> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> Published: November 21, 2009

> ROME (AP) — The Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father
> and son accused of providing logistical support and financing for last
> year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the authorities said.

> The two were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, where they
> managed a money transfer agency, the police in that northern Italian
> city said.

> The day before the attacks began on Nov. 26, 2008, the men sent money
> using a stolen identity to an American company to activate Internet
> phone accounts that were used by the attackers and their handlers,
> said Stefano Fonsi, the chief of anti-terror police in Brescia.

> The transfer was just $229, but it gave the attackers five lines over
> the Internet, which are difficult to trace and allowed militants to
> keep in touch even during the rampage, Mr. Fonsi said.

> The Italian authorities began their inquiry in December after being
> alerted by the F.B.I. and Indian police about the transfer, Mr. Fonsi
> said.

> Ten militants, suspected of being from Pakistan, killed 163 people in
> a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish center and other sites
> in India’s financial capital.

> The money was transferred under the identity of another Pakistani man
> who lives in Spain and had never been to Italy and was not involved in
> the attacks, Mr. Fonsi said.

> The two suspects in Brescia — identified as Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60,
> and Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31 — are accused of aiding and abetting
> international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity. Their
> agency, which operated on the Western Union money transfer network,
> was seized by the police.

> Two more Pakistanis were arrested in Saturday’s raids accused of
> committing fraud, money laundering and other crimes through the masked
> transfers, but they were not linked to the Mumbai attacks. A fifth
> Pakistani man escaped arrest and was still being sought.

> Using the stolen identity, the men transferred about $595,000 between
> 2006 and 2008 to various countries, Mr. Fonsi said.

> > Italy arrests Pakistani father-son duo for involvement in Mumbai
> > terror attack

>  Saturday’s arrests in Italy have thrown up fresh evidence that
> muddies Pakistan’s claims to be serious about investigating the
> carnage in Mumbai.

> In February, 2009, Pakistan’s Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik
> alleged that Barcelona resident Javed Iqbal was responsible for
> transferring funds to the United States-based voice-over-internet
> service used by the Lashkar to guide the assault unit that carried out
> the attacks.

> “Having ascertained the involvement of Javed Iqbal,” Mr. Malik told
> journalists, “we somehow lured him into coming to Pakistan and he was
> arrested on his arrival.”

> Pakistani investigators were reported to have discovered Mr. Iqbal’s
> role in the funds transfers after examining a computer used by a key
> Lashkar commander, identified by the code-name Zarar Shah.

> But in an exclusive interview to The Hindu, Italian counter-terrorism
> police chief Stefano Fonzi asserted that Mr. Iqbal had never in fact
> travelled to his country—and was likely a victim of identity theft.

> Italy’s crack Divisione Investigazioni Generali e Operazioni Speciali,
> [Division of General Investigations and Special Operations] arrested
> 60-year-old Mohammad Yaqub Janjua and his 31-year-old son Aamer Yaqub
> Janjua routing the funds through their Brescia business.

> “We discovered,” Mr. Fonzi said, “that the Brescia-based outfit had
> made several transfers using the identity of totally innocent,
> unsuspecting persons. Thus there were over 300 transfers in the name
> of a certain Javed Iqbal, who had never even set foot in Italy,

> Mr. Fonzi also said the owners of the funds acted on instructions from
> two Pakistan-based individuals he was not at liberty to name. It is
> unclear why Pakistan has not held the two suspects.
> Missing commanders

> India investigators believe that the funds trail could lead to Sajid
> Mir—head of the Lashkar’s transcontinental operations, whose name has
> figured in investigations of terrorist cells stretching from Australia
> and Europe to the United States.

> Many Indian investigators believe Mir, who remains at large, could in
> fact be Zarar Shah: the commander who guided the Mumbai assault team
> through the voice-over-internet connections purchased through Brescia.

> Pakistani authorities have identified Sheikhupura resident Abdul Wajid
> as “Zarar Shah,” and charged him with organising these transactions.
> However, Pakistan has refused to allow the FBI access to Wajid,
> raising suspicions that he may in fact be a relatively low-level
> operative. It has also so far failed to provide Wajid’s voice samples,
> which would allow them to be matched against the audio in the
> intercepted phone calls.

> Despite an official request, Indian authorities have also been denied
> photographs of Wajid, which would allow the Mumbai police to confirm
> if he is indeed the individual known as Zarar Shah to jihadists who
> met him in the past—among them alleged Indian Mujahideen co-founder
> Sadiq Israr Sheikh.

> Both Indian and U.S.investigators have also been denied access to two
> other key suspects, Lashkar military chief Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi and
> his deputy, Mazhar Iqbal.

> For the most part, Pakistan’s action against the top leadership of the
> Lashkar has been marked by indifference.

> Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, head of the Lashkar’s parent religious-political
> group, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa, has never been prosecuted for leading the
> organisation that carried out the attacks.
> At large

> Muzammil Bhat, the Lashkar’s top military commander, remains at large,
> though intercepted phone calls show he remains in touch with Lashkar
> units across Pakistan.

> In recent weeks, new leads have begun to emerge, with the arrests of
> Lashkar operatives Ronald Headley and Tahawwur Rana in Chicago—men
> India believes may have carried out pre-attack reconnaissance for the
> assault team.

> “But without full cooperation from Pakistan,” a senior Indian
> intelligence official told The Hindu, “it is profoundly unlikely we’ll
> ever know the full picture.”

> > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> > Published: November 21, 2009

> > ROME (AP) — The Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father
> > and son accused of providing logistical support and financing for last
> > year’s terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the authorities said.

> > The two were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, where they
> > managed a money transfer agency, the police in that northern Italian
> > city said.

> > The day before the attacks began on Nov. 26, 2008, the men sent money
> > using a stolen identity to an American company to activate Internet
> > phone accounts that were used by the attackers and their handlers,
> > said Stefano Fonsi, the chief of anti-terror police in Brescia.

> > The transfer was just $229, but it gave the attackers five lines over
> > the Internet, which are difficult to trace and allowed militants to
> > keep in touch even during the rampage, Mr. Fonsi said.

> > The Italian authorities began their inquiry in December after being
> > alerted by the F.B.I. and Indian police about the transfer, Mr. Fonsi
> > said.

> > Ten militants, suspected of being from Pakistan, killed 163 people in
> > a three-day assault on luxury hotels, a Jewish center and other sites
> > in India’s financial capital.

> > The money was transferred under the identity of another Pakistani man
> > who lives in Spain and had never been to Italy and was not involved in
> > the attacks, Mr. Fonsi said.

> > The two suspects in Brescia — identified as Mohammad Yaqub Janjua, 60,
> > and Aamer Yaqub Janjua, 31 — are accused of aiding and abetting
> > international terrorism as well as illegal financial activity. Their
> > agency, which operated on the Western Union money transfer network,
> > was seized by the police.

> > Two more Pakistanis were arrested in Saturday’s raids accused of
> > committing fraud, money laundering and other crimes through the masked
> > transfers, but they were not linked to the Mumbai attacks. A fifth
> > Pakistani man escaped arrest and was still being sought.

> > Using the stolen identity, the men transferred about $595,000 between
> > 2006 and 2008 to various countries, Mr. Fonsi said.