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Hawala — (also known as hundi) is an informal value transfer system based on performance and honor of a huge network of money brokers which are primarily located in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.OriginsHawala has its origins in classical Islamic law,… … Wikipedia
Hawala — Das Hawala Finanzsystem (arabisch حوالة, DMG Ḥawāla, von حَوَّلَ / ḥawwala /‚wechseln, überweisen‘; Hindi: Vertrauen; auch der moderne Begriff Avalkredit bezieht sich darauf) ist ein weltweit funktionierendes informelles… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hawala — El hawala(en árabe حوالة) (también conocido como hundi) es uno de los sistemas de transferencia informal de fondos (TIF) que son generalmente utilizados en muchas regiones del ámbito local e internacional. Hawala significa “transferencia” o… … Wikipedia Español
Hawala — An alternative remittance channel that exists outside of traditional banking systems. Hawala is a method of transferring money without any actual movement. One definition from Interpol is that Hawala is money transfer without money movement.… … Investment dictionary
Hawala — Un Hawala, ou Hundi, est un système traditionnel de paiement informel distribué. Son origine exacte n est pas déterminée, mais il semble être apparu comme moyen de financement du commerce sur les grandes routes d échange (comme la route de la… … Wikipédia en Français
Hawala — El hawala es uno de los sistemas de transferencia informal de fondos (TIF) que son generalmente utilizados en muchas regiones del ámbito local e internacional. Hawala significa “transferencia” o “cable” en la jerga bancaria árabe. El sistema… … Enciclopedia Universal
hawala — [ha wα:lə] noun a traditional system of transferring money used in Arab countries and the Indian subcontinent, whereby the money is paid to an agent who then instructs an associate in the relevant area to pay the final recipient. Origin from Arab … English new terms dictionary
hawala — noun an underground banking system based on trust whereby money can be made available internationally without actually moving it or leaving a record of the transaction terrorists make extensive use of hawala • Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of… … Useful english dictionary
Hawala scandal — The Hawala scandal or hawala scam was an Indian political scandal involving payments allegedly received by politicians through hawala brokers, the Jain brothers. It was a US$18 million dollar bribery scandal that implicated some of the country s… … Wikipedia
hawala — Inglish (Indian English) Dictionary undocumented foreign exchange transactions (not legally permitted) … English dialects glossary
