US embassy cable - 05VIENNA2412

UNCLAS VIENNA 002412 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (SKANE), S/CT (TKUSHNER), EUR/AGS, 
NEA/ARPI (TWILLIAMS), NEA/ELA (SSONTY), NEA/IPA 
(GLOGERFO), IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) 
STATE ALSO FOR NSC (JZARATE) 
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC (RWERNER) 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTFN, ETTC, EFIN, PTER, KSEP, CVIS, KVPR, AU, EUN 
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM 
IN ARABIA DESIGNATION -LIST 70T 
 
REF:  STATE 132400 
 
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE 
PROTECT ACCORDINGLY.  NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 
 
1. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the 
Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia (MIRA; List 70T) 
designation demarche on July 18 to Alfred Lejsek, Head of 
the Financial Markets Directorate in the Federal Ministry 
of Finance (MOF), and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering 
and terrorism financing coordinator in Lejsek's office. 
Post also sent a copy to the Foreign Ministry's 
International Security Cooperation Office. 
 
2. (SBU) The MOF applied the usual procedure with these 
names, which is to circulate the information on the same 
day to all banks and financial institutions in Austria 
with a request to search for accounts.  Banks will report 
any findings to Austria's Financial Investigation Unit, 
which is responsible for freezing the accounts. 
 
BROWN