSC IMO GR |
08ATHENS362 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008- PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitiv but Unclassified -- Protect Accordingly. 2.(SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece continued domestic and regional effo [...] | 2008-03-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS364 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 3 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 2. (SBU) INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: ------------------------------------ [...] | 2008-03-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS365 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 2 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in that [...] | 2008-03-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS366 | GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
08ATHENS507 | MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General, I'm pleased you will be meeting with Greek Minister of Justice Sotiris Hatzigakis on April 11. Although I'm sure your staff has prepared briefing material, I wanted to highlight a few key issues that I would ask that you raise with him. I met with Hatzigakis on Marc [...] | 2008-04-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM GR |
08ATHENS631 | FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...] | 2008-05-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR |
08ATHENS81 | INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERORRIST [...] (S) On 16 January 2008, Ambassador Speckhard, accompanied by Regional Affairs (RAS) Counselor Chadason, paid a courtesy call on Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Deputy Interior Minister for Public Order Panayiotis Chinofotis. In his first official meeting with them, the Ambassador s [...] | 2008-01-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV KTER KCRM ASEC KHLS EAGR SENV TU GR |
08ATHENS837 | TIP NEXT STEPS DISCUSSED WITH MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR |
08ATHENS873 | INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (C) Post is grateful for the opportunity per reftel to provide preliminary input on U.S. statements regarding Greece at the upcoming Warsaw OSCE Human Dimension Meeting (HDIM). As context, Embassy notes this is a sensitive period in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, and the statements made at [...] | 2008-06-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR |
08ATHENS874 | GREECE ON IRAN: CARROTS BETTER THAN STICKS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA officials dealing with various aspects of Iran issues indicated that Greece did not intend to break an EU consensus on stiffening Iran sanctions, but that it had concerns about the direction of Iran policy. Greece believed the evidence did not indicate the Iranians were [...] | 2008-06-19 14:24:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | AORC EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN |
08ATHENS959 | GREECE: JUNE TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the first in what we intend to be regular updates on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In June, Greek authorities in cooperation with Europol and officials from neighboring countries, broke up three trafficking rings and granted [...] | 2008-07-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR |
08ATHENS985 | GREECE/IRAN: GREECE WON'T HINDER EU CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) DCM spoke July 10 with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to inquire about the Greek position on the EU package of measures to implement UNSCR 1803; DCM said that we understood many in the EU were supportive of a common position with robust measures, but that Greece and a few others were ex [...] | 2008-07-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ETTC EU GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN |
08ATHENS996 | GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...] | 2008-07-14 05:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET |
08BAGHDAD1118 | GOI'S LARGEST DETENTION FACILITY GETS LEGAL CLINIC [...] SUMMARY: A modest grant from the Ambassador's Targeted Development Program fund has given the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA) resources to operate a legal aid clinic at Baghdad's largest detention center. Many of the detainees have been held for years without charges or progress in their cases. [...] | 2008-04-10 02:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ |
08BAGHDAD1296 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1347 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil reporting cable. 2. (SBU) A tailored Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) consisting of Gary Novis (Department of State, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT)-Head of Delegation),Robert Stapleton, (Department of Justice, Asset Forfeiture and Money [...] | 2008-05-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1348 | RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-01 09:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ |
08BAGHDAD1963 | ALAQ HIGHLIGHTS PRIMACY OF INSPECTORS GENERAL IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting with visiting INL consultants and ACCO staff, Joint Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) chairman and Council of Ministers Secretary General Ali Alaq stressed his interpretation of the ministries' Inspectors General (IG's) as the vanguard of Iraq's anti-corruptio [...] | 2008-06-27 04:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL |
08BAGHDAD1965 | IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, [...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...] | 2008-06-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2122 | PENDING LEGISLATION WOULD FURTHER PLACE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Pending legislation before the COR would codify control by the Prime Minister,s office over Iraq,s Inspectors General (IG,s) and the Commission on Integrity (COI),two of the GOI,s politically independent, albeit nascent, anti-corruption agencies. Current drafts of the legislation would e [...] | 2008-07-08 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2463 | KIRKUK: TENSE, RETURNING TO NORMAL, BUT NO RESUMPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, ethnic relations in Kirkuk have been buffeted by the passage - and subsequent veto - of a controversial provincial elections law in Baghdad, a terrorist attack at a Kurdish demonstration resulting in mass casualties, a violent confrontation between Kurdis [...] | 2008-08-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS KCRM IZ |
