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The Tamil Tigers racket Sri Lankans in Paris

By Olivier Guitta

· 70,000 Sri Lankans residing in France are subject to a “revolutionary tax” collected by the terrorist organization the Tamil Tigers to finance their guerilla war against the Colombo government.
· According to French Police, 1,000 Tigers are collecting 1 Euro – around $1.20- per day per person.
· Most pay and respect the law of the silence because of fears and threats against them or their families back home.
· In the last few years, French intelligence services estimated the Tamil Tigers collected up to 100 million Euros (about $ 120 million), then sent the loot to Swiss banks.
· Different French services confirmed this information.
· The Tamil Tigers are listed as a terrorist organization in the US, the UK and Canada but not in France or in the European Union. Sri Lankans authorities are lobbying French president Chirac to add the Tigers to the list of terrorist organizations and also ban a satellite channel broadcasting the Tigers’ propaganda in France.

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