hawala

Examples

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• These systems (often referred to as hawala remittances) rely on a trust network to transfer funds.

  Academic text (2018)

• The Hawala system settles its own problems.

  Premium Rush (2012)

• Including money trail from the hawala shop... where it went, what it's being used for.

  The Ape (2005)

• Thank you, Mr. Hayes, we do know what a hawala network is.

  Traitor (2008)

• Increasingly, use is made of the Hawala banking system or alternative remittance systems.

  Academic text (2007)

• You can make forex transactions, usually at rates that are better than the ones offered by banks, through people referred to as "Hawala traders."

  Blog text (14)

• For example, with the right kind of support and institutional framework, many businessmen involved in the hawala system could potentially make the transition into the formal banking sector.

  Academic text (2004)

• n15: "Regulations Curb Hawala Transfers," Special Investigation Commission, Government of Lebanon, 2 May 2008, http: **34;7594;TOOLONG?Date=2008-05-02.

  Academic text (2008)

• Indeed, there is plenty of evidence that they do just this, and it has led to an effective counterterrorism effort since 9/11 with close scrutiny on everything from mosques to hawalas (informal Muslim financial exchanges).

  Academic text (2013)

• Many people prefer to use hawala for sending money to family abroad because it is fast and avoids bank fees.

Surface Forms

Etymology