08BAGHDAD2682 | ENTRENCHED CORRUPTION IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD2731 | ENTRENCHED CORRUPTION IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ [...] (S) Anti-Corruption Coordinator, Lawrence Benedict, Embassy Baghdad Anti-Corruption Coordination Office (ACCO) and Erbil RRT officers met August 11-14 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials, non-governmental organizations, and representatives of the private sector to gauge the corr [...] | 2008-08-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3087 | INSPECTORS GENERAL SEEK TO CLARIFY THEIR ROLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous Iraqi Inspectors General (IGs) have voiced to us confusion about their oversight role and frustration with other Iraqi entities either at the ministerial or national level to usurp the IGs' monitoring authorities. How the IGs develop is subject to pending legislation [...] | 2008-09-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3596 | SIX INSPECTORS GENERAL RELIEVED OF DUTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers issued orders in mid-October firing one Inspector General and putting five others into early retirement following performance audits of the IGs conducted by the Board of Supreme Audit. Another IG expects to be relieved of his duties, while the head of the [...] | 2008-11-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD3903 | INSPECTOR GENERAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an article in the New York Times suggesting a slew of firings and early retirements of Iraq's Inspectors General (IGs) were politically motivated, the heads of the Commission on Integrity (COI) and the Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) strenuously defended the integrity of t [...] | 2008-12-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD4047 | LABOR IG DETAILS MASSIVE SOCIAL WELFARE FUND FRAUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hameed al-Zaidi, the Inspector General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, announced to the Iraqi press the widespread corruption within his ministry in which, he estimated, 70 percent of funds allocated to the ministry's social welfare program were siphoned off. Al-Za [...] | 2008-12-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD4058 | SUMMING UP IRAQ'S YEAR OF ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih declared in January that 2008 was to be Iraq's year of combating corruption but Iraq has made only incremental gains in doing so. Salih issued an 18-point plan to fight administrative corruption that was issued in the PM,s name, of which four [...] | 2008-12-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
08BAGHDAD590 | BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (U) This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period April 2007-April 2008. Little progress has been noted since the previous report, and post strongly recommends that Iraq continue to be treated as a special case during this rating period. The government of Iraq co [...] | 2008-02-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IZ |
08BAGHDAD767 | 2008 IAGGA: IRAQ'S Anti-Corruption Efforts in 2006-2007 [...] Summary. While the corrosive effects of public corruption continue to plague Iraqi society, the Government of Iraq (GOI) recently has taken a number of positive steps aimed at ameliorating this problem. Cognizant of the fact that corruption endangers the stability and security of the state, [...] | 2008-03-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL |
08BAGHDAD844 | PRT KIRKUK: ASAYISH DETAINEES FACE POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi Chief Justice has agreed to begin reviewing 229 cases of Asayish detainees in Sulimaniyah for possible transfer to Kirkuk. The Kirkuk Chief Judge has received a written order from the Chief Justice to begin reviewing t [...] | 2008-03-19 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAGHDAD910 | PRT KIRKUK: ASAYISH DETAINEES FACE POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi Chief Justice has agreed to begin reviewing 229 cases of Asayish detainees in Sulimaniyah for possible transfer to Kirkuk. The Kirkuk Chief Judge has received a written order from the Chief Justice to begin reviewing t [...] | 2008-03-25 16:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV PTER IZ |
08BAKU109 | GOAJ LIST OF ATTENDEES TO UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM TO [...] Azerbaijani MFA Americas Desk Officer Akram Zeynalli informed the Embassy that Azerbaijan will send a nine-person delegation to UN.GIFT and the Vienna Forum on Human Trafficking. Hijran Huseynova, the head of the State Committee on Family, Women, and Children's Problems will head the delegati [...] | 2008-02-08 07:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG AJ |
08BAKU152 | GTIP VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN, JANUARY 28-31, 2008 [...] (C)Summary: From January 28-31, 2008, Jennifer Schrock Donnelly, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),visited Baku to meet with local NGOs, International Organizations and GOAJ agencies that deal with the issue of trafficking in persons in [...] | 2008-02-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL OTRA KCRM KWMN CY AJ |
08BAKU182 | AZERBAIJAN: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Paragraph 4 below provides Embassy Baku's submission on the status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Azerbaijan are conducted under the direction of the Deputy Ministe [...] | 2008-03-03 08:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ |
08BAMAKO312 | MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...] | 2008-04-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO313 | MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...] | 2008-04-01 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML |
08BAMAKO707 | MALIANS RELEASE FIVE CHILD TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS [...] On June 20 Malian judicial authorities the western town of Kita released three individuals arrested in March for allegedly trafficking 26 children (Ref. A). The individuals were released on their own recognizance in advance of their trial date, which has not yet been set. The public prosecu [...] | 2008-08-05 14:37:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS ML |
08BAMAKO759 | CHILD PROTECTION OFFICIALS DISAPPOINTED WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-02 07:34:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ML |
