TIRANA, June 3 – Yasin al-Qadi, who is accused of money laundry in Albania, is to be questioned by an Arab court and the testimony be used in the trial in Tirana.
The Albanian media reported that al-Qadi was first listed as a UN-most wanted person as a financer of terrorism but later removed from that listing.
Al-Qadi is involved in a case, together with his property manager Hamzeh Abu Rayyan, accused of hiding funding and other property, Shqip newspaper reported.
Albanian authorities have opened an investigation into Rayyan, a Jordanian, for allegedly funding a terrorist group affiliated with Osama bin Laden.
Rayyan has been ordered to remain in Albania while the investigation is under way and has had to surrender his passport.
Abu Rayyan allegedly worked as a manager for Saudi businessman Yasin al-Qadi, a reputed al-Qaida financier. Albanian authorities were investigating Abu Rayyan for allegedly hiding funds and property that could fund terrorism and also for providing services to a wanted person.
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. Albania has also 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.
Jordanian to be questioned for the trial in Albania

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