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JANE’S INTELLIGENCE REPORT SAYS THE INCOME OF THE TAMIL TIGERS WOULD BE THE ENVY OF ANY MULTI NATIONAL CORPORATION

By Walter Jayawardhana

Jane’s intelligence Intelligence Report revealed in a unique report that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), one of the most sophisticated terrorist groups in the world is earning between US Dollars 200 million to 300 million a year .

“ (W)ith financial and procurement structures well organised and strategically positioned around the globe, the group has a profit margin that would be the envy of any multinational corporation – some USD200 to 300 million per year”, the Review said in a release dated July 19 .

The report said the Tamil Tigers is consequently the only known insurgent organization with its own army, navy and now even a rudimentary air force, with access to financial resources and weapons giving it the luxury of introducing bold, new dimensions to the conflict.

The announcement said the Review details two overarching financial and procurement bodies that provide the main source of LTTE money, manpower and weapons; the Aiyanna Group and the Office of Overseas Purchases (nicknamed the KP Department).

“The Aiyanna Group functions as the group’s intelligence and operations body, likely to be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the organisation’s financial support and revenue streams, while the KP Department is most probably the LTTE’s procurement arm”, the report said.
It further revealed that In addition, the LTTE creates and staffs some charitable organizations, projecting its influence through this front to raise money from Tamil communities and, ultimately, convert the gains into arms.

The Jane’s Intelligence Report further said the tax free status and the legitimacy is provided to these funds utilizing a charitable façade while moving funds wherever investment and procurements are necessary in a very efficient manner.

The Jane’s Intelligence Review report says that the system works as an efficient way to move funds wherever investment or procurement opportunities arise while utilising a charitable façade’s tax-free status and legitimacy.

Geographically, the LTTE use a myriad of methods to maintain this formidable, non-state support structure. The southern province of Tamil Nadu in India plays a pivotal role in LTTE procurement and has become an essential transit point in the LTTE arms, narcotics, contraband and possibly human smuggling, it further reported.

Beyond Sri Lanka’s neighbour, Cambodia is one of the most significant single sources of weapons for the insurgent group. The remainder of internationally procured weapons are believed to originate from the rest of Southeast Asia, North Korea, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey and Ukraine.

The report adds that the procurement of anti-aircraft technology, given the destruction wrought by the Sri Lankan Armed Forces' aerial assets, will be the primary driver of the LTTE’s continued international fundraising campaign.

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