08BAMAKO876 | UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 07:15:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM EINV ELAB ML |
08BAMAKO937 | MALI: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2008 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftels. 2. No terrorist attacks occurred in Mali. Disparate Tuareg rebel groups in northern Mali attacked Malian military forces on several occasions, but none of these incidents we [...] | 2008-12-12 10:13:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM ML |
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80 | BRUNEI TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Please find below Post's submission in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit c [...] | 2008-02-28 06:57:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
08BANGKOK1063 | THAILAND STRENGTHENS LABOR TRAFFICKING GUIDELINES, GAINS [...] (U) Summary: Thai Ministry of Labor officials laid out a series of operational guidelines for handling future labor trafficking cases, drawing from recent TIP cases involving exploitation in the fishing and seafood processing industries. The guidelines grant immunity to TIP victims from prosec [...] | 2008-04-03 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TH |
08BANGKOK780 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Please see paragraph two for questions from Thai MFA Africa Director Tomwit Jarnson regarding reftel request. 2. (SBU) Poloff on March 11 conveyed reftel points eliciting Thai assistance in addressing piracy off the Somali coast and views on a United Nations Security Council resolution [...] | 2008-03-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO SO TH |
08BANGUI247 | FURTHER DEMARCHE TO GOCAR ON TIP PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche in person to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a meeting on December 17. The Ambassador explained the importance of increasing efforts to combat TIP, and said that U.S. law required host government engagement on the issue if the country was to remai [...] | 2008-12-18 16:36:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KTIP CT |
08BANJUL86 | THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...] | 2008-02-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
08BARCELONA132 | ANDORRA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) As requested in REFTEL, Post's submission for the "2008 Country Reports on Terrorism follows in paragraph 2. POC for the CRT for Andorra is Todd D. Robinson. Tel number 34-93-280-2227 e-mail: HYPERLINK "mailto:RobinsonTD3@state.gov" RobinsonTD3@state.gov 2. (U) Andorra continues [...] | 2008-12-18 19:30:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AN |
08BASRAH18 | BASRAH REFINERY DIRECTOR ON OIL SMUGGLING AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, REO met with Qasim Mohammed Ali Kadhim, Technical Director of the South Refinery Company, who said Basra refinery operations have returned to its pre-fire production levels at approximately 60 percent capacity or 90,000 barrels per day. According to Kadhim, smuggl [...] | 2008-03-13 12:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
08BASRAH29 | CBS REPORTER RICHARD BUTLER FREED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Kidnapped CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler was freed during the afternoon of April 14 during an Iraqi Army (IA) operation conducted as part of operation Charge of the Knights II (COKII). UK, U.S., and Iraqi authorities had been trying to secure Butler's release sin [...] | 2008-04-14 17:18:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | KCRM PTER PINS PGOV IZ |
08BASRAH55 | MINISTRY OF OIL REMOVES SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) announced it had removed South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Jabbar Al-Lu'aybi. Kefah Kaml, Jabbar's Deputy, has been appointed to serve as SOC's interim DG. Although Minister of Oil Husayn Al-Shahristani issued the order in mid-May, Jab [...] | 2008-06-04 10:57:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
08BASRAH61 | BASRAH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Since the establishment of the Basrah Development Commission (BDC) in October 2007, the British Government and the Basrah Provincial Council have been working closely on strategies to promote development and attract foreign investment in southern Iraq. The BDC has undoubtedly ser [...] | 2008-06-18 09:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
08BASRAH64 | THE NEW BATTLE FOR BASRAH: CONTROL OF THE PROVINCE'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly four months after the Charge of Knights operation, Governor Muhammed Waeli acknowledged that the central Qernment has improved security in the province and praised the Iraqi Security Forces' ongoing efforts to bring steady quality of life improvements for Basrawis. The rel [...] | 2008-07-22 08:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
08BASRAH74 | GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF THE BASRAH INVESTMENT [...] (U) In early-July, Governor Muhammed Waeli announced the appointment of the first Basrah Investment Promotion Agency (BIPA) board. BIPA was established under the National Investment Law (No 13 of 2006),which mandates the setting up of a National Investment Commission (NIC) and regional or go [...] | 2008-08-26 16:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
08BEIJING1734 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...] | 2008-05-07 03:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH |
08BEIJING1930 | UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...] | 2008-05-19 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH |
08BEIJING2160 | Chilly PRC Response to Delivery of TIP Demarche [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PGOV KPAO SMIG CH |
08BEIJING3218 | CHINESE OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN INCREASING [...] (C) Chinese officials want to increase cooperation with the United States in prosecuting terrorists, Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Public Prosecution Department Deputy Director General Wang Jun told United States Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Francis Schmitz August 14. Wang stat [...] | 2008-08-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR KCRM CH |
08BEIJING3654 | CHINA'S RESPONSE TO ECUADOR WAIVER OF VISA INQUIRY [...] (C) Chinese Immigration and Public Security officials evinced a cooperative attitude during a September 19 exchange with Embassy Officers regarding USG concerns about Ecuador's recent waiver of tourist visa requirements for all Chinese nationals. The Chinese shared data showing a five-fold in [...] | 2008-09-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC CVIS KCRM KFRD CH HK EC CO |
