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Feb. 19, 2006 19:00 | Updated Feb. 19, 2006 21:49 Terror shipment seized in Ashdod By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH Defense sources revealed Sunday that thirty-one containers of goods worth thousands of dollars used to fund Hamas and Islamic Jihad activities were seized by customs authorities and security forces at the Ashdod sea port on Thursday. The company, owned by Khan Younis businessman Faiz Abu Akka - who purchased the goods from abroad, was outlawed by Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. Mofaz signed the seizure order on November 1 last year, after the company was discovered to have ties to terror organizations. Details released by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Sunday, revealed that a probe launched by the Shin Bet, Israel Police and customs officials found that Abu Akka's company violated the order and continued operating despite Mofaz's ruling. According to the Shin Bet, over a period of years, Abu Akka transferred hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods to Islamic Jihad and Hamas operatives to finance their terror activities. Using his business as a front, Abu Akka ordered goods from suppliers abroad. Those suppliers were paid directly by Hamas and Islamic Jihad headquarters abroad. The goods were then sent to Gaza where, after deducting costs and a percentage for his troubles, Abu Akka would then transfer the funds to the terror groups. By utilizing Abu Akka, Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives were able to evade detection of the transferring of funds to bank accounts in the territories. On November 13 last year, the Shin Bet revealed that security officials had seized containers at the Ashdod port that belonged to Abu Akka that were used to fund terror activities. Abu Akka and a number of other suspects were arrested by security officials shortly after the raid. -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
