US embassy cable - 05QUITO2743

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TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER

Identifier: 05QUITO2743
Wikileaks: View 05QUITO2743 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Quito
Created: 2005-12-02 13:14:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL EC
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 QUITO 002743 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PASS EB/ESC/TFS JEAN T. CLARK 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTFN, PTER, EFIN, ETTC, KVPR, PREL, EC 
SUBJECT: TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER 
 
REF: STATE 175637 
 
1.  In response to reftel, Post,s Terrorist Finance 
Coordination Officer (TFCO) is DCM Jefferson Brown, telephone 
number 593-2-256-2890 ext. 4420.  His unclassified email 
address is brownjt2@state.gov.  The 
Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Donn-Allan Titus, telephone 
number 593-2-256-2890 ext. 4468.  His email address is 
titusd@state.gov. 
 
2.  Until October, Ecuador,s money laundering law had been 
woefully inadequate.  After significant efforts by Post, 
particularly the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS), Ecuador 
recently passed a vastly improved (though not perfect) money 
laundering law.  NAS is also working with the Organization of 
American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control 
Commission (CICAD) on a program to develop a Financial 
Investigations Unit (FIU) to help more effectively implement 
the new law.  The Political and Public Affairs sections have 
used private and public diplomacy to increase support for 
combating money laundering, while the Econ section works with 
the Superintendent of Banks and others on the issue, with 
special attention to terrorist financing.  DEA investigations 
also contribute to these mission objectives. 
 
3.  Our key short-term priorities are the effective 
implementation of the new money laundering law and more 
effective regulation of the banking sector.  Post would 
welcome any program of technical assistance that would help 
us meet those priorities. 
BROWN 

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