US embassy cable - 05ANKARA2229

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 002229 
 
SIPDIS 
 
TREASURY FOR OFAC, FINCEN AND TFFC 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/19/2015 
TAGS: KTFN, PTER, EFIN, ETTC, TU 
SUBJECT: COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE WORKING GROUP (CTFWG): 
MINUTES OF 04/18/05 MEETING 
 
 
Classified By: Acting Deputy Chief of Mission James R. Moore for 
reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 
 
1. (SBU) On  April 18, A/DCM chaired the meeting of the 
Counter Terrorism Finance Working Group (CTFWG).  Other 
participants included representatives from ECON, RSO, DEA, 
CONS, OSI, LEGATT, and DAO. 
 
2. (C) ECON reported that MFA officials responded to our 
request for more information on Movladi Udugov, a Chechnyan 
who the Russians are trying to have designated on the UN 1267 
Sanctions Committee consolidated list of entities/individuals 
associated with Usama bin Laden (UBL), the Taliban, and/or 
Al-Qaida.  MFA officials told us that they had contacted the 
relevant agencies in their government and they had found no 
connection between Udugov and UBL, the Taliban and/or 
Al-Qaida. 
 
3. (SBU) ECON also reported that EconOff met with the Turkish 
National Project Manager for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime 
(UNODC) who said that she receives many calls from various 
law enforcement agencies requesting training and assistance 
with their anti-money laundering and counter-terror finance 
efforts. 
 
4. (SBU) ECON told the CTFWG that the section will be 
supporting a joint Department of Justice Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development (OPDAT)/ World Bank regional 
workshop on "Current Trends in Money Laundering and Terrorist 
Financing" in Tbilisi, Georgia in May.  ECON is responsible 
for assembling the Turkish delegation (four participants and 
two translators) and arranging transportation logistics and 
translation of materials for the workshop. 
EDELMAN