08BEIJING3742 | FOURTH SESSION OF THE ANTICORRUPTION WORKING GROUP [...] (C) The Anticorruption Working Group (ACWG) of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG) for Law Enforcement Cooperation held its fourth session in Beijing and Nanjing September 16-18. Interagency participants from the United States and China discussed the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (ML [...] | 2008-09-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS CH XB |
08BEIJING3779 | IMPLEMENTING CHINA'S ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT [...] (C) As part of its effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),China is working to implement its National Plan of Action (NPA) issued by the State Council on December 13, 2007. Both the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are coordinating a national plan to combat [...] | 2008-09-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KTIP PGOV KWMN PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS |
08BEIJING3780 | CHINA CONSIDERS ACCESSION TO UN PALERMO PROTOCOL [...] (C) China is seriously considering acceding to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official. China will hold a symposium October 23-24, co-hosted by the UN Inter-Agency Project on Hum [...] | 2008-09-29 07:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KHUM KWMN KCRM CH |
08BEIJING4095 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (C) Deputy Director Pistole, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramati [...] | 2008-10-30 00:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV SCUL KCRM PTER CH |
08BEIJING4096 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR PRC CANDIDATES FOR ILEA [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following Chinese candidates from the Wuhan Municipal Police nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok. Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post has no derogatory information on these candidates. 2. (SBU) Na [...] | 2008-10-30 02:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH CH |
08BEIJING4240 | CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009 [...] (U) China has made progress since April 2008 in combating human trafficking. The implementation of the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012),led by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in coordination with 28 other agencies, underscores Chi [...] | 2008-11-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
08BEIJING4347 | Strengthening China's Anti-trafficking Legal Framework [...] (SBU) Participants from the Chinese Government and key non-governmental agencies agreed at a recent symposium that China must improve its efforts to combat human trafficking. Attendees discussed in detail whether China's existing laws could be modified to address trafficking better. Despite s [...] | 2008-11-26 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM KJUS CH |
08BEIJING4572 | IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267, [...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...] | 2008-12-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH |
08BEIJING4624 | MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF [...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...] | 2008-12-22 08:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4630 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Guangzhou Anti-Smuggling Bureau, who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals [...] | 2008-12-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR CH |
08BEIJING4669 | CHINA: INVITATIONS TO SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) PolOff on December 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A invitation to the January 13-14 meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy. PolOff on December 23 delivered the ref B invitation to a pre-me [...] | 2008-12-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH |
08BEIJING4684 | REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the State Forestry Administration, Department of Forest Police, who has been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory infor [...] | 2008-12-29 06:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM CH |
08BEIJING4697 | CHINA: YUNNAN PROVINCE LEADS THE WAY IN CHINA'S [...] (C) Yunnan Province in 2005 was one of the first regions in China to formulate its own action plan to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),thereby attracting international organizations early on and helping establish itself as a forerunner for anti-TIP programs around the country. Save the Ch [...] | 2008-12-31 03:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH |
08BEIRUT340 | LEBANON: CHARGE VISITS SAFE HOUSE FOR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On March 4, the Charge visited the G/TIP-funded Safe House operated by Caritas in partnership with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). The residents, all women, told stories of abuse and exploitation, while at the same time displaying the strength and courage to leave [...] | 2008-03-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG SOCI CE CF ET LE MA NP |
08BELGRADE106 | VETTING FOR COESPU COURSE [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for COESPU COURSE that will take place in Vicenza, Italy. Attached is the list of officers who have been selected to receive training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units in Vicenza. Several will attend mid-level [...] | 2008-01-29 07:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
08BELGRADE114 | VETTING FOR COESPU COURSE [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees who have been selected to receive training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units in Vicenza, Italy. Several will attend mid-level training beginning March 3, 2008. The others will begin the high-level training on [...] | 2008-01-30 07:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
08BELGRADE1168 | SERBIA RESPONSE TO TIP ACTION GUIDE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Serbian MFA North American desk officer Srdjan Miljkovic on November 12. Miljkovic will forward the action guide to the Ministries of Social Welfare, Interior, and Justice. 2. Miljkovic requested that we provide samples of anti-TIP training material for Se [...] | 2008-11-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL SMIG SR |
