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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01ABUJA1000 |
Lunch Conference on Drugs and Financial Crimes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Special Advisor on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Dr. Ibrahim Lame hosted a three hour lunch and meeting on drugs and related crimes on April 19. Media questioned Dr. Lame, Attorney General Bola Ige and NDLEA Chairman Lafiaji, among others, on current crime and [...] |
2001-05-04 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR CJAN PREL NI |
| 01ABUJA2118 |
NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. This message summarizes their discussion on Nigeria's counter-narcotics performance and U [...] |
2001-08-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM CJAN EFIN NI |
| 01ABUJA2187 |
REPATRIATION OF DETAINED ALIENS TO NIGERIA [...] Mission shares the concern of Washington agencies that criminal aliens be repatriated without undue delay to their country of nationality. We want to work jointly with all concerned agencies to facilitate and speed repatriation of Nigerian criminal aliens. 2. We would welcome the oppor [...] |
2001-09-04 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PREL CVIS CJAN SNAR NI |
| 01ABUJA2665 |
NIGERIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING WITH ATTORNEY [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-18 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR CJAN KCRM NI |
| 01ABUJA964 |
NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...] |
2001-05-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS |
| 02ABUJA1405 |
MEETING WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-06 18:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN KCRM NI |
| 02ABUJA1592 |
NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT EXPEDITES EXTRADITION CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2002-05-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA1737 |
NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL EXTRADTION OF GABRIEL UMOH [...] No summary [...] |
2002-06-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02ABUJA729 |
NIGERIA: NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL SWORN IN [...] No summary [...] |
2002-03-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CJAN KCRM SNAR NI |
| 02AMMAN5838 |
PRIME MINISTER ABUL RAGHEB ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, [...] (C) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about human rights and legal assistance issues (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb mentioned that the Jordanian Ministry of Justice was collecting the bank records requested by the U.S. Department of Justi [...] |
2002-10-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PHUM PREL US JO |
| 02AMMAN6182 |
JORDAN: ASSISTANCE IN TELEMARKETING FRAUD [...] (sbu) Summary. The government and Central Bank of Jordan and the Union Bank for Savings and Investment told the Embassy they will cooperate fully with a Department of Justice investigation of a telemarketing fraud that used Union Bank as an apparently unwitting channel for transferring fund [...] |
2002-10-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN CJAN JO |
| 02AMMAN6427 |
JORDAN RESPONDS TO BANK RECORDS REQUEST, INDICATES [...] (C) Over the past two months, Embassy Officers have heard from a variety of GOJ officials increased willingness to cooperate on U.S. legal assistance requests. For example, Justice Minister Nabulsi told the Charge, Legatt, and PolCouns September 15 that the Justice Ministry supported provid [...] |
2002-11-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN PTER US JO |
| 03ABUDHABI3249 |
UAE READY FOR MLAT VIDEO CONFERENCE JULY 15 [...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an Action request. Please see para 5. 3. (C) The Ambassador Met with UAE Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Awqaf Mohamed Nakhera Al-Daheri on July 13, 2003. The Minister said that of th [...] |
2003-07-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL ASEC ETTC KCRM PGOV KTIA |
| 03AMMAN3332 |
FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) FBI Director Robert Mueller met June 1 with Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador, Mueller's Special Assistant Solomon, Executive Assistant Director D'Amuro, LEGATT, and PolCouns accompanied Mueller. Muasher's Personal Assistant Ali al-Ayed and MFA Legal Advisor Same [...] |
2003-06-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL CJAN PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN4467 |
RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED BY [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF JULY 4, 2003 REPORTED THAT THE COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNED THE EARLIER DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST AMCIT RAED HIJAZI. A NINE-JUDGE COURT OF CASSATION PANEL OVERTURNED THE STATE SECURITY COURT VERDICT AND SENTENCE, RETURNING THE CASE TO STATE SECURITY COURT WHICH IS NOT E [...] |
2003-07-21 07:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED |
| 03AMMAN6398 |
U.S.-JORDAN EXTRADITION TREATY: AMBASSADOR ASKS [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 5 asked FonMin Muasher to have the GOJ to submit the U.S.-Jordan extradition treaty to the Parliament for ratification. Muasher promised to raise the issue with the PM and cabinet. The MFA Legal Advisor told us separately that, while the legal obstacles to full [...] |
2003-10-06 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL PTER US JO |
| 03AMMAN6518 |
AMBASSADOR ASKS PM TO PRESENT EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 9 asked Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb to submit the U.S.-Jordan bilateral extradition treaty to Parliament for approval and work to bring it fully into force. Abul Ragheb was aware of the Ambassador's earlier request to the Foreign Minister (ref), and, in fact, [...] |
2003-10-13 06:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN PTER US JO |
| 03AMMAN7147 |
AMBASSADOR WITH NEW JUSTICE MINISTER: AID, [...] (C) Ambassador, AID Country Director, AID officer and PolOff made an October 28 courtesy call on new Justice Minister Salah al-Bashir. Bashir requested that AID participate in the meeting and used the courtesy call as a platform to seek financial assistance for his judicial reform plans. Expla [...] |
2003-11-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CJAN CASC US JO |
| 03AMMAN77 |
RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] (U) The State Security Court on January 5 upheld the death penalty conviction of Jordanian-American Raed Hijazi for conspiring to bomb tourist sites in Jordan during the Millennium celebrations. An Embassy Legal contact has confirmed press reports that Hijazi will be able to appeal the decisi [...] |
2003-01-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CASC PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN8171 |
RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY CONVICTION UPHELD [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF DECEMBER 9, 2003 AND JORDAN TELEVISION REPORTED ON DECEMBER 8, 2003, THAT THE STATE SECURITY COURT SENTENCED JORDANIAN-AMERICAN RAED HIJAZI TO DEATH FOR THE THIRD TIME ON CHARGES OF PLOTTING SUBVERSIVE ACTS IN JORDAN AND MANUFACUTRING EXPLOSIVES AND FOR THE POSSESSION [...] |
2003-12-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED |
| 03GUATEMALA369 |
AMBASSODOR,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch at the residence February 10, the Ambassador gave FM Gutierrez a heads up that we are actively working on specific benchmarks for re-certification; pressed him on Article 98, extradition, Belize-Guatemala, election observation, the proposal to investigate clandestine gr [...] |
2003-02-10 23:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN EAGR KTIA PGOV PHUM SNAR CFED GT |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY655 |
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT AS A GATEWAY TO THE U.S.? [...] Summary: Recent advertisements carried in local Ho Chi Minh City newspapers for a real estate investment opportunity in Houston, Texas, attracted significant interest among local investors and the local press. Post interest was aroused by implications in the advertisements that this investme [...] |
2003-07-21 10:27:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CJAN ECON SOCI VM EINV |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6424 |
GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES (TEJADA, RODOLFO AND [...] On November 4, 2003, Rodolfo Tejada and Francisco Jose Estevez were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Tejada is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges. Upon arrival on a flight from Santo Domingo to Miami International Airport, U.S. Department [...] |
2003-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6671 |
DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #1: BANINTER CASE - WILL [...] (U) Following is the first in a series of reports on the Dominican banking sector. (Begin Text) BANINTER CASE -- WILL IT GET PROSECUTED? (C) Dominican banking officials have been gratified by USG interest in the investigation of the case of "Ramoncito" Baez Figueroa's Baninter, which c [...] |
2003-11-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV EAID CJAN DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7095 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES NINE FUGITIVES [...] On December 2, 2003, nine fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. All fugitives were flown to San Juan, Puerto Rico. From there, they will be delivered to the jurisdictions which have issued warrants for their arrests. The following list of fug [...] |
2003-12-08 11:04:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1608 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY IN MONEY LAUNDERING. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP FRAUDULENTLY BY CONCEALING HIS U [...] |
2003-07-08 00:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2824 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN OUTSTANDING ARREST WARRANT IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY TO LAUNDER MONEY. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP BY CONCEALING HIS U.S. [...] |
2003-12-02 22:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO MR ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA99 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 24, 2002, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT IN SAN PEDRO SULA RULED IN FAVOR OF MORRIS, ANNULLING THE CANCELLATION OF HIS HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP. THIS RULING MAKES MORRIS A HONDURAN CITIZEN AND, THEREFORE, NOT EXTRADITABLE UNDER THE HONDURAN CONSTITUTION. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL HA [...] |
2003-01-14 19:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM CASC HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 04AMMAN8636 |
AMCIT RAED HIJAZI DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO [...] (U) AS REPORTED REF A, THE JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF OCTOBER 5, 2004 REPORTED THAT QUOTE THE CASSATION COURT ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2004, COMMUTED THE DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST (AMCIT/JORDANIAN) RAED HIJAZI, CONVICTED OF PLOTTING TERROR ACTS, TO TWENTY YEARS IN JAIL WITH LABOR AND THAT THE COURT'S D [...] |
2004-10-20 08:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED |
| 04AMMAN9521 |
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] ON NOVEMBER 10, 2004, POST RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA), IN RESPONSE TO OUR DIPLOMATIC NOTE NUMBER 910 DATED AUGUST 10, 2004, CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (REF. B). 2. THE MFA [...] |
2004-12-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PTER JO |
| 04DJIBOUTI595 |
JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...] |
2004-04-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ |
| 04KATHMANDU1030 |
NEPALI MAOIST COMMANDER IMPLICATED IN MURDERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Nepali press reports, Indian police in Patna, Bihar have arrested 12 Nepali Maoists, including several Central Committee members. Among those reportedly arrested is Kumar Dahal (a.k.a. "Bijay"), the head of the Maoists' Kathmandu Valley Special Regional Bureau. [...] |
