Al-Qaeda routing money to India via Europe

The report said the FIU had found at least one case of such suspicious transaction by al-Qaeda every month.

European countries are being used as hot destinations by terror group al-Qaeda to route money to India,according to a report by Peruvian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

The report said the FIU had found at least one case of such suspicious transaction by al-Qaeda every month and shared them with the US investigators.

“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,” the report leaked by Wikileaks,a non-profit media organisation dedicated to bringing important information to the public,quoting FIU head Enrique Saldivar disclosed.

“Asked if this al-Qaeda case was the first of its kind or they had seen similar cases before,Saldivar told NASOff that they see about one case a month,” the cable said.

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