BLOOMBERG -- Italian police arrested (18 June 2008) 28 Sri Lankan nationals in 10 different cities for conspiring to commit terrorist acts, accusing them of raising funds to send home to the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. "They had formed an organization that was arranging financial support by collecting a tax, or an extortion payment, from Sri Lankan nationals living here,'' said Palermo prosecutor Antonio Ingroia in a telephone interview. The operation was led by the anti-terrorist police unit in Naples, Ingroia said. The communities of Sri Lankans living in Italy were pressured to contribute money to the LTTE cause, and then the funds were funneled out of Italy through Swiss banks, Ingroia said. "Then we sort of lost track of the money trail,'' he said. Investigators are still trying to determine if they can also charge the collectors for extortion, he said.... Arrests were made in the Italian cities of Naples, Genoa, Milan, Biella, Novara, Mantua, Reggio Emilia, Bologna, Rome and Palermo.
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Comment: International law enforcement has in 2008 shown growing interest in LTTE training and fund raising outside of Sri Lanka. In April 2008, the Washington Times reported that LTTE had established a presence in the US to help bankroll and equip its secessionist campaign in Sri Lanka.
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This is too long. You should make this more concise. Also, three passive sentences remain in the news summary. Avoid the passive voice.
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