2004-06-04 02:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KCRM CJAN NP IN |
| 04MADRID2187 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF ALEXANDER BOIKO [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Ivan Baptiste Jr. and Lourdes Timberman, at Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 4316700, f [...] |
2004-06-10 10:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SP BOIKO ALEXANDER |
| 04MADRID3994 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF GREGG RENE WALTER [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Randy M. Johnson and Richard B. Cobb, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139, 28006 Madrid, tel.: 91 5626600, from October 18 to [...] |
2004-10-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP GREGG RENE WALTER |
| 04MADRID4258 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BERARDUCCI [...] Post personally delivered Dip note no. 583 to the Chief of the Unit of Consular Legal Matters at the Foreign Ministry. Spanish official informed post that they would fax copy of Dip Note to the President of the Criminal division of the National Court for any appropriate action 2. Embassy w [...] |
2004-11-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS SNAR KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER |
| 04MADRID4316 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL [...] Christopher Michael Berarducci's surrender is getting strong press coverage in major newspapers in Spain. "El Mundo", one of Spain's leading newspapers states that Spain is going to surrender subject to the US without receiving the requested assurances. The publication quotes Post's dipnotes t [...] |
2004-11-10 16:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP BERARDUCCI CHRISTOPHER |
| 04PANAMA672 |
FATE OF ANTI-CASTRO CUBAN AMERICANS IN THE HANDS [...] NAME: NOVO, GUILLERMO; REMON, PEDRO; JIMENEZ, GASPAR 2. SEX: MALE 3. DOPB: JUNE 08, 1939, CUBA; SEPTEMBER 13, 1944, CUBA; OCTOBER 06, 1935, CUBA 23. (SBU) REMARKS: After nearly three and one-half years of incarceration, prosecutors and defense attorneys completed the argume [...] |
2004-03-22 20:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CJAN SNAR PHUM CU PM NOVO GUILLERMO REMON PEDRO JIMENEZ GASPAR CONSULAR AFFAIRS |
| 04PANAMA925 |
PANAMA COURT SENTENCES ANTI-CASTRO CONSPIRATORS, [...] (SBU) On April 20, Panama's Fifth Penal Court convicted six anti-Castro conspirators, including three AmCits, for endangering public safety and sentenced them to seven and eight-year jail terms for a November 2000 plot to kill Fidel Castro. (See Refs A and B.) Luis Posada Carriles, currently [...] |
2004-04-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CJAN CASC SNAR CU PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL |
| 04SANAA837 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION: USS COLE DEFENDANTS - [...] (SBU) Ambassador, accompanied by LEGATT and NCIS rep, carried out demarche reftel with Minister of Interior Alimi on Wednesday, April 7. Ambassador noted his intention to reiterate points to prosecutor general early week of April 10. Alimi confirmed that prosecutor general is appropriate in [...] |
2004-04-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CJAN YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANTODOMINGO1950 |
DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PROMISES ARTICLE 98 AND [...] (U) Summary. On March 24 Dominican Attorney General Victor Cespedes Martinez promised the Ambassador that he would act swiftly on the Article 98 agreement, facilitate extradition requests and work to improve the handling of narcotics/narcotrafficking cases in the Dominican Republic. End Summary. [...] |
2004-03-26 18:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN DR KCRM KJUS SNAR PREL MARR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO3925 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF JOHNNY MARTINEZ [...] (U) Embassy Santo Domingo responds to reftel A questions as follows: a. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record of receiving any request for assurances or any other requests from the GODR regarding Johnny Martinez's extradition to the United States. b. Embassy Santo Domingo has no record o [...] |
2004-07-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO4904 |
ADDENDUM TO REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE IN VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In reftel, Embassy requested Department's concurrence in the revocation of the B1/B2 visa of now former Attorney General Victor Cespedes under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Following that cable, just two days before leaving office, Cespedes ordered the [...] |
2004-08-30 20:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5503 |
FINAL GODR EXTRADITION CASES UNDER PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (U) On July 30, 2004, seven fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. They were as follows: a. Gornelio Serrano, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics charges. b. Humber [...] |
2004-10-04 21:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS PINR SNAR DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO5858 |
NEW DOMINICAN CODE AMENDS EXTRADITION PROCESS [...] Summary. The Dominican Republic implemented a new criminal procedural code on September 27, 2004 which moves the Dominican criminal justice system from an inquisitorial system towards an accusatory system. The new code amends the procedure for handling extradition cases. The USG has reques [...] |
2004-10-25 20:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS PGOV DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6309 |
GODR EXTRADITES 11 FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 18, 2004, 11 fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals and courtesy of the DEA air wing. They were as follows: a. Francisco Billini, reftel A, wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York [...] |
2004-11-19 18:35:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR PREL DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO6339 |
GODR EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES [...] (U) On November 20, 2004, two fugitives were extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose M. Guzman, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Eastern District of New York on federal narcotics charges. Jose Bonilla is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court [...] |
2004-11-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS PREL PGOV DR |
| 04SANTODOMINGO683 |
DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL FINALLY COMPLIES, [...] (U) On January 30, 2004, Josefina Rojas was extradited from the Dominican Republic in the company of US Marshals. Rojas is wanted to stand trial on federal narcotics charges in the Southern District of New York. The Dominican Republic's National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), working with U.S. M [...] |
2004-02-03 20:47:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM KFRD PINR SNAR DR |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA291 |
EXTRADITION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS HAS AN ARREST WARRANT OUTSTANDING IN THE U.S. FOR CONSPIRACY, ILLEGAL CONCEALMENT OF ASSETS, MAKING FRAUDULENT AND FALSE STATEMENTS, AND CONSPIRACY TO LAUNDER MONEY. ON MARCH 18, 1992, MR. MORRIS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED HONDURAN CITIZENSHIP BY CONCEALING HIS [...] |
2004-02-09 18:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 04TEGUCIGALPA371 |
EXTRADITION/DEPORTATION OF ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS [...] On Wednesday February 18, 2004, Honduran Police arrested U.S. fugitive Arnold Frederick Morris. On Thursday February 19, 2004 he was deported back to the U.S. through coordinated efforts of U.S. and Honduran law enforcement agencies. Mr. Morris is currently the subject of several Federal wa [...] |
2004-02-19 21:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM CASC CPAS CVIS HO ARNOLD FREDERICK MORRIS |
| 04THEHAGUE1558 |
HCOPIL - SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMISSION [...] SUMMARY: The second meeting of the Special Commission of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCOPIL) on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance took place June 7-June 18, 2004. Building on the work of the first meeting of the Special C [...] |
2004-06-23 09:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KOCI HCOPIL CASC CJAN |
| 04WELLINGTON557 |
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTER ROGATORY IN THE MATTER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-30 02:48:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN NZ |
| 04WELLINGTON585 |
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTER ROGATORY IN THE MATTER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-09 03:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN NZ |
| 05ABUDHABI2090 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...] |
2005-05-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC |
| 05ACCRA302 |
DCM MEETS GHANA'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, DISCUSSES [...] Summary: On February 9, DCM Jerry Lanier and PolChief paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Ayikoi Otoo. DCM highlighted our interest in passage of an anti-trafficking law and in negotiating a new extradition treaty, as well as obtaining the extraditio [...] |
2005-02-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN GH KTIA KWMN PHUM |
| 05ACCRA791 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF JUSTICE: [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, Ambassador and PolChief met with Ghana's new Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ayikoi Otoo and his new Deputy Minister to discuss extradition matters, pending legislation and several human rights cases. The Ambassador formally asked about the status of th [...] |
2005-04-26 18:04:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN GH KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SNAR |
| 05AMMAN3151 |
FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) During an introductory call on Foreign Minister Qasrawi on April 19, Charge reviewed important outstanding bilateral issues, emphasizing that they came in the context of our overall excellent relationship. Qasrawi had received a non-paper on these issues prior to the meeting, and in res [...] |
2005-04-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CJAN EFIN PHUM MARR JO |
| 05ANKARA359 |
PASSAGE OF THE NEW TURKISH PENAL CODE - [...] On September 26, 2004, the New Turkish Penal Code was approved by the Turkish Parliament and will go into effect in April 2005. 2. Article 234 of the new Penal Code makes it a crime for a noncustodial parent or other blood relative to abduct a child less than 16 years of age from the custod [...] |
2005-01-24 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN KOCI KTIA TU |
| 05ASUNCION471 |
EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA [...] (U) Judge Riquelme signed the extradition order for Mendes Mesquita on April 1. We expect the defense will appeal the decision to the Court of Appeals and then to the Supreme Court. Post will forward a copy of the decision to L/LEI via pouch. 2. (SBU) Comment: The signing of the extra [...] |
2005-04-06 19:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA |
| 05ASUNCION730 |
EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA [...] On May 30, the Court of Appeals upheld the extradition order for Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita on the grounds the appeal had not been filed in a timely manner. The defense has until June 14 to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. Post expects that the Court should make a final ruling in the ca [...] |
2005-06-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA |
| 05ASUNCION812 |
Country Clearance Cable [...] As requested in refcon, country clearance is granted for Brian Dodd, Robert F. Zachariasiewicz, Steven Orr and Edward Dailey for travel to Asuncion from June 25 through June 27 to extradite Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita. The contact officer for the visit is Chad Whiteman, office tel.: 595-(0)21 [...] |
