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DE RUEHVT #0485 3261506
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 211506Z NOV 08
FM AMEMBASSY VALLETTA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1830

UNCLAS VALLETTA 000485 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KNNP PARM PREL EFIN MT
SUBJECT: MALTA MOVES QUICKLY ON FATF RECOMMENDATIONS 
 
REF: A. SECSTATE 121356 
     ¶B. VALLETTA 455 
 
¶1. Charge D'Affaires conveyed points contained in Reftel A 
demarche on November 19 to Charles Inguanez, MFA 
Director-General for Economic Affairs and Chairman of the 
Sanctions Monitoring Board, and Alan Caruana, Head of 
Secretariat at the Ministry of Finance. 
 
¶2. Inguanez informed Charge that on November 6 that he had 
communicated the earlier message (reported Reftel B) to 
Malta's Financial Services Authority (MFSA) which immediately 
began work to implement the various recommendations of the 
FATF regarding exposure to Iran. Inguanez reported that the 
MFSA is now "handling the various issues involved" with 
implementation of the recommendations contained in that 
request. 
 
¶3. MFSA is also coordinating with the Central Bank and 
Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) on the issuance a 
formal report detailing the actions taken to date. Post will 
provide the text of that document once it becomes available. 
DAVIS