EU continues to list Sri Lanka’s LTTE as a terrorist organisation

Wednesday, 15 January 2020 01:00 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}}

Brussels: The European Council today renewed the so-called European Union terrorist list, which sets out persons, groups and entities subject to restrictive measures with a view to combating terrorism.

The Council has continued to list Sri Lanka’s defunct Tamil separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organisation among 21 terrorist groups and 15 individuals.

Although, LTTE was eliminated in Sri Lanka in May 2009 following a three-decade long armed conflict, the terrorist organisation is active in European countries as well as in Malaysia and India. Efforts to revive the organisation had been reported in some of these countries and in Sri Lanka.

The Council first set up the list as implementation of UNSC Resolution 1373/2001 that followed the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. It reviews the list at regular intervals, and at least every six months, on the basis of a regular exchange of information between member states on any new facts and developments relating to the listings.

Persons, groups and entities on the list are subject to the freezing of their funds and other financial assets in the EU. It is also prohibited for EU operators to make funds and economic resources available to them.