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Posted on 01/18/2003 2:51:40 AM PST by knighthawk
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss authorities said Friday they had handed over bank documents to U.S. investigators tracking a Chicago-based Islamic charity that allegedly funneled money to al-Qaida.
The Swiss Justice Ministry said it had passed records from a Zurich bank account to U.S. authorities earlier this week.
The United States originally requested Swiss help in its investigation of the Benevolence International Foundation in April 2002. Some $1.4 million was transferred from the Zurich account to the foundation between June 2000 and September 2001
The U.S. Treasury Department froze the assets of Benevolence International a year ago after its leader, Enaam Arnaout, was accused of using some of the charity's money to help Osama bin Laden and other terrorists. He has pleaded innocent to the charges.
Arnaout, a Syrian-born U.S. citizen, was arrested in April as he tried to leave the United States for Saudi Arabia.
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