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Viewing cable 08AITTAIPEI261, TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08AITTAIPEI261 2008-02-25 09:49 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED American Institute Taiwan, Taipei 
VZCZCXYZ0000
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHIN #0261 0560949
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 250949Z FEB 08
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8203
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0052
 
UNCLAS AIT TAIPEI 000261 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EEB/ESC/TFS/JJALLORINA 
TREASURY FOR TFFC LADAN ARCHIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
SUBJECT:  TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED 
TERRORIST FACILITATORS 
 
REF: 08 STATE 07443 
 
1.  Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) 
issued a formal instruction on February 18, 2008, providing all 
banking institutions with information on three individuals 
 
--Hamid Al-Ali 
--Jaber Al-Jalamah, and 
--Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Al-Bathali 
 
designated on January 16, 2008 by the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee, 
which added these three names to its list of individuals/entities 
associated with Usama bin Laden, the Taliban, and/or al-Qa'ida -- 
who are subject to UN Security Council-mandated sanctions. 
 
2.  In the instruction, the FSC directs Taiwan banking institutions 
to treat transactions with the designated individuals and their 
beneficiaries as suspected money laundering transactions, and 
instantly report these transactions to the Ministry of Justice 
Investigation Bureau for further investigation and action. 
 
3.  The FSC also asked the following industry associations to 
request their members to comply with the February 18, 2008 
instruction: 
 
--Credit Cooperation Association 
--Bills Finance Association 
--Securities Firms Association 
--Securities Investment Trust and Consultant Association 
--Futures Commissioners Association 
--Life Insurance Association 
--Non-life Insurance Association 
--all jewelry associations 
--Credit Card Firms Association 
--Taiwan Depository & Clearing Corporation 
--four securities finance companies 
--Joint Credit Information Center 
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