US embassy cable - 04BRASILIA979

S E C R E T BRASILIA 000979 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (GGLASS) 
STATE FOR S/CT (TNAVRATIL) 
STATE FOR NEA/ARP (PHEFFERNAN) 
STATE FOR IO/PHO (APEREZ) 
NSC FOR GPETERS 
TREASURY FOR JZARATE 
TREASURY FOR OFAC (RNEWCOMB) 
 
E.O. 12958: DNG: CO 04/22/15 
TAGS: ETTC, EFIN, PTER, PREL, CVIS, BR, Terrorist Finance 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCE: BRAZIL NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL 
AL-HARAMAIN BRANCHES 
 
REF: SECSTATE 90228 
 
Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman, Reasons 1.4 
 (b) and (d). 
 
(S) Post delivered on April 23 reftel pre-notification of the 
USG and Saudi intention to ask the UNSC 1267 sanctions 
committee to list five additional Al-Haramain Islamic 
Foundation branches as well as an individual associated with 
the Foundation to Jaime Freitas, a senior advisor within 
COAF, Brazil's financial intelligence unit, and to Marcus 
Pinta Gama, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
Office for the Combat of Illicit International Activities. 
Econoff made reftel points and urged that the GoB freeze on 
April 29 any Brazilian assets belonging to these entities. 
Pinta Gama stated that the GoB would search its financial 
system for any assets belonging to these entities, 
anticipating that the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee would 
approve the USG and Saudi request to list the entities. 
Separately, Freitas undertook to search COAF's own databases 
as well as to circulate the list to other relevant GoB 
entities, including the Central Bank and Intelligence Agency 
(ABIN) for them to check for any assets belong to the 
Al-Haramain branches. 
 
HRINAK