sentences:  He ran a global network of LTTE offices which were engaged in its weapons procurement, logistics and money laundering operations.Initially based in Malaysia, where he set up a shipping company in 1987, he was forced to move out after the Malaysian Special Branch cracked down on LTTE activities in the country in 1990, culminating in the seizure of an LTTE ship the same year.Pathmanathan then moved to Thailand, which became a safe haven for the LTTE.