LAHORE – European countries are being used as hot destinations by al Qaeda to route money to India, Indian newspaper The Hindustan Times quoted a report by Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) – disclosed by WikiLeaks – as stating. The report stated that the FIU had found at least one such suspicious transaction by al Qaeda every month and shared them with investigators from the United States.
“The FIU also reports tracking cases similar to that of an OFAC-designated (US Office of Foreign Assets Control) of al Qaeda element moving money from Europe through Lima and on to India,” FIU head Enrique Saldivar said according to the report revealed by WikiLeaks. Saldivar said that the FIU saw at least one such case every month, the newspaper reported.
“Based on these 781 intelligence reports, the FIU concludes more than $3 billion moved illegally through Peru’s financial sector in 2009,” it said. “83 percent of this amount, according to the FIU, is related to drug-trafficking. The other 17 percent is reportedly related to financial fraud, corruption and illegal gun dealing,” the report stated.
