Shanaka Jayasekara, a counter terrorism expert based in Australia said netting the LTTE's financial controller, who has access to all financial resources stashed away in secret bank accounts worldwide, by the Netherlands government was a huge success for Sri Lanka's counter terrorism activities internationally.
" He used the norm de guerre 'Saana Chandran' and operated from The Netherlands. He maintained a hub and spokes network which maintained LTTE financial assets in multiple locations. He could have been a serious threat if he aligned himself with any of the LTTE factions. I am hopeful that the Dutch authorities have got access to Saana Chandran’s database and will pursue all the LTTE secret bank accounts", he said.
Jayasekara, who is an Associate Lecturer, Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (PICT) of the Macquarie University in Sydney, was in Netherlands three weeks ago, said the Sri Lankan government must recognize the admirable work undertaken by the Dutch intelligence AIVD and the Dutch Police in preventing the outflow of LTTE financial assets.