US embassy cable - 01ABUJA3080

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NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY TERRORISTS' ACCOUNTS

Identifier: 01ABUJA3080
Wikileaks: View 01ABUJA3080 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Abuja
Created: 2001-12-06 09:32:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: KCOR PTER EFIN PREL NI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS ABUJA 003080 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCOR, PTER, EFIN, PREL, NI 
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: NIGERIA CONTINUES TO COOPERATE IN EFFORT 
TO IDENTIFY TERRORISTS' ACCOUNTS 
 
 
REF: STATE 207526 
 
 
1. EconOff delivered reftel information December 5 to Ernest 
Ebi, Deputy Governor for International Operations at the 
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).  Ebi agreed to release the 
list of three (3) entities in a new Call Circular, which will 
require all Nigerian banks to identify accounts associated 
with these terrorist entities. 
 
 
2. On November 28, the Central Bank issued a circular 
directing all banks to improve customer identification 
procedures in order to combat financial frauds ("419s" in 
local parlance) and money-laundering.  The directive 
prohibits banks from keeping anonymous accounts and requires 
banks to obtain information on the identity of the persons on 
whose behalf an account is opened or transaction conducted. 
These measures, according to Ebi, also will assist the CBN's 
ongoing efforts to identify terrorists' financial assets. 
Jeter 

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