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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

Terrorism · Sanctioned entity

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Company				[sources]
Name	A Tamil Eelam Felszabadító Tigrisei · Befreiungstiger von Tamil Eelam · Bevrijdingstijgers van Tamil Eelam · De Tamilske Tigre · It-Tigri għal-Liberazzjoni tat-Tamil Eelam · 29 more...				[sources]
Other name	ELLALAN FORCE · LTTE · TAMIL TIGERS · Tamil Tigers · The Tamil Tigers · 8 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	LTTE				[sources]
Incorporation date	not available				[sources]
Jurisdiction	not available				[sources]
Country	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Description	Sri Lankan military separatist group, which was supposed to receive weapon shipments by North Korea in 2006 and 2007. These shipments were intercepted and seized by Sri Lankan authorities.				[sources]
OpenCorporates URL	opencorporates.com				[sources]
Registration number	`RKYPKRQKUCJ7`				[sources]
Address	Sri Lanka				[sources]
Source link	www.publicsafety.gc.ca · gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov · www.mha.gov.in				[sources]
Last change	2024-09-25	Last processed	2024-09-30	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam is a Sri Lankan separatist militant group that was formed in 1976 by Vellupillai Prabhakaran. The LTTE’s primary stated objective is to establish an independent Tamil homeland in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2023-04-20

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2024-03-28

Founded in 1976, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is a Sri Lankan-based terrorist organization that seeks the creation of an independent homeland called "Tamil Eelam" for Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamil minority. Over the years, the LTTE has waged a violent secessionist campaign with the help of ground, air, and naval forces, as well as a dedicated suicide bomber wing. LTTE tactics have included full military operations, terror attacks against civilian centres, and political assassinations, such as the successful assassinations of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi and Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa. The LTTE has also had an extensive network of fundraisers, political and propaganda officers, and arms procurers operating in Sri Lanka and within the Tamil diaspora. Although the LTTE was militarily defeated in May 2009, subversion, destabilization, and fundraising continue, particularly in the diaspora. As of June 2022, there have been no known LTTE attacks in Sri Lanka since the group’s military defeat in 2009. However, weakened remnants of LTTE continue to operate in Sri Lanka and in Tamil Nadu, India. In addition, the LTTE has an international fundraising and procurement network that continues to exist.

— Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities, 2024-06-20

Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2024-03-28

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2021/1188 du 19/07/2021 (UE personnes impliquées dans des actes de terrorisme - R (UE) 2580/2001) · (UE) 2022/1230 du 18/07/2022 (UE personnes impliquées dans des actes de terrorisme - R (UE) 2580/2001) · (UE) 2023/1505 du 20/07/2023 (UE personnes impliquées dans des actes de terrorisme - R (UE) 2580/2001) · (UE) 2023/420 du 24/02/2023 (UE personnes impliquées dans des actes de terrorisme - R (UE) 2580/2001) · 1 more...	-	-
UK Home Secretary	-	2001-03-29	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	TERR	2024-07-26	-
Ministry of Home Affairs	LIST OF ORGANISATIONS DESIGNATED AS ‘TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS’ UNDER SECTION 35 OF THE UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES (PREVENTION) ACT, 1967, LISTED IN THE 1st SCHEDULE OF THE ACT.	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Counter-Terrorism (International)	2020	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	1373 (2001)	2022-09-16	-
Federal Public Service Finance	TERR	2024-07-26	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Ministry of Home Affairs (Kementerian Dalam Negeri)	-	-	-
Centrul Antiterorist al Serviciului de Informaţii şi Securitate al Republicii Moldova	Lista persoanelor, grupurilor şi a entităţilor prevăzute la articolul 1 din Poziţia Comună a Consiliului Uniunii Europene din 27 decembrie 2001 (2001/931/PESC)	-	-

Data sources

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,249

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

Canadian Listed Terrorist Entities77

The Canadian governments own list of people and organizations associated with terrorism

Canada · Public Safety Canada

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List31,877

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

DPRK Reports5,540

A database of entities and events related to North Korea's sanctions evasion efforts.

United Kingdom · RUSI · non-official source

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,959

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,604

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

US SAM Procurement Exclusions116,368

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

UK Proscribed Terrorist Groups or Organizations92

The United Kingdom's list of Proscribed Organizations under the Terrorism Act 2000

United Kingdom · Home Office

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,086

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Indian Ministry of Home Affairs Banned Organizations143

List of banned organizations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act

India · MHA

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,255

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

French National Asset Freezing System5,093

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Malaysia MOHA Sanctions List123

The Malaysian Home Affairs list designates those found to be involved in acts of terrorism.

Malaysia · MOHA

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,551

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Moldovan Sanctions for Terrorism and Proliferation of WMD781

Sanctions on persons and entities involved in terrorist activities and the proliferation of weapons of masss destruction

Moldova · CAS-SIS

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,328

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

OpenCorporates848

The largest open database of company data in the world, with data from over 140 registries.

External dataset · OpenCorporates.com · non-official source

Source data IDs: eu-fsf-eu-3679-64 · usgsa-s4mr3pqn6 · fr-ga-2669 · gb-proscribed-2ec486d5ad8bfe8ffe26c68f822dcb952b2b74ec · mymoha-group-kdn-k-02-2014 · in-mha-a091cdcbd1a9fe5f8527fc645368a64d9e8a33c7 · ca-lte-46-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam-ltte · NK-9ZvVzXT7eM85wN42gcsmkH · md-terr-422685265dfba94bef9a31dbeadff3468f6a6734 · mc-freezes-b546e52fdbe9db9e59b7579accfa13388c452cd0 · in-mha-7a126b6296426249f0a7ffa164001f51bcd9f1da · ofac-4703 · in-mha-0bdd68d324b053cf4301e304caa507495d4c466a · kprusi-e8a0edeec4943a5d6afb72858c1ea57cacdfda16 · gb-fcdo-cti0037 · gb-hmt-7126 · au-dfat-281-liberation-tigers-of-tamil-eelam · in-mha-737e72f4ba1a24ea2eb337d1951b75a258468d09 · NK-9DdkSgZhvkaumzQHVrJhf6 · oc-companies-ch-1509381

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