Tweet The Court of Appeal for British Columbia has upheld a six month prison sentence imposed on a former Sri Lankan refugee in Canada for terrorist activity financing. In 2008, Prapaharan Thambaithurai solicited funds from members of the Tamil community in Vancouver to support the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a designated terrorist group in […]
Tweet According to this article in the Vancouver Sun, one of the Tamil migrants who arrived in Canada last August aboard the MV Sun Sea, has admitted that he worked for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a mechanic and helped them dig bunkers in Sri Lanka. The LTTE is a designated terrorist […]
Tweet The assets of two Tamil groups with alleged ties to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were ordered forfeited to the federal government of Canada by the Federal Court of Canada because the assets were owned or controlled by a terrorist group. The two groups, World Tamil Movement of Ontario and World Tamil […]
Tweet The Swiss authorities have arrested ten suspected members of the terrorist organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for alleged extortion and money laundering to support terrorist financing. According to a statement from the Swiss Attorney General’s office, the Tamils forced Sri Lankan foreign nationals living in Switzerland to provide financial support for the […]
Tweet A former refugee from Sri Lanka, Prapaharan Thambithurai, pleaded guilty to terrorist financing in British Columbia Supreme Court and received a lenient six-month sentence today. He is the first person in Canada charged with terrorist financing under Canada’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. Thambithurai admitted raising funds for the Liberation Tigers […]