BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" WORD, SUCCESSFULLY (telegrama 09BRASILIA1282)

Cable 09BRASILIA1282 (U.S. Embassy in Brasília, October 30, 2009) reports on a regional conference, 'Illicit Financial Crimes,' held October 4–9, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, funded by the State Department's Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT), described as the first regional conference of 'Project PONTES,' a bilateral law enforcement training concept introduced by the embassy in February 2009.

Excerpt: “This is the first regional conference conducted under post,s Projeto PONTES (Translation: Bridges Project) umbrella”

Source: BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" WORD, SUCCESSFULLY (telegrama 09BRASILIA1282) — U.S. Embassy in Brasília (leaked diplomatic cable, published by WikiLeaks), Oct. 30, 2009 · paragraphs 1 and 2 (Summary and the section 'Projeto Pontes: building bridges to Brazilian law enforcement') · open original ↗

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Limitations: U.S. diplomatic document leaked and published by WikiLeaks (classification UNCLASSIFIED/FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY); authenticity not independently verified. It describes the embassy's point of view. The cable is dated October 30, 2009, 21 days after the conference.

The cable records that the 'Brazilian Federal Money Laundering Judge Sergio Moro' discussed, at the Rio conference, the 15 most common issues he sees in money laundering cases in Brazilian courts, right after the presentation by 'Brazilian Judicial Minister' Gilson Dipp, which followed the opening address by State Department official Shari Villarosa. The cable does not list the 15 issues.

Excerpt: “Brazilian Federal Money Laundering Judge Sergio Moro then discussed the 15 most common issues he sees in money laundering cases”

Source: BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T" WORD, SUCCESSFULLY (telegrama 09BRASILIA1282) — U.S. Embassy in Brasília (leaked diplomatic cable, published by WikiLeaks), Oct. 30, 2009 · paragraph 6, page 2 of 3 of the cable (sequence after the opening speech) · open original ↗

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Limitations: The cable does not give the exact day of Moro's talk within the October 4–9 range; his presence during the rest of the week is not described. The literal text of the 15 issues is absent from the document. Same nature and authenticity caveats as the previous evidence item.