{"id":59080,"date":"2012-11-07T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T10:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=59080"},"modified":"2012-11-10T18:44:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-10T18:44:33","slug":"wikileaks-we-are-losing-credibility-on-terrorism-financing-issues-with-the-gsl-us-embassy-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-we-are-losing-credibility-on-terrorism-financing-issues-with-the-gsl-us-embassy-colombo\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks: &#8216;We Are Losing Credibility On Terrorism Financing Issues With The GSL&#8217; &#8211; US Embassy Colombo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are losing credibility on terrorism financing issues with the GSL, which takes our GWOT-related financial concerns very seriously. As we suggested a year ago, there needs to be an interagency USG look into possible LTTE fundraising in the US. A review of TRO\/USA records and procedures might be the place to start. We realize there may be USG investigative efforts underway of which Embassy Colombo is not aware. If that is the case, perhaps the Department could forward a summary of USG efforts to date. Moreover, we would appreciate information on where to send suspected US-hosted Tiger-related website information for further investigation as well.\u201d the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found the related\u00a0classified diplomatic cable \u00a0from\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=WikiLeaks&amp;x=8&amp;y=7\">WikiLeaks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0database,\u00a0which details\u00a0LTTE fundraising\u00a0activities. The \u201cConfidential\u201d\u00a0cable is classified by then\u00a0ECONCHIEF\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=US+Embassy+Colombo&amp;x=12&amp;y=7\">US Embassy Colombo<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Dean R. Thompson\u00a0on December 19, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>The Embassy Colombo wrote \u201cIn the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, UK and Australia, local papers have been reporting increased law enforcement activity, particularly in Australia, against such fundraising. The fundraising is sometimes via legal entities, such as the Tamil Rehabilitation Organization (TRO), which has 501(c)(3) status in the US, as well as comparable status in other countries. In the last twelve months, we have received confirmation from the UK that they have withdrawn charity status for the TRO (though it was reconstituted under a different name) and that Australia has actively sought to interdict illegal fundraising activities. The Bank of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE&#8217;s banking structure) continues to expand in Tiger held areas and appears to provide an effective mechanism through which the LTTE can operate its financial activities. Moreover, at least one LTTE financial website appears to be based in the US. As Post first proposed a year ago (reftel), it is time for a serious, coordinated interagency investigation of possible LTTE fundraising in the US. We are losing credibility on this issue with the GSL.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related\u00a0stories to this cable;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/wikileaks-gosl-had-no-evidence-against-charles-gnanakone\/\">WikiLeaks: GoSL Had No Evidence Against Charles Gnanakone<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375,27],"tags":[6242,6241,6240,6239,6243],"class_list":["post-59080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories","category-wikileaks","tag-france","tag-ltte-fundraising-activities-in-canada","tag-ltte-fundraising-in-the-us","tag-terrorism-financing","tag-uk-and-australia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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