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DE RUEHSG #0873 2702050
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R 262050Z SEP 08
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 3755
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000873
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR KTFN VE LE CI
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
DESIGNATION OF THREE SENIOR VENEZUELAN OFFICIALS
REF: STATE 097316
Per reftel, Econ officer delivered demarche to Julio Bravo,
Counselor for Special Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign
Relations. Bravo thanked Econ officer for the information.
Econ officer also shared the information with: Victor Ossa,
Director of Chile's Financial Intelligence Unit; Tamara
Agnic, Advisor to the Deputy Finance Minister and Chile's
GAFISUD (South America's Financial Action Task Force)
representative; Christian Cammano, Chief of Money Laundering
Investigations at the Department of Police Investigations;
Cristina Farah, Economic Advisor to Association of Banks and
Financial Institutions; and Francisco Leiva, Superintendent
of Games and Casinos. Post will advise the Department of any
substantive responses.
SIMONS