US embassy cable - 05VIENNA3098

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Identifier:	05VIENNA3098
Wikileaks:	View 05VIENNA3098 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Vienna
Created:	2005-09-19 10:40:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags:	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR AU UN
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS VIENNA 003098 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS (LLAMBERT), S/CT (TKUSHNER), 
EUR/AGS, SA/RA (LLEE), IO/PSC (BFITZGERALD) 
TREASURY FOR TFFC (DGLASER) AND OFAC (RWERNER) 
STATE PASS NSC FOR THINNEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTFN, ETTC, EFIN, PTER, KSEP, CVIS, KVPR, AU, UN 
SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL 
 
REF:  STATE 169212 
 
THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PLEASE 
PROTECT ACCORDINGLY.  NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 
 
1. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Post submitted the 
addition of Al-Akhtar Trust International Movement to the 
UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list demarche on September 16 
to Alfred Lejsek, Head of the Financial Markets 
Directorate in the Federal Ministry of Finance (MOF), and 
Birgit Ertl and Anelika Schloegel, money laundering and 
terrorism financing coordinators 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