2005-06-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA |
| 05ASUNCION813 |
PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JUNE 18-24 [...] (SBU) Summary ---------------- -- Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -- Customs Official Guilty of Enrichment -- New Senate Leadership -- Delay on U.S.-Paraguayan Military Exercises Mendes Mesquita,s Extradition Expected -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On June 22, t [...] |
2005-06-24 16:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR EFIN MOPS PA |
| 05ASUNCION830 |
EXTRADITION: PARAGUAY: CARLOS IVAN MENDES MESQUITA [...] Summary. Carlos Ivan Mendes Mesquita, a Brazilian-born narcotrafficker with FARC connections, was handed over to U.S. custody on June 27 at approximately 8:10 a.m. The successful conclusion to the six-month legal process is a step forward for Paraguay, marking the first time it has extradit [...] |
2005-06-28 20:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR PA |
| 05BERN2360 |
ADAMOV: SWISS COURT REJECTS U.S. REQUEST: ORDERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM CJAN PREL ENRG SZ RU |
| 05CAIRO9581 |
CAIRO REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUDICIAL/CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo has been working with the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, and the Regional Representative of the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime to support a Regional Conference on International Cooperation in Judicial and Criminal Matt [...] |
2005-12-29 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM KJUS EG |
| 05DUBLIN889 |
U.S.-IRELAND AGREEMENTS ON EXTRADITION/MUTUAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN KCRM PTER |
| 05KUWAIT4904 |
PARLIAMENTARIAN REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. In a letter dated 19 November 2005, Mohammad J. Al-Sager, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Kuwaiti Parliament, wrote Ambassador requesting Embassy intervention with U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of Kuwaiti citizen Ali Hijazi, a principal [...] |
2005-11-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM KU |
| 05LIMA2271 |
AN EYE FOR A VISA -- FAKING EYE INJURIES TO GET [...] (U) Summary: Post's Fraud Prevention Unit was contacted by internal auditors for the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Social Development (MIMDES) who were auditing the National Council for Integration for the Handicapped (CONADIS). During the course of their audit, they determined that someone [...] |
2005-05-20 14:46:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE |
| 05LIMA2324 |
Revocation Request - Visas Issued to Malafide [...] (U) Post submitted reftel reporting on mala fide applicants who obtained non-immigrant visas by faking a medical handicap. Applicants had appeared at the Embassy with one eye glued shut to simulate a vision problem requiring medical attention in the United States. The applicants paid visa fi [...] |
2005-05-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE |
| 05LIMA2451 |
NEW PERUVIAN NATIONAL AIRPORT POLICE DIVISION [...] (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues to actively engage with Peruvian officials to rout out corruption among the ranks of more than seven different police units operating at Lima's Jorge Chavez International Airport (JCIA). These discussions led to the idea of one, overall divis [...] |
2005-06-02 18:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN PE |
| 05LIMA5254 |
LIMA FRAUD PREVENTION UPDATES JULY-SEPTEMBER [...] (U) During the July-September 2005 reporting period, Lima's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) worked closely with airline security personnel and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) in the detection and arrest of multiple document vendors and brokers of false U.S., Spanish, and Mexican travel documen [...] |
2005-12-12 20:12:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS KCRM ASEC CMGT CJAN CPAS PE |
| 05MADRID1251 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF MANUEL ISAAC MARQUEZ SR [...] Country clearance is granted for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Stephanie Christine Perez and Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Javier Rodriguez. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshal, Christina Pharo, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marsha [...] |
2005-03-31 15:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CPAS KCRM SP MARQUEZ MANUEL ISAAC SR |
| 05MADRID1277 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF MARK M. ROSS [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals, Michael Robert McClung, and Donald Irving Exum. 2. Two double rooms for single use have been reserved for U.S. Marshals Michael Robert McClung, Donald Irving Exum and Roger Wellborn Devall, at Hotel Melia Los Galgos, Claudio Coello 139 [...] |
2005-04-04 13:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP ROSS MARK |
| 05MADRID2744 |
EXTRADITION CASE OF FERNANDO [...] Country clearance is granted for Deputy U.S. Marshals Bart Obuchowski, Scott Batori and Dennis Munchel. 2. Three double rooms for single use have been reserved Deputy U.S. Marshals Bart Obuchowski, Scott Batori and Dennis Munchel, Hotel Melia Fenix, Calle Hermosilla no. 2, 28006 Madrid, te [...] |
2005-07-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR SP GUTIERREZ |
| 05NEWDELHI7777 |
HOME SECRETARY UPBEAT ABOUT DECLINE IN TERRORISM, [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR S/CT IN PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador following an MLAT signing ceremony, Home Secretary VK Duggal was moderately upbeat over the security situation in Kashmir, noting that the situation was calm enough for the valley to welcome [...] |
2005-10-06 08:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER CASC CJAN IN PK NP GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI9513 |
EXTRADITION: INDIA: KULBIR SINGH BARAPIND: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: This message will address as many of the Ref A questions as Post is able to answer. Confirming or refuting specific allegations of torture is extremely difficult by the very nature of the usual secrecy surrounding torture. Barapind's claims of torture include a litany of many [...] |
2005-12-19 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN GOI |
| 05PARIS2448 |
IMPROVING CONSULAR NOTIFICATION FOR DRUG [...] Summary. Drug trafficking violations continue to account for more than 75 percent of AmCit arrests in France despite a general decline in detentions of our citizens. While undertaking to improve our understanding of arrest, sentencing and detention procedures in France, post's consular secti [...] |
2005-04-12 09:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN SNAR FR |
| 05PARIS2693 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICALS CLARIFY GOF INTERPRETATION OF [...] Summary. In an April 18 meeting with post regarding notification of detained AmCits, French MFA officials clarified their interpretation of the Vienna Convention term "without delay" in Article 36 as being a period up to ten days. They remained ambiguous in their interpretation of the term " [...] |
2005-04-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CJAN FR |
| 05PARIS4621 |
USUNESCO: Conferences Focus on Illicit Traffic in [...] Summary. The 22-23 Paris UNESCO meetings of the Second International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage of Iraq (Second Iraq ICC), Iraqi officials, donor country officials and Iraqi specialists focused on the fight against illicit traffic in Iraqi cultural prop [...] |
2005-07-01 11:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL SOCI MOPS MARR SCUL FR UNESCO EUN |
| 05PARIS4722 |
UNESCO: OCTOBER 2005 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Canadian Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Yvon Charbonneau, informed Ambassador Oliver 6 July that Canada intends to run in the October 2005 elections for a four-year term to the World Heritage Committee (WHC), which sets policy for the World Heritage Convention, UNESCO's fl [...] |
2005-07-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL SENV PGOV CJAN CA UNESCO |
| 05PARIS5140 |
UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...] |
2005-07-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO |
| 05PARIS5921 |
USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING THE [...] (U) As reported ref, the UK Perm Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Timothy Craddock, suggested that USG lawyers meet with lawyers from EU member states so that the USG can better understand why the EU Member States have concluded that the preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention does not [...] |
2005-08-31 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS5990 |
USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY JUGGERNAUT [...] (C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). Is UNESCO in the throes of mass hysteria --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Summary: A picture is beginning to emerge of French and EU pressure on other UNESCO members to get the draft [...] |
2005-09-02 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6021 |
USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] Summary. The draft cultural diversity convention was a primary topic of discussion during Ambassador Oliver's meetings with UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura and several ambassadors, including the outgoing chairman of the general conference. All agreed that the convention must be adopte [...] |
2005-09-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6080 |
UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: FRANCE CALLS [...] Summary. Agence France Press (AFP) reported that during a September 5 meeting with new WTO chief Pascal Lamy, the GOF Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Sept. 5 that the WTO should not interfere in CD matter. The AFP report says that de Vabres quoted Lamy as saying that WTO [...] |
2005-09-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6481 |
USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ACTION: URGENT [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. On Friday morning, September 23, UNESCO Executive Board (EB) will act upon a draft decision (ref) that has important bearing for U.S. efforts to prevent adoption of the "preliminary" draft Cultural Diversity (CD) Convention, as currently drafted. [...] |
2005-09-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6482 |
USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO [...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...] |
2005-09-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6534 |
UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...] |
2005-09-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV |
| 05PARIS6632 |
USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6648 |
UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: Should [...] (U) This requests clarification of paragraph 4 of instructions (ref), which asks USDEL to call for votes. UNESCO Rule 52 provides that "voting shall normally be by show of hands." UNESCO Rule 53 allows a member state to call for a roll-call vote, with the vote of each state recorded in the [...] |
2005-09-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6710 |
UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION ADVANCES [...] (U) Summary. On September 29, 2005, in a lopsided vote in which the U.S. again stood alone, the UNESCO Executive Board meeting in plenary session adopted a decision recommending that the General Conference consider and in effect formally adopt as a UNESCO convention the preliminary draft text [...] |
2005-09-30 05:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6726 |
UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...] |
2005-09-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6727 |
UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...] |
2005-09-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6752 |
UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS [...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...] |
2005-10-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6813 |
UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...] |
2005-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS6814 |
UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF [...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...] |
2005-10-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7037 |
USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO [...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"), which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...] |
2005-10-13 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7733 |
UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND [...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...] |
2005-11-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO |
| 05PARIS7769 |
UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...] |
2005-11-15 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8120 |
USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: [...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...] |
2005-11-30 12:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8245 |
USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT [...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...] |
2005-12-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8247 |
USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO [...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...] |
2005-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8416 |
UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION: [...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC), which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...] |
2005-12-13 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO |
| 05PARIS8582 |
UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes [...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...] |
2005-12-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN |
| 05PARIS8610 |
UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...] |
2005-12-22 14:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF |
| 05SANAA2988 |
YEMEN-IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE OF AN EXTRADITION TREATY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-17 05:34:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CJAN IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1927 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES VELAZQUEZ MINYETTY [...] (U) On April 7, 2005, Francis Velazquez Minyetty was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Velazquez Minyetty, nicknamed the "King of Ecstasy", is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District of New York to stand trial on federal nar [...] |
2005-04-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO1971 |
NEW DOMINICAN EXTRADITION PROCESS RETURNS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Two fugitives have been returned to the United States under the new Dominican extradition process. The Penal Chamber of the Supreme Court issued lengthy opinions in both cases, setting non-binding but advisory precedents that bode well for future extradition cases. Additionally [...] |
2005-04-08 20:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2110 |
TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS AND RETURN [...] (U) On April 14, 2005, two fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Fugitive Mayobanex de Jesus Adames, ref A, is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on federal narcotics offenses. Elroy Dom [...] |
2005-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2111 |
DOMINICAN COURT DENIES EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 8. 2005, the Penal Chamber of the Dominican Supreme Court denied the USG request for extradition for Frank Alvarez. The denial was based on lack of sufficient information to identify the fugitive in court as the person the USG believes to have committed the crime in t [...] |
2005-04-14 19:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KJUS SNAR PREL DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2118 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE REQUESTED IN EXTRADITION [...] (U) This cable contains and action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) informed Embassy-Santo Domingo that fugitive Christian Toribio, ref A, wanted to stand trial in Kings County, New York on murder, assault and firearms charges, [...] |
2005-04-14 20:53:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2425 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WOUNDS OFFICER AND IS SHOT DEAD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On April 24, 2005, Dominican extradition fugitive Jose Pimentel opened fire on agents from the Dominican National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD) attempting to arrest him pursuant to an arrest order issued based o [...] |
2005-04-28 20:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM KJUS SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2727 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES TWO FUGITIVES TO THE [...] (U) On May 12, 2005, Jose Trinidad and Freddy Ignacio Velez Rodriguez were extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Trinidad is wanted for sentencing in the Eastern District of New York, where he pled guilty to fraud involving US $6 millio [...] |
2005-05-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO2752 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On May 14, 2005, fugitive Ramon Cabral Veras was returned to the United States' territory of Puerto Rico in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Cabral Veras is wanted by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to stand trial on charges of embezzlement. He is charged in three separate complaints of [...] |
2005-05-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3082 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On June 2, 2005, Felix Madera was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Madera is wanted for sentencing in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on federal narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Madera was arrested by the Dominican National Direc [...] |
2005-06-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3092 |
TWO DOMINICAN FUGITIVES WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On June 7, 2005, twin brothers Jean Paul Ulloa and Luis David Ulloa were returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal and DEA agent. Both brothers are wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy charges related t [...] |
2005-06-08 18:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR CVIS DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3177 |
DOMINICANS KEYED UP ABOUT QUIRINO NARCOTRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) The following report was posted on our SIPRNET site on June 13. QUIRINO - THE CASE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING (SBU) The two Assistant U.S. Attorneys prosecuting the Quirino Paulino Castillo (Quirino) narcotics trafficking case in the Southern District of New York spent two and a half da [...] |
2005-06-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PGOV KCRM SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3230 |
THREE DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION RIGHTS, RETURN [...] (U) On June 16, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Jose Abel Burdiez de Leon is wanted to stand trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on conspiracy to launder money derived from unlawful activity (narcoti [...] |
2005-06-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3381 |
THREE DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RETURNED TO THE UNITED [...] (U) On June 24, 2005, three fugitives were returned to the United States in the company of U.S. Marshals. Juan Rincon is wanted to stand trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, on murder, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, burglary and conspiracy offenses, re [...] |
2005-06-27 17:55:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS SNAR DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3444 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (U) On July 1, 2005, Dominican fugitive Rocque Rodriguez Gonzalez was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Rodriguez Gonzalez is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on charges that he conspired to distrib [...] |
2005-07-01 21:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR KJUS DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO3732 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE WAIVES EXTRADITION RIGHTS, [...] (U) On July 19, 2005, Jose Luis Severino Concepcion was returned to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Severino Concepcion is wanted to stand trial in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on federal narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Severino Concepcion wa [...] |
2005-07-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4213 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE GARCIA CASTILLOWAIVES [...] (U) On September 2, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Julio Angel Garcia Castillo to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey based on a federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. Garcia is alleged to have participated in the movement of multi-kilogr [...] |
2005-09-06 20:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4293 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAFAEL FIGUEROA WAIVES [...] (U) On September 9, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Rafael Figueroa (aka Rafael Antonio Beato Pena) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on a sealed federal indictment charging narcotics offenses. 2. (U) Following the issuance of [...] |
2005-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4673 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JEANNETTE MERCEDES WAIVES [...] On October 14, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jeannette Mercedes to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment 03-CR 1030 (SHS) charging her with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Mercedes is alleged to have entered [...] |
2005-10-18 12:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO471 |
DOMINICAN INTERIOR MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Dominican Interior Secretary Franklin Almeyda, meeting with the Ambassador, Embassy staff, and City of New York Police Department (NYPD) officials January 27, expressed his intention to work with the Embassy and U.S. police advisers to fight corruption and boost efficiency in the [...] |
2005-02-01 18:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KJUS SNAR KCOR PTER EFIN PGOV PREL BEXP ASEC DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4743 |
DOMINICAN POLITICS II #3: DOMINICAN JUSTICE [...] (SBU) This is the third in a series reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. Dominican Justice Revived: Plan RENOVE and Esther Agelan Casasnovas - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Justice Esther Agelan Cas [...] |
2005-10-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DR PGOV CJAN |
| 05SANTODOMINGO4777 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ARISMENDY TAVERAS EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 21, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Arismendy Taveras to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the Southern District Court of New York, where he is the subject of superseding federal indictment S1 04-CR-808, charging multiple counts of conspiracy to import and distri [...] |
2005-10-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5053 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE COSME WAIVES EXTRADITION [...] On November 4, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose M. Cosme (aka Fausto Candelario Ortiz) to the United States for trial in the US District Court for the District of Connecticut based on series of federal indictments charging narcotics offenses: superseding indictment 3:01CR224 (AWT) charged co [...] |
2005-11-16 11:06:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5068 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES NIN TERRERO, CUEVAS NIN, AND [...] On November 15, 2005, US law enforcement officials returned alleged Paulino Castillo gang members Lidio Arturo Nin Terrero and Tirso Cuevas Nin, as well as alleged Hidalgo gang member Cristian de Jesus Gaston Ramos, to the Southern District of New York for trial based on a variety of federal i [...] |
