Legal processes linking the GAL to the Spanish government continued amid great controversy throughout the 80's and 90's, with a judicial inquiry and Supreme Court trial in 1994 finally proving a financial link between the group and the Interior Ministry. Money destined for "Reserved Funds" had been channeled to fund the GAL activities.  Former Spanish Interior Minister Jose Barrionuevo and State Secretary for Security Rafael Vera were sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzlement and involvement with the Marey kidnapping. Twelve Interior Ministry functionaries of the socialist government and senior police officers were incarcerated as well. During the proceedings of the case, it was also proven that the Spanish main intelligence agency, CESID (now CNI), was directly involved in the creation of the GAL. These proceedings put a cloud over the career of then-Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez, whose government was repeatedly associated with heavy-handed policies toward Basque separatists. Trials involving the GAL have also been underway in France. After the Popular Party (Partido Popular) won the Spanish elections in 1996, Jose Maria Aznar's government granted pardons to a number of high ranking Interior Ministry functionaries that were in jail for GAL-related crimes.<br /><p><br />The group has not claimed any actions since 1987 and is considered to be inactive.<br />

1999 (A separate terrorist group using the same name was founded in 1972)

In 1972, several members of the Jewish community in Parma, Italy received threatening letters by mail.  The letters were signed by an unknown group, the "Anti-Zionist Movement."  Despite the threats, no terrorist attacks were credited to this group in the 1970s.  No further mention of the Anti-Zionist Movement appeared for the next 25 years.  However in 1999, two bombs were planted in Rome and later claimed by the Anti-Zionist Movement.  <p><p>In two separate phone calls to a police station, the bombs were claimed by the Anti-Zionist Movement.  Both targets, along with the group's chosen name, convey the group's anti-Semitic motivations for these attacks.  According to the Italian Interior Minister acting the time of the attacks, Rosa Russo Jervolino, the group might have chosen to call themselves anti-Zionist to avoid the illegal use of the term "anti-Semitic" (Neo-Nazi Soccer Supporters, Fines for Soccer Clubs, Rosa Russo Jervolino).