US embassy cable - 04BRASILIA1032

S E C R E T BRASILIA 001032 
 
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: AQ-LINKED BOSNIAN CHARITIES AND 
DELAY OF AL HARAMAIN BRANCHES DESIGNATION 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 90228 
     B. SECSTATE 94859 
 
Classified By: Deputy Economic Counselor J. Andrew Plowman, Reasons 1.4 
 (b) and (d). 
 
(S) Post delivered on April 29 ref A pre-notification of the 
USG intention to ask the UNSC 1267 sanctions committee to 
list three Bosnian charities to Jaime Freitas, a senior 
advisor within COAF, Brazil's financial intelligence unit, 
and to Luiza Lopes da Silva, Deputy Director of the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs Office for the Combat of Illicit 
International Activities.  Emboff made reftel points and 
urged that the GoB freeze on May 6 any Brazilian assets 
belonging to these entities.  Freitas undertook to search 
COAF's 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 
belonging to the three entities.  Emboff also notified both 
Freitas and Lopes da Silva of Reftel B delay in the 
nomination of the additional Al-Haramain branches and asked 
that they maintain confidential our intention list the 
branches.  Freitas confirmed that the GoB had not found any 
assets in Brazil under the names of any of the Al-Haramain 
branches or of Aqeel Abdul Aziz Al Aqil. 
 
HRINAK