Author-card of document number 33271

Num
33271
Date
Friday June 3, 1994
Ymd
Author
File
Size
63832
Pages
4
Title
Arrest of AmCit in Brussels [Partially censored]
Keyword
BCR
Source
Public records
CHP
Type
Document diplomatique, TD
Language
EN
Citation
CONFIDENTIAL

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RELEASED IN PART
B6, 1.4(D)

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0 031733Z JUN 94
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6818
INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS IMMEDIATE
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA IMMEDIATE
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EXDIS
DEPT FOR AF/C, DS/CR/CIL
E.O. 12356:
DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, CASC, CARR, AMGT, ASEC, RW, CG
SUBJECT: ARREST OF AMCIT IN BRUSSELS
1.

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2. SUMMARY: WE UNDERSTAND FROM NUMEROUS
COMMUNICATIONS THAT LONGTIME ZAIRE RESIDENT AMCIT
IHAS BEEN ARRESTED IN
BRUSSELS. WHILE THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE MURKY, WE
UNDERSTAND
IWAS ARRESTED BY THE JUDICIAL
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POLICE AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEPOSIT WELL OVER A
MILLION DOLLARS IN TRAVELERS CHECKS OF RWANDAN ORIGIN
IN A BANK IN BRUSSELS.
1.4(D)

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3. BASED ON NUMEROUS COMMUNICATIONS IN VARIOUS
CHANNELS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT AMCITI
IWAS
ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK (PERHAPS THURSDAY) AS HE
ATTEMPTED TO DEPOSIT APPROXIMATELY USD 1.5 MILLION IN
TRAVELERS CHECKS INTO A BANK IN BRUSSELS.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: HARRY R MELONE
DATE/CASE ID: 02 NOV 2006 200103014

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5. HE TOLD THE ADMIN COUNSELOR EARLIER THIS WEEK
THAT HE WAS GOING TO BRUSSELS FOR MINOR SURGERY.
1.4(D) FOIA B6

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7. IMPLICATIONS OF THIS ARREST: WHILE THERE MAY BE
A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE TRAVELERS CHECKS IN THIS
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CASE ARE VALID, OR WHETHER THEY WERE STOLEN FROM THE
COMMERCIAL BANK OF RWANDA, WE BELIEVE THAT THE
TRANSACTION SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED CLOSELY,1
1.4(D) FOIA B6

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EXDIS
DEPT FOR AF/C, DS/CR/CIL
E.O. 12356:
DECL:OADR
TAGS: PREL, CASC, CARR, AMGT, ASEC, RW, CG
SUBJECT: ARREST OF AMCIT IN BRUSSELS
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8.

WOULD APPRECIATE ANYTHING BRUSSELS CAN ADD.

9.

NOTE PRIVACY ACT IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMATION IN
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