08BELGRADE1201 | SERBIA: 2008-2009 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. BEGIN INCSR II TEXT Serbia: Not a Financial Center -------------- [...] | 2008-11-21 14:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR |
08BELGRADE1300 | SERBIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Serbia's law enforcement and security agencies, particularly the Customs Administration, Criminal Police, Border Police, Security Information Agency, and other security services, greatly increased bilateral counterterrorism cooperation since the July formation of the new government. Intra-g [...] | 2008-12-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR SR |
08BELGRADE222 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...] | 2008-03-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR |
08BELGRADE224 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING REPORT IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] OVERVIEW ----------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and a destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 60 TIP victims. Of these, there were 51 females and 9 males; 26 [...] | 2008-03-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF PREL PGOV ELAB SR |
08BELGRADE266 | VETTING FOR CIVIL MILITARY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (CMEP) [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for CMEP Balkans IPC for 2008 Exercise scheduled from 1-3 April 2008 at Skopje, Macedonia; for SEESIM 08 MPC scheduled from 7-12 April 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria; for MEDCEUR 08 Exercise FPC scheduled from 10-15 March 2008 in Split, C [...] | 2008-03-19 15:12:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SR |
08BELGRADE274 | VETTING FOR GCMC COURSE COMBATING TERRORISM LANGUAGE PROGRAM [...] The following candidate from Montenegro is presented as a nominee for CTLP + PTSS 8-5 courses scheduled from 14 April - 27 June 2008 at Garmisch, Germany. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vetting, this individual has been cleared by all releva [...] | 2008-03-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | SR PHUM PREL KCRM |
08BELGRADE283 | VETTING FOR IMET COURSE [...] The following candidates from Montenegro are presented as nominees for IMET COURSE -- Army WARRIOR LEADER COURSE scheduled for 18 MAY 2008 to 18 JUNE 2008 at 7th Army NCO Academy at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vettin [...] | 2008-03-25 11:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SR |
08BELGRADE284 | VETTING FOR IMET COURSE [...] The following candidate from Montenegro is presented as a nominee for IMET COURSE -- BASIC OFFICER LEADER II scheduled for 04 APRIL 2008 to 22 MAY 2008 at Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vetting, this i [...] | 2008-03-25 11:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM SR |
08BELGRADE340 | VETTING FOR IMET COURSE [...] The following candidate from Serbia is presented as a nominee for IMET COURSE -- Basic Non Commissioned Officer Course scheduled for 14 APR 2008 to 04 MAY 2008 at Ohio Army National Guard. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vetting, this individ [...] | 2008-04-07 09:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM SR |
08BELGRADE569 | SERBIA: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) We presented the Combating Trafficking in Persons report on Serbia to Srdjan Milkovic, North Americas Division Chief at the Foreign Ministry, on June 4. Miljkovic praised other recent human rights-related reports from the Department for their accuracy and said he was eager to read the fu [...] | 2008-06-09 18:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SR |
08BELGRADE952 | SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...] | 2008-09-12 06:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR |
08BELGRADE955 | SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION [...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...] | 2008-09-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR |
08BELMOPAN147 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in reftel A. 2. (SBU) Overview of Belize's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the cou [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN148 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN149 | BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-13 20:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
08BELMOPAN192 | (C) ZUBAIR KHAN -- RSO SOURCE ALLEGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An RSO source alleges Pakistani-Belizean national, Zubair Khan, is involved with drug trafficking, money laundering, and has possible ties to Lebanese Hezbollah and Pakistan al-Qaeda associations. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Information provided by source is unconfirmed. RSO sourc [...] | 2008-04-04 21:28:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CVIS KCRM BH |
08BERLIN240 | GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...] | 2008-02-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL |
08BERLIN256 | GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-03-03 08:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM |
08BERLIN628 | RESPONDING TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND RADIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German officials from the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) briefed NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Admiral Krol on Germany's task force approach to respond to incidents of nuclear terrorism and other radiolo [...] | 2008-05-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC KNNP PTER ASEC KCRM ENRG PREL KGIC GM |
08BERLIN750 | TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...] | 2008-06-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL |
08BERLIN916 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) On July 1, Emboffs met for a roundtable discussion of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with key German officials from the MFA, as well as the Family, Labor and Justice ministries. While the report was well received, a Family Ministry official expressed regret that more atte [...] | 2008-07-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV |
08BERN108 | SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...] | 2008-02-28 16:37:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ |
08BERN122 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:55:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ |
