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Algerians tried for 'Ansar al Islam' in Madrid support charges
2007-06-23
Algerian source in Madrid told El Khabar that the Spanish Criminal Court started considering 8 Algerians cases living in Spain guilty for fraud and support to “Ansar el Islam” group affiliated to Al-Qaeda organization in Iraq. While “La Razon” newspaper reported Thursday that intelligence services-led investigations ended up by charging an Algerian detainee called Salah Eddine Berkoune for leading a property robbing group the amounts of which they’ve been transferred to the former Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat GSPC in Algeria.

“La Razon” added that Spanish Security Finance Investigation Department Chief Javier Caragoca has put in review with European security chiefs in Netherlands 20 June the latest investigations’ results of the Spanish Intelligence Services come up to, concerning arrests along the last two years against people from Maghreb. Caragaca revealed, according to “La Razon”, the different money transfer methods that “Al Qaeda” cells use to supply GSPC by transferring funds from European countries including Spain and Switzerland to Algeria, highlighting the use of money order system not related to bank accounts. The security official concluded by insisting on the need to garner European security services efforts to confront what he called the "domestic security threat to the North Western Mediterranean countries.”
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