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Even in cooperative countries, bin Laden can use national borders to stay one step ahead of investigators. "It only takes five minutes to deposit 1 million French francs in a Dutch account and another five minutes to transfer that to an account in Britain," warned a French parliamentary report on terrorist funding. But "for the judge investigating the origins and movement of that money, it will take six months to get a court warrant authorizing inspection of the account in the Netherlands, a year to get one in Britain, six months more for clearance in Switzerland--all to discover that...
...Bin Laden boasted last week that his assets are hidden away in "three alternate financial systems which are separate and independent." The money that funds his network is so well guarded by sophisticated managers, he told a pro-Taliban newspaper in Afghanistan, that "if the whole world, including the U.S., tries to remove them, they won't succeed...
...Sayyaf is a Muslim guerrilla group based in the Philippines, where it wants a separate Islamic homeland. The group's 300 members now hold 18 hostages, including an American couple. Its frequent kidnappings have netted millions in ransom. Philippine officials said recently that Osama bin Laden supplies the group with arms...
...Asbat al-Ansar, an anti-Israel Sunni Muslim group, last week denied U.S. accusations that it has financial ties to bin Laden. Its purported leader, Abu Mohjen, is believed to be operating out of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon after being sentenced to death in absentia by a Lebanese court for several killings in that country. A group spokesman is shown at left...
...Indian control in the disputed region of Kashmir. It has claimed responsibility for killing Indian soldiers and civilians but denies it is a terrorist group. It culls donations from Gulf Arabs and runs training camps in Afghanistan. The U.S. State Department says its former leader has ties to bin Laden...