Switzerland’s attorney general has indicted 13 people associated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for providing financial support to the organisation via a sophisticated microcredit system.
The 13 accused, who come from Switzerland, Germany and Sri Lanka, have been charged with supporting or being members of a criminal organisation, fraud, false certification and money laundering.
As the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland announced on Wednesday, the LTTE was acting through a Swiss offshoot known as the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC). During the continuing civil war in Sri Lanka, the LTTE’s financial needs increased considerably. According to the attorney general’s office, LTTE leaders in Switzerland “devised and implemented a systematic and rapid method for obtaining money from the Tamil diaspora in Switzerland”. They reportedly raised around CHF15 million ($15.2 million).
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The 13 accused, who come from Switzerland, Germany and Sri Lanka, have been charged with supporting or being members of a criminal organisation, fraud, false certification and money laundering.
As the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland announced on Wednesday, the LTTE was acting through a Swiss offshoot known as the World Tamil Coordinating Committee (WTCC). During the continuing civil war in Sri Lanka, the LTTE’s financial needs increased considerably. According to the attorney general’s office, LTTE leaders in Switzerland “devised and implemented a systematic and rapid method for obtaining money from the Tamil diaspora in Switzerland”. They reportedly raised around CHF15 million ($15.2 million).
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