2005-11-16 20:28:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO5353 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ROBERTO MATEO RIVERA [...] On December 1, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Roberto Mateo Rivera to the United States for sentencing in the US District Court for the Eastern District Court of New York, where he had previously plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine as charged in federa [...] |
2005-12-12 17:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO614 |
DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...] |
2005-02-09 18:59:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA |
| 05SANTODOMINGO691 |
TWO DOMINICANS WAIVE EXTRADITION HEARINGS - RETURN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 11, 2005, two fugitives were returned from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Denny Alberto Sandoval, reftel A, is wanted to stand trial in the Southern District o [...] |
2005-02-11 19:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO799 |
DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-16 18:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO899 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTRADITES PAULINO CASTILLO TO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) On February 19, 2005, Quirino Ernesto Paulino Castillo was extradited from the Dominican Republic to the United States in the company of a U.S. Marshal. Paulino Castillo, reftels A and B, is wanted to stand trial in th [...] |
2005-02-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR KJUS PREL DR |
| 05SANTODOMINGO971 |
DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...] |
2005-02-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM |
| 05TELAVIV2521 |
ISRAELI COURT RULES TO EXTRADITE ROSENSTEIN; GOI [...] (U) The Jerusalem District Court ruled on April 19 that Ze'ev Rosenstein can be extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges. Rosenstein's lawyers have been contesting the extradition and want their client to be tried in Israel. Rosenstein has been in GOI custod [...] |
2005-04-22 04:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR CJAN IS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
| 05THEHAGUE2859 |
DUTCH GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL INJUNCTION AGAINST [...] Justice Minister Donner has approved filing an appeal of The Hague District Court's October 12 injunction against the Minister's extradition order for Mohamed Awad, wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges. The state attorney is expected to file the appeal with The Hague Appellate Court on October [...] |
2005-10-21 12:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3043 |
EXTRADITION: NETHERLANDS: ANTONIO BENTO BEMBE SKIPS [...] Summary: A Dutch prosecutor informed the Embassy on November 8 that Antonio Bento Bembe, an Angolan national wanted in the U.S. on charges of kidnapping, has not reported to the police since November 5 despite court orders requiring him to report in daily. Bembe's whereabouts are unknown. P [...] |
2005-11-09 10:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 05THEHAGUE3113 |
EXTRADITION: NETHERLANDS: ANTONIO BENTE BEMBE CASE [...] Summary: The Hague District Court dismissed the extradition case of Antonio Bente Bembe on November 15, as he was no longer in custody and appeared to have fled the country. Because Dutch law requires that the person to be extradited be physically present in the Netherlands when the extraditi [...] |
2005-11-17 16:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 05VIENNA1705 |
AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-23 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA2093 |
AUSTRIA-U.S. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE [...] Under cover of a note verbale dated June 16, 2005, the GOA has addressed the suggested changes in the German text of the Mutual Legal Assistance Protocol and agrees to the changes in Article 5(2) (an alternative German wording was later provided informally and will be communicated via septel) [...] |
2005-06-22 13:33:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA2555 |
MLAT AND EXTRADITION PROTOCOL SIGNING JULY 20 [...] On July 20, the Ambassador and Austrian Justice Minister Karin Miklautsch signed U.S.-Austrian agreements on extradition and mutual legal assistance. (Note: Since July 23, Minister uses married name Karin Gastinger.) The Austrian Ministry of Justice Chef de Cabinet Michael Schoen, MOJ Protoco [...] |
2005-07-29 12:13:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VIENNA317 |
AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETING [...] Under cover of a note verbale, Embassy has just received a formal Austrian response to the latest November 15, 2004 proposals for completing the texts of the extradition and mutual legal assistance protocols. In a telephone conversation our contacts at the MFA suggested these were only minor [...] |
2005-02-04 07:04:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 05VILNIUS1004 |
EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR DARIUS RAMANAUSKAS [...] This cable addresses reftel request for information regarding the extradition of Lithuanian citizen Darius Ramanauskas on narcotics charges. Post assesses the likelihood that Lithuanian authorities might use torture to extract testimony from Ramanauskas as highly doubtful, especially given th [...] |
2005-09-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM SNAR LH |
| 05VILNIUS1312 |
FIRST LITHUANIAN EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES [...] On December 8, 2005, Anjei Iantsevitch became the first Lithuanian extradited to the United States. He was arrested in on November 8 2005 at his home in Vilnius. 2. Iantsevitch is the subject of a criminal indictment of the Northern District of New York on counterfeit securities charges. [...] |
2005-12-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CJAN KCRM LH |
| 06ABUDHABI2123 |
UAE INTEREST IN TIP/PISCES SYSTEM [...] (SBU) On May 8, 2006, DCM and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache met with Colonel (now Brigadier General) Nassar Al Nuaimi, Chief of Staff for UAE Minister of Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nayhan, regarding UAE participation in a U.S.-sponsored Terrorist Interdiction Pr [...] |
2006-05-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER CJAN AE |
| 06AMMAN1109 |
EXTRADITION TREATY WITH JORDAN [...] (C) Post is working to re-focus the GOJ on resolving the status of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Jordan. This is a priority point in our meetings with senior GOJ officials, and we ask visiting senior U.S. officials to lend their weight as well, and to consider raising with Jordan [...] |
2006-02-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CJAN KTIA JO |
| 06ANKARA2480 |
IRAQ ASKS TURKEY FOR NEW EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven informed us on May 3 that the Iraqi Foreign Ministry had sent to Turkey a note verbale the week of April 17 stating that the Turkey-Iraq Legal Assistance Treaty did not provide sufficient grounds to extradite PKK suspects to Turkey. In [...] |
2006-05-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CJAN PREL TU IZ |
| 06BAGHDAD837 |
DIPNOTE PASSED ON UMAR SABAWI [...] (U) This is a response to action cable STATE 30018. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Baghdad passed the DIPNOTE outlined in para 3 of STATE 30018 regarding extradition from Yemen of Umar Sabawi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9, with copies to the Office of the Prime Minister and to the Dep [...] |
2006-03-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS CJAN MOPS PHUM PTER IZ YM |
| 06BANGKOK1757 |
EXTRADITION: THAILAND: SUWIT A.K.A. CHENG PRASOPRAT [...] (U) This cable is intended to address the questions posed to Post in Reftel regarding the proposed extradition of Suwit a.k.a Cheng Prasoprat from the US to Thailand. 2. (U) The Embassy believes that there is no merit to Mr. Suwit's assertion in his submission to the Department that he woul [...] |
2006-03-22 09:05:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CJAN KCRM KJUS TH |
| 06BANGKOK2168 |
EXTRADITION: RTG PROVIDES ASSURANCES FOR SUWIT [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for American Affairs Apirath Vienravi and several members of the MFA's Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, DCM delivered reftel request. In response to Department's request that the RTG provide an assurance that if the death sentence i [...] |
2006-04-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH |
| 06BANGKOK2193 |
EXTRADITION OF SUWIT PRASOPRAT [...] (SBU) Due to the just completed Thai New Year holiday, the earliest Post could meet with a senior Thai counterpart to deliver Reftel A demarche would be later this week. In the meantime, mid-level RTG officials have reiterated that their position will not change from that given to DCM by MFA D [...] |
2006-04-17 10:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH |
| 06BANGKOK2227 |
SUWIT EXTRADITION: SECOND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Director General for Treaties and Legal Affairs, Mr. Krit Kriachitti, and several members of his staff, DCM delivered Reftel A demarche. In response to DCM's request that the RTG provide assurances that, should the death penalty be imposed on Suwit Prasoprat, it not [...] |
2006-04-18 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CJAN CASC CPAS SNAR KCRM TH |
| 06BELIZE434 |
BELIZE: SOLICITOR GENERAL KASEKE ON THE WAY OUT [...] (U) The contract of Solicitor General Elson Kaseke will not be renewed; Attorney General Francis Fonseca made the announcement at a press conference on May 11. Fonseca cited Kaseke's legal successes for Belize and competence as an attorney, but said that it had been a mutual decision, and "Mr [...] |
2006-05-15 20:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR CJAN SOCI KJUS KCRM BH |
| 06CAIRO3901 |
SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt welcomes you and your delegation to Cairo. Your visit will advance the President's freedom agenda with Egypt by stepping up our engagement on the rule of law. In this context, we ask your help on four specific issues - the return of Egyptians detained by the USG [...] |
2006-06-22 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CJAN KDEM EG |
| 06DUBLIN235 |
SCENE-SETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S [...] (SBU) Recent intensive efforts by the Irish and British Governments to jump-start the stalled Northern Ireland peace process will frame this year's St. Patrick's Day visit to Washington by Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach, TEE-SHUCK) Bertie Ahern. In mid-2005, the IRA's historic decision to a [...] |
2006-03-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ETRD CASC CJAN CPAS CFED KCRM |
| 06GEORGETOWN298 |
GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA REQUESTS COPIES OF [...] In a diplomatic note dated March 29, 2006, Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that the GoG (Director of Public Prosecution) has requested copies or certified copies of the indictment and arrest warrant against Moonie Moses. 2. The diplomatic note also stated: "The Laws of Guyana [...] |
2006-03-30 19:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN GY |
| 06GUANGZHOU30986 |
Chinese Authorities Ban AMCIT from Leaving China Pending [...] (SBU) Summary: PRC immigration authorities detained AMCIT Robert Jonathan Carr for 12 hours at the Zhongshan port of entry on October 3 and ordered him to remain in China until the resolution of a civil case brought against him by a manufacturing company in Changsha, Hunan. The Hunan company c [...] |
2006-10-05 05:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CJAN ECON EINV KJUS CH |
| 06NAIROBI550 |
UPDATE: EXTRADITION OF KAROLI MULIRO [...] (U) This is an action cable - action request para 5. 2. (SBU) Post has engaged directly with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriakio Tobiko, and held lengthy discussions with the case prosecutor, Horace Okumo, concerning the U.S. extradition request for Karoli Muliro to stand tr [...] |
2006-02-08 07:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR KE |