08BERN179 | TIP - SWITZERLAND: Supplement [...] (U) The Federal Office of Police has adjusted its organization and hired new staff to step up the fight against trafficking in persons and child sexual abuse. At the operational level, the former investigative unit "Pedophilia-Human Trafficking-Migrant Smuggling" in July 2007 was split up int [...] | 2008-04-17 14:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ |
08BISHKEK1206 | KYRGYZSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Econ Chief Robert Burgess, email: burgessrg@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow is Em [...] | 2008-12-03 02:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG |
08BISHKEK151 | Kyrgyzstan Proposals for Trafficking in Persons [...] Per reftel instructions, Post solicited anti-trafficking in persons project proposals from local organizations. Post received three proposals. Per reftel instructions, the complete project proposals have been forwarded via e-mail to G/TIP. 2. Post has reviewed the following project prop [...] | 2008-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KG |
08BISHKEK211 | KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...] | 2008-02-29 11:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG |
08BISHKEK478 | KYRGYZSTAN - NOTES FROM THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: On April 29, 2008, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan and met with representatives from the Osh Governor's Office, members of local political parties, and the Kyrgyz Drug Control Agency's Southern Command. Water shortages, rolling black-outs, rising prices and cor [...] | 2008-05-15 06:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KCOR SNAR KG |
08BISHKEK94 | Kyrgyzstan Hosts TIP Roundtable for CIS Countries [...] (U) Summary: On December 13-14, 2007, the Kyrgyz State Committee on Migration and Employment with the OSCE hosted a regional round table entitled "Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Central Asia: State Policies, Dynamics and Ways Forward." Participants included representatives from both N [...] | 2008-01-29 09:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SMIG KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM KG XH ZK ZJ |
08BOGOTA177 | SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR AND CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters and accompanying CODEL. Your delegation will visit a Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 [...] | 2008-01-14 19:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON |
08BOGOTA1838 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In April the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 10,630 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 1,607 hectares of coca and 48 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 7.46 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, 11.50 metric tons of [...] | 2008-05-16 16:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA1921 | FARC DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT ERADICATION FINANCIALLY HURTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Documents recovered from the laptop computers of two recently killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC in Spanish) Secretariat members and subsequently released to the press indicate that coca eradication causes financial hardship for the organization. In essence, the [...] | 2008-05-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA1927 | GOC CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING SPECIAL COURTS FOR SUBSTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia is looking at new strategies in the war on drugs, including the creation of "drug courts" that would treat drug users as addicts in need of treatment rather than as criminals. There is no indication that this project has gone beyond the concept state at this point. END [...] | 2008-05-22 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA1988 | AIR MOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has transformed itself into a secure, prosperous democracy and an even closer U.S. ally with our help. Many factors contributed to this successful transformation, but one of the most important was the provision of air mobility to the Colombian security forces. Air mobili [...] | 2008-05-30 19:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL MCAP EAID KCRM PTER SENV CO |
08BOGOTA2051 | COLOMBIA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Though Colombia remains a major producer and trafficker of illicit narcotics, the Government of Colombia (GOC) continues as an unwavering ally in the fight against both narcotics production and trafficking. Our core bilateral counternarcotics eradication and interdiction program [...] | 2008-06-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA2179 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In May the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 9,540 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 9,358 hectares of coca and 62 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 8.21 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, sixteen metric tons of [...] | 2008-06-17 20:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA2214 | JUNE 2008 NATIONALIZATION UPDATE [...] (U) NAS Director and NAS Nationalization Coordinator met on June 17 MOD Special Projects Director Alejandro Gamboa. VMOD Pinzon was traveling to Afghanistan and provided guidance to Gamboa prior to departing. The discussion reviewed the status of various nationalization themes to include the U [...] | 2008-06-19 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA2264 | EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO [...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...] | 2008-06-20 20:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO |
08BOGOTA2313 | GOC AND USG COMPLETE UH-1N LOAN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 19, [...] (U) The USG and GOC signed the Loan Agreement for 18 UH-1N helicopters for the Colombian Army Aviation Brigade on June 19, 2008. NAS Bogota has engaged with Colombian Army officials to coordinate the return of the previously grounded helicopters to flight status. All 18 helicopters are fully [...] | 2008-06-25 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SENV KCRM MOPS PGOV PTER CO |
08BOGOTA2545 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In June the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 17,953 hectares. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 28.3 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 19.3 metric tons of marijuana, and 22 kilos of heroin. They also captured 26 metric tons of precursor chemicals. [...] | 2008-07-14 19:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA2641 | COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...] | 2008-07-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO |
