RESUMPTION OF WAR CONCENTRATES MINDS AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERROR FINANCING IN SRI LANKA
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NOYAHR, in Colombo
THE RESUMPTION of war in Sri Lanka is bad news. Period. But, ironically, there have been some benefits. One of these is a concentrating of the mind amongst law enforcement officials within Sri Lanka and their counterparts abroad into tracking down and stopping both terrorist financing and money laundering. This is none too soon. Sri Lanka has had a porous reputation for handling these crimes in the past. In 2003, the US state department, citing concerns about bank secrecy, said: "Many areas of concern exist in Sri Lanka's ...
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