More evidence that Tamil terrorists raise money in Canada

Stewart Bell writes in the National Post (Tamil leader frustrated with fundraising, May 27):

Federal officials released more documents yesterday that were seized during a massive RCMP investigation into Tamil Tigers fundraising in Canada, including a guerrilla leader's request for "a huge sum" of money.

The police files, unsealed by the Federal Court, are the latest evidence that Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers rebels have been bankrolling their civil war with money raised by supporters in Canada. But the newly disclosed documents also suggest the Tamil Tigers may not be getting as much from Canada as they would like: In one communique, a senior rebel boss complained that Canadians were not doing enough to support the fight.

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Read all of Stewart Bell's article

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Tamil Tigers exploit Canadian electoral database to extort money for terrorism in Sri Lanka - RCMP alleges

From the Globe and Mail (Tamil Tigers using electoral list, RCMP say by Colin Freeze, May 6, 2008):

Tens of thousands of Sri Lankans living in Canada have been funding the Tamil Tigers' terrorism campaign through a secret strategy of profiling carried out using Canada's electoral database, the RCMP allege.

In what amounts to the most detailed examination of alleged terrorist fundraising ever filed in a federal court, the national police force claims as much as $50,000 a month was being drawn from bank accounts in Toronto and funnelled to the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka.

The Tigers' operation in Canada, responsible for providing 15 per cent of global funds for the secession movement, identified potential donors by postal code and used a "sales team" of locals to extract the cash, alleges the 400-page police affidavit unsealed in the Federal Court of Canada this week.

The affidavit suggests the Toronto offices of the World Tamil Movement - a non-profit organization - may have been generating funds for the Tigers. The RCMP says it has also obtained a significant letter sent to Toronto from the head of the Tamil Tigers. Velupillai Prabhakaran, one of the world's most sought-after fugitives, is said to have urged that Canadian Tamils commit about 15 per cent of the global contribution to his cause.

Read all of Colin Freeze's article.

See also:

Civil war in Sri Lanka - bought and paid for with Canadian dollars

Banning Tamil Tigers had positive effects but Ottawa and Toronto police should do more - Human Rights Watch

World Tamil Movement leader supports Tamil Tigers but denies his group funded them

Tarek Fatah describes demands made by ethnic delegates at the Liberal convention. Tamils wanted terrorist group delisted

Tamil Tigers use child soldiers to fight their separatist war in Sri Lanka