Brussels, 09/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - Member States have frozen EUR 124 million belonging to the Taliban and Al-Qaida since the adoption of a regulation on 6 March 2001, according to estimates made by the European Commission. The Commission confirmed that this was only an estimate. The figure includes certain Afghan bank accounts that have since been removed from the black list (see p. 16). The US has just published another assessment, EUR 40 million linked to terrorism has been frozen in European countries since 11 September: this figure was unveiled by US sources on the eve of the visit by the US Secretary of State to the Treasury in Europe, Paul O'Neill, this week and who is expected to visit Germany on Tuesday, France on Wednesday, then the United Kingdom, to examine ways for strengthening the means for strengthening co-operation between the USA and EU. Paul O'Neill is also expected to insist that the EU expand its list of terrorists in line with that of the USA.