Check on bin Laden Funds Ordered . . .

Check on bin Laden Funds Ordered
Associated Newspapers Ltd.

Chancellor Gordon Brown has ordered banks to check their records urgently for evidence of accounts linked to Osama bin Laden as Britain joins America's move to choke off terrorists' funds.

The action comes after President Bush signed an order freezing all assets held in the US by a list of 27 groups and individuals linked to bin Laden.

A British list already exists, kept by the Bank of England and issued through the Treasury under orders from the United Nations Council, which details 160 Afghan nationals and seven corporations. Any person or company on the list will have all assets in Britain frozen.
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© Associated Newspapers Ltd., 25 September 2001

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