VZCZCXRO4080
RR RUEHRG
DE RUEHBR #0472 0952021
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 042021Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY BRASILIA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1384
INFO RUEHRG/AMCONSUL RECIFE 7898
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 6007
RUEHSO/AMCONSUL SAO PAULO 1874
UNCLAS BRASILIA 000472
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
ISN/CPI (M.NEW AND J.CHALMERS), NEA, EAP AND T
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
MNUC, BR
SUBJECT: BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING BANKS MELLI,
MELLAT, AND SADERAT
REF: STATE 29098
1. (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on April 4 to
Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's
Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's
financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that COAF would do
its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resolutions
and that it would notify the appropriate entities within the
government for enforcement. Any substantive response will be
reported septel.
HENSHAW