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### Viewing cable 08MADRID294, TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH

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08MADRID294 | 2008-03-11 13:01 | 2010-12-23 12:12 | SECRET | Embassy Madrid

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    VZCZCXYZ0002
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    DE RUEHMD #0294/01 0711318
    ZNY SSSSS ZZH
    R 111318Z MAR 08
    FM AMEMBASSY MADRID
    TO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
    INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4457

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    S E C R E T MADRID 000294

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    TREASURY FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OFFICE, ALSO FOR
    DO:W.LINDQUIST;
    STATE FOR EUR/WE AND EEB/ESC

    E.O. 12958: DNG: CO 03/06/2018
    TAGS: ECON EFIN KTFN SP IR
    SUBJECT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S MEETING WITH
    SPANISH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SECURITY ANTONIO CAMACHO

    REF: A. STATE 21770
    ¶B. 2006 MADRID 2680

    Classified By: DCM Hugo Llorens for Reasons 1.5(b) and (d)

    ¶1. (S) Summary: Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt,
    accompanied by DCM, met with Spanish Secretary of State for
    Security Camacho March 6. Camacho outlined the GOS' views of
    the threat from Islamic terrorism and emphasized the
    importance of exchanging information. He suggested the
    creation of a task force to go beyond exchanging information
    and work together on terrorism issues. Camacho said the
    Interior Ministry had forwarded information on Eddin Barrakat
    Yarkas to the Foreign Ministry for use in UNSC designation,
    but that the Foreign Ministry had not completed the process.
    The Deputy Secretary outlined recent FATF and UNSC actions
    highlighting the danger of operations with Iranian banks that
    were financing illicit proliferation or terrorist actions.
    He noted that two Spanish banks, Santander and Sabadell,
    maintained correspondent relationships with Iranian banks.
    In response to Camacho's defense of Santander's cooperation
    on terrorist finance issues, he explained that any operations
    with Iranian banks exposed the Spanish banks to possible
    unwitting involvement in illicit transactions. End Summary.

    ISLAMIC TERRORISM
    -----------------
    ¶2. (S) Secretary Camacho began by emphasizing the importance
    of interchanges with the U.S. for Spain's security. In
    response to the Deputy Secretary's question about lessons
    learned from the January 19 arrest of suspected terrorists in
    Barcelona, Camacho noted that Spain had detained over 300
    Islamic terrorists in recent years. He said the operation
    had reinforced the value of exchanging information as quickly
    as possible. He noted that the operation had been carried
    out by the Guardia Civil but with information from the
    intelligence services and from third countries. He noted
    problems of coordination of services within Spain and from
    other countries. Deputy Secretary Kimmitt praised the GOS'
    expertise in disrupting Al-Qaeda cells operating in Maghreb
    countries and linked to Europe. He asked whether we could do
    more together, such as joint recommendations for UNSCR 1267
    designations. Camacho said the Spanish and U.S. services
    shared information, that his meeting with the head of the
    National Counterterrorism Center had been valuable, and that
    Spain was willing to consider any formula that would lead to
    faster exchange of information and breaking old habits.

    ¶3. (C) Camacho said terrorists from the Maghreb, Pakistan,
    Afghanistan, and Iraq all were present in Spain. He believed
    Spain had detained more terrorists than any other European
    country. He said the GOS regularly told the USG and other
    partners about the danger posed by Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb.
    He said Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Mauritania all were
    affected and that the French and Spanish governments each had
    good relations with the governments of the four countries.
    Ceuta and Melilla, Spain's two enclaves on the North African
    mainland, also were threatened. He lamented the failure of
    northern Europe to clearly understand the threat. He said
    that Al-Qaeda was always referring to recovering
    "al-Andalus," (the Arabic name for the Iberian territory the
    Arabs had held for hundreds of years). Camacho said Spain
    was directly menaced by Al-Qaeda and that Europe and the U.S.
    needed to work together to deal with this threat now in order
    not to have a greater problem later. He added that Maghreb
    radicalization was not only a European problem, as terrorists
    crossed borders easily to plan attacks in one country and
    carry them out in another.

