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Top secret documents found on London train

by michelle.sundvick | June 16, 2008 at 12:35 pm | 85 views | add comment

Another set of secret documents from the British government have been found on a train in London. This is the second finding in less than a week - both documents were linked to issues regarding terrorism policies and al Qaeda.

A member of the public found the documents at the Waterloo station in central London and turned them over to the London-based newspaper, Simon Evans, a journalist at The Independent, told CNN.

The paper gave them to the Treasury Cabinet on Friday evening, Evans said.

The documents outline how trade and banking systems "can be manipulated to finance illicit weapons of mass destruction in Iran," The Independent reported.

The papers also describe methods to fund terrorists and address "potential fraud of commercial Web sites and international Internet payment systems."

The documents also include notes and draft speeches prepared for a week-long international financial crime conference in London, The Independent reported.

"There are some serious issues that shouldn't be left on a train," Evans said.

A spokeswoman from the UK's Treasury Cabinet, which handled inquiries about the incident, said the department is "extremely concerned about what has happened, and we will be taking steps to ensure that it doesn't happen in the future."