Canadian pleads guilty to terrorism charges in U.S., connected to Tamil Tigers
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – A Canadian man has pleaded guilty in the United States to two terrorism offences in connection with the Tamil Tigers.
Piratheepan Nadarajah, from Brampton, Ont., admitted to a conspiracy to acquire anti-aircraft missiles and attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Online court records, updated today, show that Nadarajah pleaded guilty last week in New York to the two counts.
His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 31, 2014.
Prosecutors alleged Nadarajah and co-conspirators negotiated with an undercover FBI agent to buy and export $1 million of high-powered weapons and military equipment for the Tamil Tigers.
Nadarajah was extradited last year alongside Suresh Sriskandarajah, who pleaded guilty in July to conspiring to provide material support to the Tamil Tigers.
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