In an affidavit to Court the Canadian Police said that the World Tamil Movement (WTM) continues to raise funds for the LTTE despite a ban on it.

Counterterrorism police searched a building in Montreal last month due to suspicions it was still being used to raise money for Tamil Tigers guerrillas two years after police first raided it for the same reason, said a news item published in the National Post on Thursday, October 09, 2008

The RCMP searched the Montreal office of the World Tamil Movement on Sept. 3, seizing items allegedly linked to Tamil Tigers fundraising, according to documents recently unsealed by the Federal Court.

The search is the latest development in a massive terrorist financing investigation that spans three provinces and is trying to unravel a network the RCMP says has raised millions to arm the Tamil Tigers.

RCMP Constable Eric Boissonneault wrote in the affidavit that the "sole purpose" of the Montreal WTM office was "facilitating" the cause of the Tigers. He also accused the group of using aggressive fundraising methods.

"Our investigation has revealed that the World Tamil Movement and the LTTE have been demonstrated to utilize pressure tactics to elicit funds and donations as well as to participate in veiled threats," Const. Boissonneault wrote in the affidavit.

The police investigation, known as Project Crible in Quebec and Project Osaluki in Ontario, began in 2002. The RCMP's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team raided the WTM office on Van Horne Avenue in Montreal in 2006.

Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day added the WTM to Canada's official list of banned terrorist organizations on June 16. It was the first time a Canadian non-profit group had been outlawed for terrorism.