US embassy cable - 04COLOMBO812

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 COLOMBO 000812 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR ECA/PE/V/R/N-LARRY A. MOODY; SA/PD 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: SCUL, KPAO, OECV, OEXC - Exchanges 
SUBJECT:  FY 05 REGIONAL IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR 
"COMBATING TERRORIST FINANCIAL NETWORKS AND MONEY 
LAUNDERING", MARCH 7-25, 2005 
PROJECT NO. E/VGN-2005-0017 
 
REF: (A) STATE 100261, (B) COLOMBO 00765 
 
1. Post nominates D. Prashantha J. "DE LIVERA" Senior State 
Counsel, Attorney General's Department for participation in 
subject project.  Post confirms that this nomination has 
"full country team approval." 
 
2. Nomination is as follows: 
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POST-EMAIL: tilakawardenac@state.gov 
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGN 
PROG-AGENCY-NAME: 
POST-PROJ-ID: 129 
ECA-PROJ-NO: E/VGN-2005-0017 
PROJ-NAME: Combating Terrorist Financial Networks and Money 
Laundering (March 7-25, 2005) 
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PROJ-TYPE: Regional 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2004 
DEPART-POST: 03/05/2005 
SESSION-DATE: 03/07/2005 
RETURN-POST: 03/27/2005 
NO-OF-PART: 1 
RANK-ORDER: 0 
START MEMO POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic 
Systems and Practices" 
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ORIGINATOR: U 
SUBJ-DISC: Money Laundering 
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PREFIX: Mr. 
F-NAME: D.Prasantha 
M-NAME: Joseph 
L-NAME: DE LIVERA 
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POSITION-CODE: 321 
PRINCIPAL?: Yes 
M-ADDR1: Attorney General's Department 
M-ADDR2: Hulftsdorp 
M-ADDR3: 
M-CITY: Colombo 12 
M-STATE: 
M-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
M-ZONE: 
M-ZIP: 
M-PHONE: (94-11) 242-2889 
M-FAX: 
M-EMAIL: 
M-CNTRY-ID: CE 
M-ADDRTYPE: B 
GENDER: M 
DOB: 05/25/1961 
MAR-STAT: M 
BIRTH-CITY: Colombo 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
RES-CNTRY: Sri Lanka 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Senior State Counsel, Attorney General's Department, 1996- 
to date 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
Serves on several government committees, including the 
Crimes Committee under the Prevention of Terrorism Law and 
Emergency. 
END MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
1985-95 - State Counsel, Attorney-General's Department 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
None 
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL: 
U.K.-2000-2002 - For studies 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka Law College, 1984 
LL.M., University of London, 2002 
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START MEMO MEMBERSHIPS: 
Member, Bar Associationg of Sri Lanka 
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FIRST-LANG: Sinhala 
ENGL-READ: 4 
ENGL-SPEAK: 4 
ENGL-COMP: 3 
START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ: 
This nomination is in support of MPP goal on "Democratic 
Systems and Practices" 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Dean Thompson 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
Mr. De Livera, a senior state counsel, specialized in 
criminal law serves the Attorney General's Department (AG). 
An appellate counsel for the Government of Sri Lanka 
conducts prosecutions on behalf of the state in the High 
Court, the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court.  He is also 
the supervising officer at the AG's Department for 
terrorist crimes/financing and money laundering; and is 
responsible for deciding the course of action on all the 
cases pertaining to this subject referred to the AG by the 
Police.  As he assists the Solicitor General in the area of 
anti money laundering and terrorist financing legislation, 
he attended IMF, Central Bank and Commonwealth Secretariat 
organized seminars and on the implementation of UNSCR 1373. 
In February of this year, he attended the IMF organized 
seminar on 'Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the 
Financing of Terrorism for Criminal Justice Officers.'  De 
Livera, the principal contact of the Econ Section at the 
AG's Department on money laundering and terrorist financing 
information assisted in briefing the US Treasury on the 
implementation of money laundering legislation.  As he 
being a counterpart to the Treasury Technical Advisors on 
this subject, if an opportunity is given to Mr. De Livera 
to participate in the RP on "Combating Terrorist Financial 
Network and Money Laundering," would benefit Sri Lanka as a 
whole and would enhance his prospects within the AG's Dept. 
This nomination has "full Country Team approval." 
 
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NOM-OFF: Econo 
SPEAKER?: No 
NOTIFY-EMB: Yes 
MEDIA?: No 
HOME-STAY: Yes 
HOME-HOSP?: Yes 
E-I-TYPE: 
NOMINEE-ID: 169 
PERSON-ID: 176 
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: CE 
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: CE 
RES-CNTRY-ID: CE 
FIRST-LANG-ID: SI 
E-I-TYPE-ID: 
NOM-POST-ID: 2929 
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 
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3. Please advise acceptance of this nomination. 
Lunstead