Cablegate: New Terrorist Organization On Canada's Criminal

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DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAN, S/CT, EB/ESC/TFS - LYNNE LAMBERT,
SCA/A - JONATHAN MUDGE, L/EB - TOM HEINEMANN AND IO/ESC -
JOHN SANDAGE

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON EFIN PTER AF CA
SUBJECT: NEW TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ON CANADA'S CRIMINAL
CODE LIST

1. (U) On October 24, the Office of the Superintendent of
Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI) announced that Gulbuddin
Hekmatyar's Faction of the Hezb-e Islami, the Hezb-e Islami
Gulbuddin (HIG) has been designated as a terrorist
organization under Canada's Criminal Code.

2. (U) All Canadian financial institutions and foreign branch
operating in Canada must review their records on a continuing
basis for the names of persons or organizations covered by
regulations under the Criminal Code and report their findings
on a monthly basis to the relevant regulator, which, in the
case of federally regulated financial institutions, is the
OSFI. The designation of individuals or entities under the
Criminal Code effectively freezes their assets and prohibits
fundraising on their behalf.

3. (U) If institutions discover they hold accounts for or
contracts with persons or organizations covered by the
Criminal Code, they must report this immediately to both the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canadian
Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Moreover, institutions
reporting to the RCMP and CSIS that are also reporting
entities under the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and
Terrorist Financing Act must submit Terrorist Property
Reports to the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis
Centre of Canada (FINTRAC).

4. (U) A complete listing of the more 500 individuals and
entities designated under Canada's Criminal Code, the UN
Regulations on the Suppression of Terrorism, or the UN
Al-Qaida and Taliban Regulations can be found on the OSFI
website at http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/osfi/index e.aspx.

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