| 06NEWDELHI2171 |
FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 29, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006, regarding the extradition to India of Kulbir Singh Barapind. The full text of the GOI response is included below, as well as the [...] |
2006-03-30 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI2852 |
POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-27 08:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI2911 |
FOLLOW-UP ON BARAPIND EXTRADITION ASSURANCES: GOI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, 2006, Post received MEA Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 answering questions regarding the 1997 extraditions of Daya Singh Sandhu and Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu, posed in USG Diplomatic Note 06/254/POL, dated March 7, 2006 (Ref A). The full text of the GOI response is incl [...] |
2006-04-28 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI2919 |
POST ASSESSMENT: CHEEMA UNLIKELY TO FACE TORTURE [...] (U) This is a corrected copy, with changes throughout. 2. (SBU) Summary: As with the pending case involving Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A), Post's assessment is that the law enforcement climate in India, and specifically in Punjab, has dramaticalhy improved since Harpal Singh Cheema ("Cheem [...] |
2006-04-28 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI4283 |
BARAPIND EXTRADITION COMPLETE [...] (SBU) At DRL's request, PolOffs witnessed immigration officials admit Kulbir Singh Barapind to India at Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 18, and his hand over to officers of the Punjab Police Force. Barapind told PolOff that he had been well cared for, was not concerned for his sa [...] |
2006-06-19 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI4334 |
BARAPIND TRANSFERRED TO PUNJAB, REPORTED IN GOOD [...] (SBU) Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind has been transferred to police custody at the Phillaur Police Station in Punjab and is in "good condition," reported Barapind's Punjab-based lawyer Darshan Singh Dyal. Initial reports on June 19 from Barapind's brother, Balwant Singh, [...] |
2006-06-20 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI4406 |
BARAPIND SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind told PolOff and PolFSN that he has not been mistreated by the Punjab Police and is fully satisfied with the medical care the Punjab authorities are providing. H [...] |
2006-06-22 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM CJAN PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN |
| 06NEWDELHI7402 |
INDIA ASKING FOR VERIFICATION OF DEPORTEE [...] (C) Charge met on October 25th with Home Secretary V.S. Duggal to discuss India's ongoing unwillingness to issue travel documents for 188 Indian nationals, who do not possess passports or other documentation, and who have been detained in the US for deportation. Home Secretary Duggal said Ind [...] |
2006-10-27 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM CJAN IN |
| 06NEWDELHI994 |
AMBASSADORIAL ASSESSMENT OF BARAPIND EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The MEA on February 7 sent Diplomatic Note T-413/11/2004 with reference to the requested extradition of Kulbir Singh Barapind (Ref A), along with the text of the relevant section of the Indian Penal Code. The Note outlines that persons extradited to India are protected by law from tort [...] |
2006-02-09 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN CVIS PTER PREL KCRM PHUM PGOV IN |
| 06NICOSIA86 |
AMBASSADOR SCHLICHER MEETS GOC JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Ambassador Schlicher and Justice Minister Doros Theodorou signed the instruments amending the U.S.-Cyprus Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) and Extradition Treaties, bringing them into conformity with the agreements between the United States and the EU. In their meet [...] |
2006-01-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN CY |
| 06PARAMARIBO417 |
REQUEST TO CLARIFY EXTRADITION PROCESS UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para four. 2. (SBU) Suriname remains an important transit country for drugs, with estimates of up to 2-4 metric tons per month moving through the country. Stepped up policing efforts suggest that persons of interest to the United States are likely to be [...] |
2006-07-03 18:00:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS CJAN NS |
| 06PORTLOUIS720 |
AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS IN SEYCHELLES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Cesar Cabrera presented his credentials to Seychelles President James Michel on November 21. During his visit the Ambassador had productive meetings with the President, Vice-President, and Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Health. He visited two CJTF-HOA construction pr [...] |
2006-11-28 13:14:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ODIP PREL CJAN CASC CVIS MASS SE |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1057 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CESAR BUENO WAIVES EXTRADITION [...] On March 23, 2006, DEA agents returned Cesar Bueno (aka Maton or Cesar Medina) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York based on his alleged participation in a multi-kilogram cocaine distribution ring. The specific charges arising from his [...] |
2006-03-28 11:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KCRM DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1350 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: EXTRADITION TREATY ASSAILED BY [...] Over the last two weeks, sensationalist tabloid "El Nacional" has attacked the United States for purported violations of the 1910 U.S.-Dominican Extradition Treaty. According to sources cited by "El Nacional," U.S. extradition requests for individuals whose alleged crimes are punishable by se [...] |
2006-04-21 20:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN SNAR KCRM DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1415 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE PEDRO COLLADO EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On April 21, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Pedro Collado to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where he is the subject of indictment number CR 00-30034-MAP filed November 2, 2000. As detailed in the indictment, Collado is alleged to have p [...] |
2006-04-28 20:41:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR KCRM DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO150 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE PLACENCIA WAIVES [...] On December 29, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Placencia to the United States for trial in the State of New York based on Kings County indictment number 1400/2001 charging murder in the second degree. 2. Following a July 21, 2005, U.S. extradition request and the subsequent issuance of a [...] |
2006-01-13 17:22:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1642 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES EXTRADITED: JORGE MATOS, [...] In the last several weeks, Dominican authorities have extradited three individuals to the United States for prosecution of a variety of narcotics-related offenses. 2. On May 15, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Luis de la Rosa Montero to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the [...] |
2006-05-18 17:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS SNAR KCRM DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO170 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE PORFIRIO HERNANDEZ WAIVES [...] On January 13, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Porfirio Hernandez to the United States for trial in the Southern District of New York based on federal indictment number 02-CR-1270, charging conspiracy to defraud the United States, bank fraud, and aiding and abetting bank fraud. 2. Following a [...] |
2006-01-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN DR KCRM SNAR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO1956 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ROBERT LOPEZ EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On June 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Roberto Irrizari Lopez (aka Miguel Angel Dotel Sierra) to the United States for trial in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he is the subject of indictment number 02CF003278 filed June 19, 2002. As detailed in the indictment, Lopez is alleged to have participa [...] |
2006-06-12 20:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2127 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE ORTEGA DE LEON EXTRADITED [...] On June 22, 2006, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents returned Jose Ramon Ortega de Leon (aka Chico) to Westchester, NY for trial before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number S7 04 CR 1353 (K [...] |
2006-06-28 14:33:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2198 |
EXTRADITION OF DOMINICAN FUGITIVES RAMIREZ, ALBA, [...] On July 5, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Aurelio Ramirez to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, where he is the subject of indictment number 01-161(SEC) filed on April 14, 2004. As detailed in the indictment, Ramirez is alleged to have participated [...] |
2006-07-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2608 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BALBI AND GONZALEZ EXTRADITED [...] On July 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Pedro Antonio Balbi to the United States for trial in the District Court for Passaic County, New Jersey, where he is the subject of indictment number 05-08-1167(I), filed August 18, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Balbi is alleged to have been the [...] |
2006-08-14 17:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2628 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES BALBI AND GONZALEZ EXTRADITED [...] On July 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Pedro Antonio Balbi to the United States for trial in the District Court for Passaic County, New Jersey, where he is the subject of indictment number 05-08-1167(I), filed August 18, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Balbi is alleged to have been the [...] |
2006-08-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2784 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ANTONIO LANTIGUA EXTRADITED TO [...] On August 23, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Antonio de Jesus Lantigua Vargas to the United States for trial in the State of New York, where he is the subject of indictment number 3864-2005, filed August 3, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Lantigua is alleged to have committed Sodomy in the [...] |
2006-08-28 20:14:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO2972 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE YSRAEL MUSTAFA BERNABE [...] On September 13, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Ysrael Mustafa Bernabe to the United States for sentencing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, where he is the subject of indictment number H-95-245, filed October 6, 1995. As detailed in the indictment, Mustafa was char [...] |
2006-09-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3028 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE FELIX RODRIGUEZ EXTRADITED TO [...] On September 22, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Felix Rodriguez (aka Felix Moca and/or Coco Pelao) to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, where he is the subject of sealed indictment number 05-302(DRD), filed September 8, 2005. As alleged in the ind [...] |
2006-09-22 18:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3251 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES FELIZ, ARRINDELL, AND JIMENEZ [...] On October 12, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Jansys Feliz Terrero to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number 03-CR-80-P-H, filed September 9, 2004. As detailed in the indictment, Feliz is charged [...] |