08BOGOTA2674 | COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...] | 2008-07-24 21:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO |
08BOGOTA2831 | COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE [...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...] | 2008-08-01 20:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO |
08BOGOTA3077 | MEDELLIN GRAPPLES WITH POST-CONFLICT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: A 17% rise in murders in Medellin--after five consecutive years of decline--has aroused fears that security may be deteriorating. Local officials blame the increase on infighting between narcotraffickers seeking to fill the vacuum left by the extradition of crime boss Diego Mu [...] | 2008-08-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL CO |
08BOGOTA3084 | EMBASSY RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: We recently raised specific human rights issues--including threats and violence against human rights defenders--with senior GOC officials. Colombian National Police (CNP) director Oscar Naranjo said the GOC has found that most threats against Bogota-based human rights groups we [...] | 2008-08-21 22:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL CO |
08BOGOTA3182 | MEDELLIN SCANDAL GENERATES POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (C) Summary: The dismissal of Guillermo Valencia Cossio, former head of the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) in Medellin, for criminal ties also led to the resignations of former Medellin Colombian National Police (CNP) Commander Marco Pedreros and Medellin "South American Games" orga [...] | 2008-08-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SNAR CO |
08BOGOTA3408 | COLOMBIA PLEASED WITH OFAC KINGPIN ACT [...] (C) Charge told Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on September 11 that the USG will designate three current and former Venezuelan officials under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed F [...] | 2008-09-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL KCRM VE CO |
08BOGOTA3840 | PLAN COLOMBIA HELICOPTER PROGRAM IN-PROGRESS REVIEW [...] (U) The purpose of this message is to announce that INL/A and NAS Colombia will be co-hosting an in-progress review conference for the Plan Colombia Helicopter Program (PCHP) also known as the Colombian Army (COLAR) Aviation Program. The conference will be held at the Hilton Melbourne beach o [...] | 2008-10-21 22:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA3887 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 16,524 hectares; the Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 30 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 17 metric tons of marijuana, and 74 kilograms (kgs) of heroin, and captured 1,973 metric tons of precursor chemic [...] | 2008-10-23 21:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA4134 | COLOMBIA: PYRAMID SCHEMES SWINDLE THOUSANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombian authorities believe as many as three million Colombians have been defrauded of at least USD 300 million in a series of pyramid schemes that began collapsing November 12 after the government's seizure of the firm Proyecciones DFRE. The fall of DFRE spurred the subseque [...] | 2008-11-17 21:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4201 | GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...] | 2008-11-21 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4248 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even with poor weather conditions negatively affecting the total hectares sprayed, the contractor remains above the projection line for the year. Total manual coca eradication for the month of October was 11,683 hectares - bringing the GME program's year-to-date total to 68,60 [...] | 2008-11-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA4263 | FALLOUT FROM PYRAMID SCHEME CONTINUES TO SHAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly three weeks since the first of Colombia's various pyramid schemes collapsed (ref A) and ten days since the closure of the largest such alleged entity, DMG (ref B),the economic, political, and social fallout continue to shake Colombia. Officials from Colombia's southern [...] | 2008-11-28 22:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR PGOV CO |
08BOGOTA4499 | NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, only 4,492 hectares of coca were sprayed due to bad weather and lack of support from the Colombian National Police (CNP); this setback slowed our progress toward the annual eradication goal of 130,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in four ho [...] | 2008-12-19 19:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO |
08BOGOTA555 | G/TIP PROPOSAL TO HELP ENSURE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE [...] As requested reftels, post provides the following information on a proposal by the International Organization for Migration to help ensure the safety of trafficking victims and the prosecution and conviction of traffickers. 2. A. Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migrati [...] | 2008-02-12 20:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG CO |
08BOGOTA692 | COLOMBIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] On February 25, Post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. MFA officials thanked us for the information. We do not anticipate a substantive GOC response. Brownfiel [...] | 2008-02-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PBTS PREL KCRM CO |
08BOGOTA918 | COLOMBIA RESPONSE TO 2008 IAGGA REPORT [...] The GOC continues to make progress on fighting corruption and increasing accountability and transparency. In the past two years, the GOC took significant steps to reform its criminal justice system, increase transparency in public expenditure, modernize public procurement, and ensure account [...] | 2008-03-07 23:55:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM CO |
08BOGOTA940 | COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...] | 2008-03-10 22:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO |
08BRASILIA1035 | UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON ABADIA EXTRADITION [...] (C) As a follow up to ref a instructions, Post, on July 24, 2008, once again contacted Ministry of Justice Legal Advisor, Rafael Tomaz Favetti regarding the expulsion of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia (Chupeta). Favetti advised Post that he had encountered stiffer opposition within the Ministry t [...] | 2008-07-28 11:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR |
