22. March 2010


 

NEWS

 

Suspected LTTE Fundraisers Arrested in Germany

 

German authorities recently arrested six people suspected of raising funds for the separatist group, LTTE. The German and Sri Lankan nationals aged between 22 and 58 were arrested on 2 March 2010 in raids on eight premises including the Tamil Coordination Committee (TCC) in Oberhausen near Essen, Germany. Among those arrested was Sri Lankan national Vijikanendra V. S., the suspected head of the TCC in Germany. The German prosecution service accused the men of using blackmail and extortion to raise funds from Tamils living in Germany.

 

There are reports that the LTTE earlier collected money threatening to harm their relatives in Sri Lanka but now threatens the immigrants after the defeat of the LTTE in May, last year. It is also believed that although the LTTE was defeated in Sri Lanka, the group is still very active in Europe in many other forms. The LTTE was banned within the European Union in 2006 as a terrorist organization.

 

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2010/03/100305_ltte_germany.shtml