2006-10-13 18:24:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3313 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE SANTANA DE LEON EXTRADITED TO [...] On October 19, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Ramirez Santana de Leon to Puerto Rico for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Santana de Leon had been indicted on August 10, 2006, in case number 06-253 (PG), for multiple narcotics offenses involving multi-kilogram q [...] |
2006-10-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3491 |
CONFESSED DOMINICAN MURDERER YMBERT SANTOS RETURNS [...] On November 3, 2006, U.S. Marshals accompanied confessed murdered Ymbert A. Santos (aka Imbert A. Vasquez and/or "Shorty") as he returned to the state of New York for trial before the County Court of Suffolk County. 2. As detailed in the reference e-mail and Suffolk County arrest warrant 06 [...] |
2006-11-13 19:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3513 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVES ZAPATA AND PENA EXTRADITED TO [...] On November 9, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Felix Antonio Zapata Molett to the United States for trial in the Southern District of New York, where he is the subject of superseding indictment number S1 05 CR 714 (BSJ), filed August 30, 2005. As detailed in the indictment, Zapata was charged with [...] |
2006-11-15 21:07:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3616 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED, [...] On November 29, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Baudilo Espiritusanto to the United States to serve sentence for a federal narcotics-related offense in the State of Texas, as detailed in Count One of indictment number CR H-00-875, filed on December 11, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Sou [...] |
2006-11-30 21:05:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3619 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE ESPIRITUSANTO EXTRADITED TO THE [...] On November 29, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Baudilo Espiritusanto to the United States to serve sentence for a federal narcotics-related offense in the State of Texas, as detailed in Count One of indictment number CR H-00-875, filed on December 11, 2000, in the U.S. District Court for the Sou [...] |
2006-12-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO371 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAYMOND FLORES WAIVES [...] On January 26, 2005, U.S. Marshals returned Raymond Flores (aka Jose Soles) to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York based on his alleged participation in a series of "home invasion" robberies from July 2000 through October 2000. The spec [...] |
2006-02-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KCRM DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO3732 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE RAPHAEL CASTILLO EXTRADITED TO [...] On December 13, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Raphael Castillo to the United States to serve sentence for second-degree murder, following a conviction in absentia after trial in the County Court for Monroe County, New York State. As detailed in indictment number 594-93, filed July 16, 1993, Ca [...] |
2006-12-13 17:42:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR |
| 06SANTODOMINGO787 |
DOMINICAN FUGITIVE JOSE SIME REYES EXTRADITED TO [...] On March 3, 2006, U.S. Marshals returned Jose Sime Reyes to the United States for trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where he is the subject of indictment number 03-475 filed October 23, 2003. As detailed in the indictment, Sime Reyes is alleged to have participated [...] |
2006-03-06 20:48:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN SNAR KCRM DR |
| 06SARAJEVO3057 |
BOSNIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXTRADITION OF OSMAN [...] On November 29,2006, Post received an official response concerning the Department's inquiry into whether Osman Sabic would be able to appeal his 1999 conviction in absentia for murder if extradicted to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) Una Sana Canto [...] |
2006-11-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM KJUS BK |
| 06SARAJEVO3060 |
CORRECTED COPY: BOSNIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING [...] This message corrects an error in paragraph two of Sarajevo 3057 that incorrectly identified the date of the letter from Velika Kladusa Municipal Court. This message supercedes Sarajevo 3057 (REF. A). 2. On November 29,2006, Post received an official response concerning the Department's inq [...] |
2006-12-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM KJUS BK |
| 06SUVA107 |
DEPORTEES TO TONGA: A FESTERING PROBLEM. ACTION [...] (U) On each of the Ambassador's three visits to Tonga in the past six months, the issue of deportees from the U.S. has arisen early and often. Tongans blame the deportees, described as hardened criminals, for turning their once-docile kingdom into a crime zone where armed robberies, once unh [...] |
2006-03-14 01:51:00 | Embassy Suva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CJAN CVIS KCRM PREL TN |
| 06SUVA201 |
FORMER FIJI PM RABUKA ARRESTED ON 2000 MUTINY [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has been arrested in Fiji and charged with inciting the military mutiny that took place in November 2000. Rabuka has been released on bail and his case has been transferred to the High Court, where a preliminary hearing will take place Jun [...] |
2006-05-12 01:42:00 | Embassy Suva | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS CJAN PREL MARR PGOV PINR FJ |
| 06THEHAGUE1052 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KENNETH PROPP AND [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Kenneth Propp and Thomas Burrows to travel to The Hague, Netherlands. May 15-16, 2006. 2. Control Officer at the Embassy is Susan Garro. Post would appreciate an apportunity to meet with travelers for an update on US-EU law enforce [...] |
2006-05-10 12:43:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KTIA EUN NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1952 |
NETHERLANDS/SOFA: MILITARY EXTRATERRITORIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 14:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM MARR PBTS NL |
| 06THEHAGUE1966 |
EXTRADITION: SUPREME COURT APPROVES EXTRADITION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch Supreme Court ruled September 5 that Iraqi-born Dutch citizen Wesam Al Daelema may be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges. Al Daelema was the first individual to be indicted in a U.S. criminal case for terrorist activities in Iraq. In fighting h [...] |
2006-09-08 05:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN PTER PREL CVIS KCRM NL |
| 06THEHAGUE2641 |
DUTCH COURT OK'S TERROR SUSPECT'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary. A District Court in The Hague cleared the way for the extradition of terror suspect Wesam Al Delaema when it rejected his final appeal today. Al Delaema, a Dutch citizen of Iraqi extraction, is the first person to be charged in the United States for terrorism in Iraq. The FBI ho [...] |
2006-12-20 06:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL CJAN CVIS KCRM NL |
| 06USUNNEWYORK2074 |
UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] On October 30, as instructed Reftel, USUN delivered to the UN Treaty Office, diplomatic note (copy faxed to L/T) and the United States instrument of ratification of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. BOLTON [...] |
2006-11-01 19:20:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM KTIA US |
| 06VIENNA2962 |
JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE: LETTERS ROGATORY IN THE MATTER OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN AU |
| 06ZAGREB1298 |
REQUEST TO OPEN NEGOTIATIONS ON NEW EXTRADITION TREATY WITH [...] Summary: Post requests that Department open negotiations with Croatia on a new extradition treaty to replace the current treaty with the Kingdom of Serbia dating from 1901. The Croatian MOJ has expressed its desire to update the treaty as soon as feasible. The current treaty limits the offens [...] |
2006-10-26 07:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA CJAN HR |
| 06ZAGREB1490 |
MAINTAINING MOMENTUM AFTER THE CROATIAN PRIME [...] (U) Summary: Following up on their October 27 meeting, Ambassador and DCM met with Croatian FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14 to review progress on outstanding issues and areas of cooperation. Discussions on CEFTA and BiH have been reported separately. Kosovo 2. (C) The Ambassado [...] |
2006-12-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIPR CASC CJAN EFIN EAIR EUN NATO |
| 06ZAGREB348 |
NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PUSHES FOR REFORM RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In a March 2 introductory call on new Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Frank urged the continuation of Croatia,s ambitious judicial reform program. Lovrin said that the judicial reforms started by her predecessor would be continued, and that she expected to see [...] |
2006-03-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR |
| 06ZAGREB415 |
CA A/S MAURA HARTY MEETS WITH CROATIAN OFFICIALS [...] Summary: Property restitution, student exchanges, biometric developments for Croatian passports, and extradition processes were some of the issues discussed by Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Consular Affairs (CA) Ambassador Maura Harty in a bilateral meeting with Croatian Ministry of Foreign Af [...] |
2006-03-28 14:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS CASC CJAN HR |
| 06ZAGREB846 |
JUSTICE MINISTER - PROPERTY RESTITUTION ONE STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 12 introductory call on Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Bradtke stressed the importance the USG places on Croatia's continued judicial reforms and on creation of a fair and transparent process in dealing with property restitution claims from the time of the for [...] |
2006-07-14 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 07ABUDHABI1119 |
FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON SYRIA, IRAQ, FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah (AbZ) on July 2 to urge UAEG measures to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to persuade the Syrian government to do more on this matter. AbZ undertook to engage Bashar al Assad on taking action against the travel o [...] |
2007-07-03 11:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KNNP MCAP PINS PARM CJAN ETRD ETTC KPAO |
| 07ACCRA62 |
GRACE COLEMAN EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) On December 28, 2006 PolChief raised with Attorney General and Minister of Justice Joe Ghartey the status of the extradition request of Ghanaian Member of Parliament Grace Coleman on charges related to trafficking in persons. PolChief reminded Ghartey that we have never received a GOG [...] |
2007-01-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH CFED CJAN PREL |
| 07ALGIERS1794 |
POSITIVE JUSTICE MINISTRY FEEDBACK ON MLAT [...] (SBU) In a December 9 meeting Mohamed Amara, Director General of Judicial and Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, was enthusiastic about the November 19-21 expert-level discussions in Washington on a possible Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) (ref A). DCM delivered the points contai [...] |
2007-12-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA KCRM CJAN AG |
| 07BEIJING6849 |
AFM HE YAFEI ON DAUB, RUSSELL AND SHAO CASES, U.S. [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei, accompanied by two MFA lawyers, raised the Daub lawsuit against the PRC Consulate General in New York with the Ambassador on October 25 and asked the USG to intercede and stop enforcement of the recent court order. He said the Chinese would have n [...] |
2007-10-25 11:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OFDP CASC CJAN EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO |
| 07BEIJING7137 |
DG LIU JIEYI WARNS CDA ON SERIOUSNESS OF ANN DAUB [...] (C) MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi presented the same points to CDA as in DCM Zheng Zeguang's November 15 demarche to DAS Christensen (see ref) regarding the escalation of the Ann C. Daub Case. DG Liu emphasized that it is the responsibility of the United S [...] |
2007-11-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CJAN CH |
| 07BELMOPAN664 |
