TIRANA, July 3 – A Jordanian man who is being investigated for allegedly funding a terrorist group affiliated with Osama bin Laden, has filed a civil suit at the Tirana court to reclaim property confiscated by the Albanian authorities, local media reported Tuesday.
Businessman Yasin al-Qadi, a reputed al-Qaida financier, filed a civil suit for the second time at the Tirana court, according to Shekulli newspaper.
Al-Qadi is a wanted person for allegedly funding bin Laden.
Many real estate and bank accounts belonging to him had been previously confiscated by Albanian authorities.
Al-Qadi, who left Albania several years ago, is on a U.N. sanctions list requiring all U.N. members to impose a travel ban on him and block his assets. The European Union and the United States have also frozen his assets. Last December, Albania seized al-Qadi’s assets in the capital, Tirana.
Albania has also blocked the bank accounts, investments and other assets of other Arab citizens living and working in Albania and Islamic civic organizations accused by the United Nations of funding terrorist activities. The government has also passed laws allowing it to seize assets believed to be linked to terror financing.
