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June 30, 2011AMLC RESOLUTION NO. 070-A-11In its Memorandum dated 16 June 2011, the AMLC Secretariat (AMLCS) reported to the Council that: On 13 April 2011, Mr. James D. Nixon, Legal Attache of the United States of America in Manila requested assistance from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) in obtaining information on bank accounts and transactions linked to Umar Patek and Ahmed Santos.Umar Patek is a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah, a terrorist group involved in the 2002 Bali Bombing and included in the UN Security Council Consolidated List of terrorists. Ahmed Santos, on the other hand, is the leader of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM), a group involved in the 2005 Makati City Valentine's Day Bombing and also included in the UN Security Council Consolidated List of terrorists. Umar Patek has been reportedly arrested by authorities in Pakistan early this year, while Ahmed Santos was arrested in October 2005 and has been the subject of AMLC Resolution No. 55, Series of 2008 directing covered institutions to submit suspicious transaction reports, if any.Recent information gathered indicates...