(U) BELIZE: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR BETTER RESPONSE [...] (U) Ambassador and DCM met with Foreign Minister Lisa Shoman to express concern about the lack of response to our requests, under the bilateral Stolen Car Treaty, for the return of vehicles stolen from the U.S. We currently have multiple requests pending regarding three vehicles. Although [...] |
2007-11-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Belmopan | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN ASEC KTIA BH |
| 07BOGOTA7767 |
COLOMBIAN MFA TRAINS JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON HAGUE CHILD [...] Summary: The Colombian MFA hosted a September 13 seminar for judges, lawyers and child welfare workers on the Hague Convention on child abduction. The seminar was the second MFA-hosted conference on the Convention this year, and, along with two recent lower-court decisions ordering the retur [...] |
2007-10-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS CJAN PREL CO |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2211 |
THEFTS OF BAGGAGE AT BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Ambassador recently informed Argentina's Foreign Minister Taiana and Interior Minister Fernandez that the Embassy would be updating its Consular Information Sheet to include a warning to U.S. travelers about thefts at Argentina's Ezeiza International Airport. 2. (SBU) On October 24, Am [...] |
2007-11-15 08:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC EAIR PREL KCOR KCRM CMGT CJAN ASEC AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2345 |
ARGENTINE FUROR CONTINUES OVER U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) The GOA has repeatedly suspended Ministerial-level contacts and has cut off some law enforcement contacts with the USG in wake of the continuing furor (ref a) over DOJ allegations that $800,000 intercepted August 4 by Argentine officials was a BRV cash contribution for Cristina Kirchner's (CFK) [...] |
2007-12-14 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN ECON ASEC KJUS VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2346 |
ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES STAY IN ATTACK MODE, [...] (SBU) Action Request: Embassy requests clearance of proposed talking points in paras 7-14 for use in backgrounding the media in response to GOA allegations. 2. (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following extensive positive media coverage on December 14 and 15 of the Ambassador's December 14 [...] |
2007-12-16 19:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2359 |
BOTH KIRCHNERS NOW ON THE WARPATH: "WE WILL NOT [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband, former president Nestor Kirchner (NK), came out swinging against the United States -- she in Montevideo, he in Buenos Aires -- on December 18, hours before the Ambassador was scheduled to meet with [...] |
2007-12-18 18:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2361 |
G7 AMBASSADORS ON MIAMI ARRESTS: [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador briefed the Ambassadors and Charges of Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom on the December 11 arrest of three Venezuelans and one Uruguayan in Miami on charges of operating as unregistered foreign agents. Ambassado [...] |
2007-12-19 12:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2372 |
ARGENTINE CONGRESS CONDEMNS U.S. ALLEGATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kirchner-controlled Congress moved with exceptional alacrity December 19 to repudiate the U.S. for offending Argentina, and former president Nestor Kirchner continued to berate the USG, but singling out former WHA A/S Roger Noriega for vitriol. Meanwhile, according to press [...] |
2007-12-20 18:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2374 |
ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C), Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...] |
2007-12-20 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR |
| 07BUENOSAIRES2375 |
ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C), Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...] |
2007-12-20 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR |
| 07HELSINKI885 |
FINLAND: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) On Dec. 11, the Finnish Parliament ratified the US-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual legal Assistance between the United States and the European Union, which had been signed in Washington on June 25, 2003. Parliament also approved the implementing bilateral instruments. Tuomo Antil [...] |
2007-12-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA EUN FI |
| 07JAKARTA353 |
FIRST ROUND OF U.S.-INDONESIA MLAT NEGOTIATIONS [...] Summary. (U) On January 23-25, delegations from the U.S. and Indonesia met in Jakarta for a first round of negotiations aimed at conclusion of a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the two countries. The discussions were friendly and productive. All participants agreed that an MLA [...] |
2007-02-09 02:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA ID |
| 07LISBON1210 |
PORTUGAL STALLED ON EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Portuguese interlocutors told us that the Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance have long since cleared administrative review and have been submitted to the National Assembly for formal ratification. The National Assembly has not yet scheduled a date to open debate on the [...] |
2007-05-04 16:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KTIA PREL PO |
| 07LISBON1226 |
PORTUGAL STALLED ON EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Portuguese interlocutors told us that the Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance have long since cleared administrative review and have been submitted to the National Assembly for formal ratification. The National Assembly has not yet scheduled a date to open debate on the [...] |
2007-05-07 12:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KTIA PREL PO |
| 07LUXEMBOURG164 |
LUXEMBOURG STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT [...] (SBU) During the March 30 cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the Government of Luxembourg approved submitting to Parliament a draft bill implementing the extradition and MLAT agreements signed 23 June 2005 between the EU and U.S and those between the U.S. and Luxemb [...] |
2007-05-04 12:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA CJAN LU |
| 07MADRID2041 |
SPAIN: NATIONAL COURT VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE [...] (C) On October 26, the Fourth Section of the Criminal Division of the Spanish National Court made public its 2-1 vote to accept the extradition to the U.S. of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar. Judge Teresa Palacios presided over the October 4 extradition hearing and voted against remanding [...] |
2007-10-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN CIVS KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SP |
| 07MADRID215 |
SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE THREATENS TO OBSTRUCT US-SPAIN JUDICICIAL COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-08 18:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR CJAN KJUS SP |
| 07MADRID2294 |
SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B), saying the restrictions served neith [...] |
2007-12-21 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR |
| 07MEXICO6259 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARGES AGAINST FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Director of South American Affairs Lic. Raphael Bernal Cuevas. Bernal underlined that the GOM has no position on this issue, but would follow the case closely. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site [...] |
2007-12-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL CJAN ASEC |
| 07MONTEVIDEO1052 |
URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS [...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...] |
2007-12-19 21:18:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY |
| 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 |
| 07PANAMA1897 |
PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARGES AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-20 22:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR PM |
| 07PARIS2704 |
FRENCH APPROVAL OF MANUEL NORIEGA EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, POL Deputy discussed June 22 urgency of Manuel Noriega extradition proceedings with MFA Americas PDAS-equivalent Marc Laforet. Laforet was joined by DAS-equivalent for Cuba and Central America Blandine Kreiss and desk officers from the U.S. and Central American desks. 2. [...] |
2007-06-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR CJAN |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1204 |
DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST UNREGISTERED FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-20 18:57:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CJAN KJUS PREL VE AR TD |
| 07PRAGUE39 |
EUCOM AND EMBASSY PRAGUE DELIVER DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-17 08:59:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KCRM MARR PBTS EZ |
| 07PRAGUE469 |
STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA CJAN PREL EZ |
| 07RIGA310 |
MLAT and Extradition treaties with Latvia - Update [...] Summary: Though Latvia quickly ratified the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT), the Extradition Treaty remains before Parliament for a vote on ratification. Post was informed May 3 that the treaty will be considered by Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on May 11. The Extradition Tre [...] |
2007-05-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KTIA LG |
| 07RIGA408 |
LATVIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES EXTRADITION TREATY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN PREL PGOV KTIA LG |
| 07RIGA502 |
Action request: Latvian dip note on extradition treaty [...] This is an action request. The Latvian MFA on June 28 sent post a diplomatic note with the text in para 2. Action requested: Please provide post with language to respond to this note. Given that the Senate has not yet voted on the treaty, we believe language updating on the treaty's status w [...] |
2007-07-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA CJAN 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 |
| 07SANSALVADOR2437 |
GOES WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-21 22:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR AA ES |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 07SOFIA598 |
BULGARIA READY TO NEGOTIATE EXTRADITION AND MLAT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On May 3, we delivered reftel points to Georgi Rupchev, Head of International Cooperation Directorate at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), and, separately, to Ivan Dantchev, MFA's Acting Head of America's Directorate. MOJ's [...] |
2007-05-16 12:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN BU |
| 07TAIPEI153 |
TAIWAN: PREMIER URGES REPATRIATION OF REBAR GROUP [...] (C) Summary: During a January 18 meeting with the Director, Premier Su Tseng-chang formally asked the U.S. for immediate assistance to control the movements of and to repatriate Rebar Group founder Wang You-theng, an alleged embezzler, to face justice in Taiwan. On the defense budget, Su ex [...] |
2007-01-19 09:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN CJAN TW |
| 07TALLINN304 |
STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KTIA 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 07THEHAGUE421 |
DUTCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS DETAINEES, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal Adviser John Bellinger met March 1 and 2 with senior MFA officials. The Dutch conveyed a laundry list of concerns, including claims of abuse by an extradited terror suspect, negative publicity related to a U.S. failure in 2005 to meet our consular notification obligations, r [...] |
2007-03-08 17:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN KPAO PHUM NL |
| 07TOKYO5661 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE UNITED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-27 03:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN KJUS ASEC VE AR JA |