Sri Lankan Intelligence agencies and the INTERPOL have joined hands in a coordinated effort to bust the foreign based LTTE international terror network. Defence ministry said that Sri Lankan intelligence agencies have unearthed vital information into the remaining LTTE international terror activists engaged in human trafficking, arms smuggling and financial frauds bases in East Asia, Western Europe, Canada and Africa. According to them , Sri Lankan defence sleuths are monitoring the movements of Sivarasa Pirundaban alias Achchudan alias Suresh, Bahitharan alias Bhavi, Narendran Rathnasabapathi alias Naren, Ganeshruban alias Ruban and Ponnaiah Anandarajah alias Aiyya alias Rajah and a few more LTTE activists who are connected to arms procurement, transshipping while posing as businessmen.A recent recovery of highly classified documents and diary notes of Castro, a one time head of the LTTE's international wing has provided much light into the terror outfit overseas based operatives and clandestine funding agencies. The recovery was made by the Sri Lankan military intelligence at Visuamdu, one of the former war zone areas in the North.This includes a number of documents related to LTTE investments and transactions connected to LTTE shipping operations and business ventures overseas.Kumaran Pathmanathan alias KP, who succeeded Vellupillai Prabhakaran as the LTTE Chief after his death in May last year is currently in the custody of the Sri Lankan government .According to latest reports KP has agreed to cooperate with the Sri Lankan government . KP is believed to have operated a global network for the LTTE being engaged in arms smuggling, procurement of arms to the LTTE and money laundering.
News On AIR | July 23, 2010 9:01 PM
Lankan Intelligence joins hands with INTERPOL to bust foreign LTTE network