COMMERCIAL CRIME IS A KEY PLANK OF THE TAMIL TIGERS RENEWED OFFENSIVE IN SRI LANKA
January 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NOYAHR, in Colombo
SRI Lanka's Tamil Tigers have stepped up commercial crime across continents to fund what they call the "final war" of separation, now the formal ceasefire with the govern,ent has ended. But, the foundation to pursue such sophisticated crime was laid during Sri Lanka's highly internationalised peace process, reports Keith Noyahr from Colombo.
A senior police officer told Commercial Crime International (CCI) on condition of anonymity, that during the 2002-2004 peace process, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ...
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