KP Bags Over US$ 300 m. Thru Money Laundering & Smuggling

THE arrestee, K. PATHMANATHAN alias KP of the LTTE used to receive roughly about US$ 300 million (about Rs. 30 billion) in cash to the LTTE coffers on an annual basis, the interrogators have been told.

Most of those monies have been earned by terrorists through illegal means by way of arms smuggling, drug trafficking, transfer of weapons to various terrorist organizations, extortions and other fund-raising activities. Another chunk of money separately comes from LTTE sympathizers and overseas networks, it has been revealed.

KP, the international money launderer after the Malaysian Special Branch cracked down on LTTE work in their country in 1990 moved out to another destination in the region.

Defence Spokesman KEHELIYA RAMBUKWELLA was quoted in the media saying that Sri Lanka was capable of arresting elements who are trying to sow the genesis of terrorism from foreign countries.

“We are not reluctant to take action against the LTTE activists in foreign countries after the terrorism was completely wiped out from the country,” the Minister RAMBUKWELLA has gone on record saying further.

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