Funding the "Final War"

I. Summary and Recommendations

Methodology

Recommendations

II. Background

War in Sri Lanka

The Tamil Diaspora and Support for the LTTE..

III. A Culture of Fear: LTTE Intimidation, Threats, and Violence

IV. LTTE Control of Hindu Temples in the West

V. Paying for "The Final War": LTTE Fundraising and Extortion within the Tamil Diaspora in late 2005 and early 2006

Pressures to Give Money

Attempts to Refuse and Resist

Fundraising versus Extortion

Response from the World Tamil Movement

VI. Extortion of Tamil Expatriates Visiting Sri Lanka

Priya's Story

Common Extortion Methods

VII. Response of the U.K. and Canadian Authorities

VIII. Conclusion

Acknowledgements