08BRASILIA1069 | NEXT STEPS ON ABADIA EXTRADITION CASE AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Post appreciates Department and DOJ assistance in determining next steps on securing the extradition of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia ("Chupeta") and requests the guidance discussed ref A on an urgent basis, as ongoing investigations into Abadia's activities in Br [...] | 2008-08-06 20:58:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR |
08BRASILIA1257 | BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...] | 2008-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL |
08BRASILIA1261 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNODC SELF-ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) On September 16, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. Asked if Brazil would complete the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) self-assessment checklist, which Bra [...] | 2008-09-22 20:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS UN PG BR |
08BRASILIA1314 | SUPREME COURT WIRETAP SCANDAL CHANGES FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-running suspicions that phone calls of high-level Brazilian officials from all three branches of government are being intercepted became the latest front-page scandal when Veja magazine reported that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) had tapped conversations between a [...] | 2008-10-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PTER PINS BR |
08BRASILIA1315 | BRAZIL: WIRETAP SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS POWER STRUGGLE [...] Summary: Revelations that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) may have been wiretapping Supreme Court (STF) President Gilmar Mendes' calls (reftel) have reinvigorated Congressional inquiries into abusive wiretapping practices and will likely lead to legislation providing oversight over wi [...] | 2008-10-03 15:14:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER BR |
08BRASILIA1493 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...] | 2008-11-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR |
08BRASILIA1525 | BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD ON A NEW EXTRADITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: From October 27-29, Clifton Johnson, Department of State Assistant Legal Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Thomas Black, Associate Director for South American affairs of the Department of Justice,s Office of International Affairs (OIA),and Magdalena Boynton, and Nic [...] | 2008-11-24 19:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNA |
08BRASILIA1588 | BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...] | 2008-12-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR |
08BRASILIA1608 | BRAZIL CRIMINALIZES POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH [...] (U) Brazilian President Lula opened the Third International Child World Congress in Rio de Janeiro on November 25 (SEPTEL) by pulling out his pen in front of thousands of participants and signing a bill that made possession of child pornography a felony, the first time it has been criminalized [...] | 2008-12-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM BR |
08BRASILIA1612 | BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On 12 December 2008, ECONOFF met Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) official Bernardo Motta to follow up previous discussions regarding the recent USG designations of individuals and organizations as supporters of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 (refs A, B, and [...] | 2008-12-16 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR |
08BRASILIA1686 | BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Air Bridge Denial ("shootdown") program has diminished drug flights in Brazil, and as a result, traffickers are increasingly using riverine routes to transport drugs out of the country. The state of Para sees much of this riverine trafficking. The combination of tribu [...] | 2008-12-31 19:30:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | NAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC BR |
08BRASILIA35 | BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: After much hesitation, President Lula was finally forced to wade into the public security debate in light of consistent polling that places crime as the number one concern of most Brazilians. The result, a public security plan called the National Program on Public Security with C [...] | 2008-01-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV BR |
08BRASILIA41 | BRAZIL: LITTLE HOPE OFFERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: In commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day, the regional office of the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime together with the University of Brasilia sponsored a roundtable with senior Brazilian government officials from the judicial and legislative branches, medi [...] | 2008-01-07 17:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM KCOR KDEM BR |
08BRASILIA43 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: LOOKING BEYOND THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Brazil remains highly sensitive to public claims suggesting that terrorist or extremist organizations have a presence or are undertaking activities in Brazil--a sensitivity that appears to be the rise and is resulting in more than symbolic reactions. At an op [...] | 2008-01-08 10:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM AR PA BR |
08BRASILIA440 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...] | 2008-04-02 19:12:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR |
08BRASILIA504 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...] | 2008-04-11 19:34:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR |
08BRASILIA56 | BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Lula government's plan to take on the crime issue, the government proposed a multi-pronged plan to address both the social causes of crime and the weakness of the law enforcement community to fight it. Lula's proposal, the National Program on Public Security with Ci [...] | 2008-01-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV BR |
08BRASILIA760 | BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA [...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...] | 2008-06-05 14:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR |