US embassy cable - 04SANAA2602

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANAA 002602 
 
SIPDIS 
 
EB/ESC/TFS, S/CT, INL/C, IO/PHO, TREASURY, TREASURY FOR 
OFAC, AND NEA/ARP 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/13/2014 
TAGS: KVPR, EFIN, PTER, ETTC, PREL, TERFIN 
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT 
POST 
 
REF: SECSTATE 201391 
 
Classified By: DCM Nabeel Khoury for reasons 1.4 (b. and d.) 
 
1. (C) Post offers the following response corresponding to 
the letter of the questions asked in reftel. 
 
(a) Contact information for TFCO: Post's Terrorist Financing 
Coordination Officer is DCM Nabeel Khoury.  Post's Terrorist 
Financing Action Officer is Pol/Econ Deputy Jill Hutchings, 
who may be reached via classified email at 
HutchingsJE2@state.sgov.gov and unclassified at 
HutchingsJE@state.gov.  She may be contacted at all times 
through the Embassy switchboard: 967-1-303-155 ext. 2156. 
 
(b) Brief description of TFCO process at your post: At this 
time Post does not have a terrorist financing coordinating 
committee, but coordinates terrorist financing issues on an 
ad hoc basis. Action officer works closely with all offices 
at post including newly established LEGATT and Visas Viper 
process.  Post may stand up a committee in the future, if 
necessary. 
 
(c) What does post attempt to accomplish in its TF working 
group meetings? At this time Post does not have a TF working 
group. 
 
(d) Suggestions on how to improve coordination among TFCO: 
Post believes regional meetings and training on specific 
issues, e.g. hawalas, or nascent terrorist financing systems 
would be extremely beneficial.  Much of the training is 
targeted on countries with advanced banking systems, rather 
than countries like Yemen who are only starting to regulate 
the flow of money through its country. 
 
(e) Suggestions on how to more effectively engage in public 
diplomacy: Public understanding of the the terrorist 
designation process is minimal.  Our colleagues often ask 
whether a designated person will soon be deported to the U.S. 
 Background information on the designation process in Arabic 
would be extremely useful for our outreach efforts. 
 
(f) Indication if TFCO and deputy have received FSI or other 
training on combating terrorist financing; Terrorist 
Financing Action Officer Jill Hutchings attended the Summer 
03 training course at FSI.  To date, no other officers have 
received training. 
 
(g) What post needs from Washington agencies to make its TF 
work more effective? Post requests additional training for 
Yemenis on terrorist financing issues including,assistance in 
establishing a terrorist financing intelligence unit and 
training related to improving interagency cooperation.  Post 
assesses the capabilities of the ROYG to be extremely limited 
in their ability to track the flow of illicit funds. 
KRAJESKI