hawaladar

In the hawala system, funds are transferred by customers to a hawala operator, or "hawaladar," in the United States, and corresponding funds, less any fees, are disbursed to recipients in another country by hawaladar associates in that location.

Media Newswire 2010

In the hawala system, funds are transferred by customers to a hawala operator, or "hawaladar," in the United States, and corresponding funds, less any fees, are disbursed to recipients in another country by hawaladar associates in that location.

Media Newswire 2010

For a view of the hawala system from the vantage point of a diaspora hawaladar, see S.M. Hanifi (2006), wherein citations to additional hawala literature can be found. back

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The hawaladar then contacts a hawaladar in Country B and tells him to deliver the cash to a person in Country B.

The Shadow Market Eric J.Weiner 2010

A person in Country A gives money to a local hawaladar—an unofficial banker that handles hawala transactions.

The Shadow Market Eric J.Weiner 2010

But all these marvelous inventions are still short of tracking Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Pakistan or Afghanistan and to follow, like PROMIS, the passage of money to terrorists by an ancient Muslim "hawala" human contact network, based on full confidence of the sender, the receiver and the "hawaladar", the money handler.

Canada Free Press 2009

But all these marvelous inventions are still short of tracking Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Pakistan or Afghanistan and to follow, like PROMIS, the passage of money to terrorists by an ancient Muslim "hawala" human contact network, based on full confidence of the sender, the receiver and the "hawaladar", the money handler.

Nachrichten Heute (Nachrichten Heute, Hintergrundinformationen und Berichte) : Kurzversion 2009

It refers to a system in which networks of brokers (hawaladars) facilitate the movement of value from one geographic location to another.

The (Dis)assembly of Information Miles Kellerman 2024