Monday 25 February 2013

'Terror blacklist' charity was given Scottish aid cash

SCOTTISH Ministers have handed hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money to an Islamic charity recently blacklisted by a Swiss bank under counter-terrorism regulations.

 

Islamic Relief Worldwide was given £398,000 last year as part of the Scottish Government’s £9million International Development Fund.

But concerns have been raised after it emerged that a bank recently closed an account held by IRW and blocked all transactions because of regulations to prevent funds reaching rogue states.

It was also revealed that a project director with IRW in Gaza was deported by Israel in 2006 for allegedly providing “funds and assistance to various Hamas institutions and organisations”.

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