VZCZCXRO2079
RR RUEHDBU RUEHDE
DE RUEHDBU #0571 1321254
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 121254Z MAY 09
FM AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
TO RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 0072
RUEHAK/AMEMBASSY ANKARA 0028
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0105
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW 0033
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0062
RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 0018
INFO RUEHDBU/AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE 0626
RUEABND/DEA WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS DUSHANBE 000571 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEA HQ PASS TO OC/NEWTON-BELL, OE/TRAPP, A/OC/HARRIGAN 
OCX/WILLIAMS, OEX/MASUMOTO, A/OGE/SCHRETTNER, OGA/RYAN, 
OGPA/STATEN, NTRE/UPP, NIRE/LEHRER 
NI/BORDER, NTRE/UPP/KREGOR, FOE/HAFF, 
NIWF/MANZI, SOD/OSE/MCMANAMON/YASEVICH/KHAN/OSE/SHROYER/D EA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: DEAX SNAR TI
SUBJECT: UI-09-0003/YEH1K/NOSIRI, SARAF- DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE 
JOINT COORDINATION OF INL DONATION OF TECHNICAL INVESTIGATIVE 
EQUIPMENT TO THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF TAJIKISTAN. 
 
¶1. (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO), WORKING IN 
CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY DUSHANBE, 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION (INL), HAVE 
COMBINED RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE APPLICATION OF TECHNICAL 
EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MVD) 
NARCOTIC-RELATED INVESTIGATIONS. 
 
 
 
¶2. (SBU) THE DCO HAS initiated A joint-wire intercept 
investigation WITH THE MVD targeting the NOSIRI SARAF DRUG 
TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. THIS OPERATION REPRESENTS THE FIRST 
JOINT DEA WIRE-INTERCEPT INVESTIGATION IN CENTRAL ASIA. THE DCO 
IS ALSO ASSISTING THE mVD with operational planning to include 
extensive undercover operations TARGETING THE SARAF DTO IN 
DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN. 
 
 
 
¶3. (sbu) ON MAY 8, 2009, the dco coordinated the inl donation of 
advanced surviellance equipment to THE MVD. The equipment 
consists of 12 units and has a value of approximately $15,000. 
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT INL HAD THE EQUIPMENT IN STORAGE; IT WAS 
NOT SPECIFICALLY PURCHASED FOR DONATION TO THE MVD. (THE 
EQUIPMENT CANNOT BE USED FOR INTERCEPTING TELEPHONE 
COMMUNICATIONS.) 
 
 
 
¶4. (SBU) THE DCO WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND OPERATIONAL 
ASSISTANCE TO THE MVD CONCERNING THE PROPER APPLICATION OF THE 
EQUIPMENT. THE INL DONATION WILL ENABLE THE MVD TO DEVELOP MORE 
COMPLEX INVESTIGATIONS AND ASSIST IN PROTECTING MVD AGENTS WHEN 
CONDUCTING UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE INL 
DONATION TO THE MVD SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED TO REGIONAL HOST 
COUNTRIES COUNTER-PARTS OR THE PRESS. 
 
 
 
¶5. (SBU) THE DCO WOULD LIKE TO THANK INL AND THE UNITED STATES 
EMBASSY DUSHANBE FOR THEIR SUSTAINED SUPPORT CONCERNINGS DEA'S 
LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORT IN TAJIKISTAN. 
 
 
 
INDEXING SECTION: 
 
 
SARAF, NOSIRI                NADDIS: 6479196 
 
JACOBSON