    TERRORISM FINANCE
    -----------------
    ¶4. (S) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt noted that the financial
    system also was interconnected and that terrorists and
    weapons proliferators were looking for the weakest points in
    the system. Camacho said that Islamic terrorist financing
    was very complicated and unique, adding that many of Spain's
    terrorism-related detentions were for financial actions such
    as funding the travel of mujaheddin to Iraq. The Guardia
    Civil had stepped up its analysis of Islamic terrorism
    financing, leading to better operations against cells. The
    Deputy Secretary noted that the Director of the U.S.
    Financial Crimes Enforcement Network would visit Spain in
    April and that the GOS should ask him for anything they
    needed, though he thought information exchange through
    existing channels was good. In response, Camacho suggested
    the creation of a task force to work together, going beyond
    the traditional practice of exchanging information but
    working separately. The Deputy Secretary promised to discuss

    the idea with the Embassy and in Washington.

    DESIGNATIONS
    ------------
    ¶5. (C) The Deputy Secretary asked about the status of
    designations of Eddin Barrakat Yarkas and Driss Chebli.
    Camacho noted that Yarkas had been in jail since 2001 and had
    been convicted in 2006 for his role in the September 11
    attacks. He said the Interior Ministry had passed information
    to the Foreign Ministry to be used in UNSC designation. He
    said the Foreign Ministry was working on this effort but that
    it had not yet been completed. Camacho said Chebli had been
    acquitted, implying that this was the reason he was not the
    subject of any Spanish designation effort.

    IRAN/BANKING
    ------------
    ¶6. (C) The Deputy Secretary asked how the EU would implement
    UNSCR 1803 in Brussels and at the member state level. He
    noted that it named two new banks, Bank Saderat and Bank
    Melli, as warranting particular vigilance. Camacho said
    Spain's Financial Intelligence Unit, SEPBLAC, had
    investigated Bank Saderat. He thought both Europe and Spain
    were aware of the risks of Iran and its ongoing experiments
    and that Europe would take all necessary measures. The
    Deputy Secretary noted that Iran was a state sponsor of
    terrorism with budget line items that supported Middle
    Eastern terrorist groups that also had activities in Europe,
    the U.S., and elsewhere. He said Iran's central bank, Bank
    Markazi, coordinated the involvement by state-owned banks in
    illicit activities. The USG had shared information showing
    that Saderat funded Hamas and Hezbollah terrorism in Lebanon
    via London. Sepah, Melli, and Mellat were funding the
    weapons proliferation program and missile delivery systems.
    The previous week the Financial Action Task Force, and that
    week the UNSC, had said to be careful with any Iranian bank,
    especially Banks Melli and Saderat. The UNSCR had called on
    member states to exercise vigilance over export credit
    programs to avoid contributing to Iranian acquisition of
    nuclear missile systems.

    ¶7. (C) The Deputy Secretary told Camacho that he had informed
    the Central Bank and the Economy Ministry (see septels) that
    two Spanish banks, Santander and Sabadell, maintained
    correspondent relationships with Iranian banks. He noted
    that in Iran it was almost impossible to know your customer
    and said that the Iranians were using unwitting banks for
    proliferation-related transactions. Camacho noted that the
    Spanish banks had a long tradition of cooperation with the
    government's financial intelligence unit, SEPBLAC.
    Santander, Spain's most important bank, always was credited
    with good cooperation. This was not just an issue of banks
    being potentially used by Islamic terrorists; Spain had a
    long history of domestic ETA terrorists seeking to use
    Spanish banks. He had no doubt that Santander would end any
    suspicious operation that it found without the need for GOS
    involvement. He encouraged the USG to send any information
    that SEPBLAC could use, and he asked for more information on
    the types of operations that should require special care.
    Deputy Secretary Kimmitt acknowledged that the Spanish banks
    had a good reputation in the U.S. but said his concern was
    not about their policy or compliance. He said the only way
    to avoid the possibility of being misled by Iran was to end
    these relationships. British, French, and German banks had
    ended correspondent relationships, and the Iranian banks had
    moved southwards to Austria, Italy, and Switzerland.

    ¶8. (U) This message was cleared by Deputy Secretary Kimmitt.
    AGUIRRE

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